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To: t4texas who wrote (62433)8/21/2004 12:53:54 PM
From: LindyBill  Read Replies (2) of 793896
 
"Three Navy men won Bronze Stars for their actions that day: Kerry, Thurlow, and radarman first class Robert Eugene Lambert, a petty officer in the boat captained by Thurlow. The citation for Lambert's Bronze Star--previously undisclosed but obtained today under the Freedom of Information Act from the National Personnel Records Center in St. Louis--repeats the description of the incident included in the citation for Thurlow's Bronze Star: "all units came under small arms and automatic weapons fire from the river banks.

Lambert, a career Navy man who served on active duty from 1957 to 1978, could not be located.

swiftvets.com

They all contained the same language. They were written by whoever wrote Kerry's, or some clerk copied from Kerry. We know that Rassman wrote up Kerrys-he tried for a Silver,but they reduced it-so either Rassman or someone who copied from Rassman/Kerry wrote it.

This was a "rush" medal. Zumwalt wanted a morale builder, and it was awarded three days later.

There are eight Swift Vets who were there and now swear that there was no incoming. When you combine that with the fact that they spent an hour and one half there, in a channel 75 yards wide, and no one got hit, it rings true to me. The article from the WaPo I just posted quotes Thurlow as saying the 3 bullet holes in his craft were from the previous day.
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