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To: Alan Smithee who wrote (59669)	8/12/2004 12:13:35 AM
From: LindyBill	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 793903

Are the records posted on the Kerry Web Site the complete records? NO. They are a limited release of the records. Kerry has never released all of them. And yes, it is a "Form 180" release that is needed. That is what Bush finally did.

To: Alan Smithee who wrote (59669)	8/12/2004 12:40:08 AM
From: unclewest	Respond to of 793903

Anybody can put in for a purple heart. It has to be approved. Kerry's Doctor and CO turned it down. He got it approved later after they went home. How? We will know all the facts when Kerry finally releases his Navy records, if he ever does. Can someone help me out here? It did not work that way. (And Rassman was in the same unit as me and I was in country for all of Kerry's tour. But neither Rassman nor Kerry was on my boat.). The military uses medical tags for wounded. The first medic or DR to treat someone fills out the tag and attaches it to the wounded person. In some cases (if the person is not evacuated to a hospital) the medic or DR forwards the tag to the unit adjutant. I was medevaced from Ben Het with a medical tag attached to my jungle fatigue shirt. After disarming me, and that took a few minutes :o), the medics and doctors immediately read that tag and took one dog tag when I was hauled out of the chopper at the Pleiku hospital. Wounded reports come through medical channels. Kerry is the only servicemember I have ever known or heard of who submitted himself for a PH much less two. I know of lots of guys who tore up the tags...Or told the medic to tear it up. The PH is a big deal to some but not to SF. We called it the North Vietnamese marksmanship badge. I quit using a PH tag on my pickup because of the questions. I use to tell people, who asked what it meant, that it means, "I gave blood at the office." Demanding a PH for a so-called wound that was treated with bacitracin and a band-aid is a pathetic joke. If that is the criteria, every GI who was in a firefight and wanted a PH would just show his scratch because they all had several. uw