Reply #39: Honorable But Brief

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Kerry's brief tour in Vietnam was honorable, but there are questions whether he really is the hero his campaign staff says he is. For example, Kerry was awarded a Silver Star for beaching his boat and chasing a sniper on foot. Under ordinary circumstances, the Navy does not encourage officers to leave their crew to fend for themselves. The award is also questionable because critical details of the incident were reported by Kerry himself without independent corroboration.

It sounds as though Kerry was a Golden Boy and everybody knew it, especially his commanding officers. If Kerry wanted it, he got it! The medals, the early out, the anomalous reassignments of his crew. Kerry's supposedly brilliant record may reflect only military favoritism.