"The New Soldier" by John Kerry et al

Subject: "The New Soldier" by John Kerry et al
From: (Jack Linthicum)
Date: 2/18/04 3:59 AM Pacific Standard Time
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Subject: "The New Soldier" by John Kerry et al
From: (Jack Linthicum)
Date: 2/17/04 10:33 AM Pacific Standard Time
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Alan Minyard wrote in message
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On Sun, 15 Feb 2004 00:56:07 -0500, "Kevin Brooks"

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Now it's time for you to answer a question I didn't ask or make
some
gratuitous comment about the 'cheapness' of Kerry's Purple
Hearts.

Not gratuitous--the comment about the PH's is valid; can you name
any
other
troops who got three of those without missing any duty days?



Technically he missed two days. Next time you've taken shrapnel in
the
thigh remember those little scratches. Kerry didn't make the rules
but
he played them.

Well, in the same spirit as the Kerry camp's "release Bush's records
now"
chants of a few days back, I am sure a full release of any medical
records
listing the severity of said wounds would be welcomed with open arms by
Kerry, right?

It's 30 years, as I have said elsewhere would you like what you did
30
years ago laid out today in terms of today's standards?

There is a wee bit of a difference when what the guy is saying is that
the
majority of the grunts and their leaders were guilty of war crimes.
That
is
what Mr. Kerry was saying thirty years ago.

Brooks

I suspect that Kerry's "injuries" were paper cuts.



And you, of course, have survived many such paper cuts, even when you
were aware that three superficial wounds and you get to go home.


How many Purple Hearts did you get?




It is a rule in the Naval Security Group that if you see combat, even
at a distance, you will lose your unbiased perspective. I was in
during the tough years, 1959-65.


I was in during the easy years 1943-1946.



Arthur Kramer
344th BG 494th BS
England, France, Belgium, Holland, Germany
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