Kerry's Military records
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| Tue, 08-24-2004 - 7:15am |
It is clear that at least one of Kerry's Purple Heart awards was the result of his own negligence, not enemy fire, and that Kerry went to unusual lengths to obtain the award after being turned down by his own commanding officer.
John Kerry has long insisted that using the three-injury loophole to leave combat early was his own idea, but Kerry's fellow Swift officer Thomas Wright, who served on occasion as the OIC (Officer in Charge) of Kerry's boat group, contradicts that claim. Wright reports that he "had a lot of trouble getting Kerry to follow orders," and that those who worked with Kerry found him "oriented towards his personal, rather than unit goals and objectives." He therefore requested that Kerry be removed from his boat group. After John Kerry qualified for his third Purple Heart, Thomas Wright and two fellow officers informed him of the obscure regulation, and told him to go home. Wright concluded, "We knew how the system worked and we didn’t want him in Coastal Division 11."
Constructing a complete picture of Kerry's service is difficult due to gaps in the Naval records provided by the Kerry campaign. These gaps include missing and incomplete fitness reports, missing medical records and missing records related to his medal awards.
Senator Kerry can clear all of this up if he would authorize complete access to all his military records by filing a standard Form 180, a simple two-page release form.

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In my opinion economy is considered improving if companies start hiring instead of layingoff. I am still hearing the news about layoffs and more layoffs. That's not improving...you can debate how much ever you want on this ...Just in my co there is going to be 3500 layoffs for next few months. Delta airlines is on the verge of bkrpcy going to close their hub in Dallas, so it points to more layoffs just to give few examples.
This hyperbole of Kerry's military records is simply a diversion from the real issues like the economy and the war. Unfortunately the comfortably numb will never see that!
And if they aren't failures than Bush should trumpet them on every available occasion instead of attacking Kerry for the past five months.
Can't wait for Bush's platform to be released at the convention. I don't what he can offer to the American people when we've seen what he's done with the last four years.
If he has nothing to hide he would have already done it.
If he were not lying all of those SwiftBoat Vets would not be so pissed.
I have three cousins who died in Vietnam and I do not want to see this man in the White House.
<< never completed his National Guard service,>>
Bush exceeded his required flight hours, met all of the hours required on duty to complete his 6 year contract, and was discharged early.
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If Bush had truly done his duty & put in his full 6 years of safe, easy, weekend guard duty, I would have a bit more respect for him. But as it is, I'm pissed.
Yeah, I knew a few people who died there too. Maybe my friends or your cousins might be alive if Bush, Cheney, Powell, etc. had taken their turn & saved one of our less well connected friends & relatives.
< All Kerry has to do is sign that release form and we would have the answers about the Purple hearts, Cambodia, and the Silver Star.
If he has nothing to hide he would have already done it.
If he were not lying all of those SwiftBoat Vets would not be so pissed.
I have three cousins who died in Vietnam and I do not want to see this man in the White House.>
That's a very impressive list of issues he wants to make a difference to. However, to
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