--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > In a message dated 7/3/05 9:18:15 A.M. Central Daylight Time, > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > > > Sorry, but these allegations have been definitively > > refuted. > > > > For example, regulations prohibit combatants from > > nominating themselves for Purple Hearts. The only > > person who can do so is the combatant's commander. > > Actually, I was mistaken; not only can you > not nominate yourself for a Purple Heart, your > commander can't do so either--because you are > *automatically entitled* to a Purple Heart for > a wound sustained in combat. See: > > http://www.purpleheart.org/Awd_of_PH.htm > > > And the doctor who claims to have treated Kerry > > is apparently misremembering, to put it politely. > > The name of an entirely different physician is listed > > on the treatment report. > > > > Of course the allegations were refuted! It wouldn't look good to > > not challenge them. > > I was using the term "refuted" in the sense of > "proven to be false." > > > All the procedures to apply for purple heart were followed to the > > letter. Otherwise he could not have gotten them. > > As noted above, he did not "apply" for the Purple > Hearts; he was *automatically entitled* to them. > > And there are questions > > unanswered about who wrote the reports and initialed them.The BIG > question was, > > were the applications thoroughly investigated by the appropriate > > witnesses? > > Apparently Vice Admiral R.A. Route, the Navy > inspector general, thought so. > > > Kerry did Apply for three Purple Hearts > > No, as noted, you can't "apply" for Purple Hearts. > You get them automatically. > > > and I would assume it would be very > > likely he could have seen different doctors for each "wound." > > I was referring to the same wound. The doctor > who claimed to have treated that wound was not > the same as the doctor whose name was on the > treatment report for that wound. > > > As for how common > > it was to receive a Purple Heart for such minor wounds, I have > > heard differently than you, that at that time one had to really > > sustain a serious wound, not self inflicted,and lose time in the > > field to be given that award. > > You've been misled, unfortunately, in a whole > bunch of different respects. For example, Bob > Dole's first Purple Heart was awarded for a > self-inflicted wound, "the sort of injury the > Army patched up with Mercurochrome and a Purple > Heart," according to his own account. > > Self-inflicted wounds are eligible for Purple > Hearts if they were sustained in combat and > were not due to negligence or intentionally > self-inflicted.
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