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Mary · Former Member Joined: 17 Sep 2004 Posts: 32

Well, frankly, the information here from Navy Chief backs up the information provided by those supporting the medal in this particular action. NavyChief is showing the fleeing Viet Cong had a loaded rocket launcher with him and also that the boats took fire. Ten viet cong killed and the surprise maneuver apparently was pretty effective, regardless of whether it was planned in advance and whether they may have hoped they got medals. I suppose if someone wants to complain that Kerry hoped for medals, that is really not as big a crime as some were accusing him of regarding lying about this event when it now shows the facts back up the medal.

I think it's really good that the truth, whether it supports or disagrees with Kerry, is important to get at, and I think NavyChief did the honorable thing by pointing out the facts. What we make of them is up to us. But personally I'm less annoyed at Kerry over this particular action now. He was being accused implicitly of chasing down a wounded, cowering, unarmed kid and shooting him in the back, and clearly this enemy combatant was armed and had already used the launcher and they'd taken fire likely from others too, since it said all the boats were under fire, but the fact that they only killed one in that part of the action doesn't mean more hadn't fled. (Deleted by Admin)

Admin note: Your Kerry talking point totalizer is now activated. I would suggest that a discussion of facts as opposed to your "opinion" as to the motivation of the SBVT will be much more conducive to your longevity in this forum.

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greasepaint · Seaman Joined: 10 Aug 2004 Posts: 177 Location: Texas

Has the 'combat V device' re Silver Star, on Kerry's
DD214 (release from active duty) , been explained?
I find it odd that two wierd things happen on the
same (Silver Star) incident, those two things would be the
'combat V mistake', and Lehman's denial of knowledge
of his signing of the (third) cert.
.....
Also, I am very curious as to when Kerry's DD24 (r. from active)
was typed (or retyped).