Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Mother of dead GI wants to Destroy Bush

Sun, 03 Jul 2005 12:13:52 -0700

In a message dated 7/3/05 12:29:07 P.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> Sorry,  but these allegations have been definitively
> refuted.
>
> For example,  regulations prohibit combatants from
> nominating themselves for Purple  Hearts.  The only
> person who can do so is the combatant's  commander.
>
> And the doctor who claims to have treated Kerry
> is  apparently misremembering, to put it politely.
> The name of an entirely  different physician is listed
> on the treatment  report.
>
>
>
> Of course the allegations were refuted! It wouldn't look good  to
not
> challenge them. All the procedures to apply for purple heart were 
followed to the
> letter. Otherwise he could not have gotten them. And there are 
questions
> unanswered about who wrote the reports and initialed them.The BIG 
question was, 
> were the applications thoroughly investigated by the  appropriate
witnesses?
> Kerry did Apply for three Purple Hearts and I would  assume it
would be very
> likely he could have seen different doctors for each  "wound." As
for how common
> it was to receive a Purple Heart for such minor  wounds, I have
heard
> differently than you, that at that time one had to really  sustain
a serious wound ,
> not self inflicted,and lose time in the field to be  given that
award.

Not by today's standards. If you can find a document from Vietnam
that counters this, fine, but today's standards are that it was a
wound or other injury during action that required attention from
medical personnel. Temporary hearing loss MIGHT apply. Permanent
hearing loss definitely would apply. A severe bruise that required a
day's rest after seeing a doctor would apply. A splinter of shrapnel
pulled by a doctor would apply, etc.

My dad's butt getting creased by a bullet applied.

The statement from me that Kerry nominated himself for a purple heart was inaccurate on my part. One is not nominated for Purple hearts. But one does have to have the appropriate people sign off on the medical records to show a wound in battle. The first doctor Kerry saw and the one that actually removed his shrapnel laughed at Kerry when Kerry asked him to sign off for the medal and refused to do so. He said he had seen worse wounds from a rose bush. Perhaps Kerry found another doctor who would. And the two wounds I Spoke of were self inflicted,albeit not intentionally, and not in combat with the enemy, according to eye witnesses.

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