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To: michael97123 who wrote (63155)	8/23/2004 1:45:41 PM
From: Nadine Carroll	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793587

Kerry couldnt be the only vet with what are now considered bogus purple hearts I'm sure he's not. But none of the others are running for President as war heroes, or using their medals as a shield against all criticism.

To: michael97123 who wrote (63155)	8/23/2004 1:57:45 PM
From: Captain Jack	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793587

<<" kerry alone both figured this all out and got bogus ph">> Three (3) of them plus a star too.

To: michael97123 who wrote (63155)	8/23/2004 2:22:53 PM
From: Alastair McIntosh	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 793587

Re: Kerry couldnt be the only vet with what are now considered bogus purple hearts The only other PH controversy I heard of was Doles. His first Purple Heart was for a scratch "self-inflicted" from his own grenade, similar to Kerrys. Dole's first wound. It was in the first of these night patrols that Dole received the wound for which he was awarded his first Purple Heart. He ruefully confesses in his 1988 autobiography that his wound was self-inflicted: "As we approached the enemy, there was a brief exchange of gunfire. I took a grenade in hand, pulled the pin, and tossed it in the direction of the farmhouse. It wasn't a very good pitch (remember, I was used to catching passes, not throwing them). In the darkness, the grenade must have struck a tree and bounced off. It exploded nearby, sending a sliver of metal into my leg -- the sort of injury the Army patched up with Mercurochrome and a Purple Heart." The wound was so minor that he led another patrol two nights later. He does not mention that others were also injured by his misguided throw -- which Woodruff's account attributes to an enemy machine gun. tedellis.net