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

[MDixon6569]

In a message dated 7/3/05 2:46:33 P.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: The wounds would be eligible for the medals if they were incurred in action against the enemy.  As Sparaig has noted, but you don't seem to have absorbed, it doesn't have to be in actual combat. So Kerry didn't have to convince anybody of anything that wasn't true to qualify for the medals. Jstein , I'm working up my e-mail list one at a time. If Vietnam era Purple hearts did indeed not require anything more than being in action against the enemy and not in actual combat I suppose just about any scratch received on a mission could "entitle" one to that medal. But it doesn't do anything to earn the respect of those that really did take a serious wound or died or knew those who did. I'm sitting here typing this with my Uncle's picture and Purple heart in front of me who died in combat by a  Japanese bullet while he was in the Pacific. My only complaint about Kerry's wounds were the nature of them and the fact that such a big deal was ever made about them. It sounds to me that Kerry paid a very small price for those medals. 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  Visit your group "FairfieldLife" on the web.    To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:  [EMAIL PROTECTED]    Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.