In a message dated 7/3/05 2:43:19 P.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: No, sorry, as I've told you twice now, the guy who *claims* to have treated Kerry's wound on this occasion was not the doctor who filled out and signed the treatment report. There is no record of the guy who makes this claim ever having treated Kerry.
Also, the person who made the crack about the rose bush was not the doctor who claims to have treated him but rather Hibbard, his commanding officer at the time; and that was his recollection 30 years later. However, Hibbard claimed the wound was in Kerry's forearm, when it fact it was in his upper arm. Plus which, it's hard to imagine that if a piece of shrapnel had to be removed, as the treatment report states, that the wound would be no worse than a scratch from a rose bush. So Hibbard's testimony is suspect on this point; and it even conflicts with the account of the guy who I think that may just prove my point. The doctor that actually removed the shrapnel, he said the size of a paper staple, and placed a band aid over the wound,no stitches, was definitely not the one that signed off on a medical report that could be used for a purple heart.The eye witness to the incident who also accompanied Kerry to that doctor also stated the wound was caused when Kerry decided to fire a mortar nearly point blank into a bunch of rocks while "horsing" around. As I recall ,the doctor telling the story, Kerry was persistent about the purple heart medal and some how got somebody else to sign off two weeks later. I guess second opinions can pay off! As for Hibbard, he only strengthens the argument whether he remembered the wound as being in the fore arm or the upper arm. That's irrelevant, it was the severity that was in question not the location. The main point I have been trying to make all along has been the severity of Kerry's purple heart wounds. They, at least two, amounted to nothing but a few scratches and some rice imbedded under the skin in his butt. And I only laugh at it because he was the one that made such a big deal about them. Maybe the third one was a little more serious, sheesh I hope so. . To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
