Kerryzyte!

by John Hawkins | September 1, 2004 12:02 am

Hat tip to Entropy from Arguing With Myself[1] for pointing this pic out to me and to Flash Bunny[2] for making it.

PS: For accidentally self-inflicted wounds that were used to fraudulently acquire medals, see Kerry’s 1st[3] & 3rd[4] Purple Hearts.

Here’s some info on those citations[5],

“Former Navy Secretary John Lehman has no idea where a Silver Star citation displayed on Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry’s campaign Web site came from, he said Friday. The citation appears over Lehman’s signature.

“It is a total mystery to me. I never saw it. I never signed it. I never approved it. And the additional language it contains was not written by me,” he said.

The additional language varied from the two previous citations, signed first by Adm. Elmo Zumwalt and then Adm. John Hyland, which themselves differ. The new material added in the Lehman citation reads in part: “By his brave actions, bold initiative, and unwavering devotion to duty, Lieutenant (jg) Kerry reflected great credit upon himself….”

Last but not least, here’s more on the “medal that doesn’t even exist[6]“…

“The DD214 form, an official Defense Department document summarizing Kerry’s military career posted on johnkerry.com, includes a “Silver Star with combat V.”

But according to a U.S. Navy spokesman, “Kerry’s record is incorrect. The Navy has never issued a ‘combat V’ to anyone for a Silver Star.”

Naval regulations do not allow for the use of a “combat V” for the Silver Star, the third-highest decoration the Navy awards. None of the other services has ever granted a Silver Star “combat V,” either.”

Endnotes:
  1. Arguing With Myself: http://news.arguingwithmyself.com
  2. Flash Bunny: http://www.flashbunny.org
  3. 1st: https://rightwingnews1.wpenginepowered.com/archives/week_2004_08_29.PHP#002387
  4. 3rd: https://rightwingnews1.wpenginepowered.com/archives/week_2004_08_29.PHP#002381
  5. citations: http://www.suntimes.com/output/elect/cst-nws-lips28.html
  6. medal that doesn’t even exist: http://www.omegaletter.com/articles.asp?ArticleID=3522

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