"The New Soldier" by John Kerry et al

"Fred J. McCall" wrote in message
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"Admin" wrote:

:I don't have to prove it anymore than you should. Double Standard there,
ol
:buddy. Kerry did get the medals. Now whether they were earned or not,
that
:is questionable. While medals weren't given out at the rate they are
today,
:some go them for political reasons back then. Oh, it's thursday, let's
give
:the Congressman's kid a medal so I can make General someday.

That sort of thing pretty much stopped at Bronze Star. Kerry got a
Silver Star. That sort of thing was also more common (I'm told) in
the Army and Air Force than elsewhere. Kerry was Navy.

Watch it, Fred, I resemble that remark My Father was offered a Silver due
to a couple of loose cannons in his signal unit that did something really
stupid and lived to tell about it. IT was refused since it would have only
gone to him, the Corporal in Charge (He was busted a couple of time). They
issued a Bronze with no argument accepted to the Platoon. If the Silver had
been accepted, it would have been more of a PR thing than whether it was
actually earned or not. BTW, Ike took time to pin medals on his own Men in
those days. Now you see where the PR came from.



I judge by what is going on now. Kerry lost a lot of credibility with
me when he originally jumped on board Terry McAuliffe's lunacy about
Bush's 'desertion' from the ANG. It shows he's made of the same
putrid stuff that those who went to Florida and argued that military
votes should be invalidated were.

I think it's all a complete mess. I don't care for Bush but Kerry? We are
not having to vote for dumb and dumber once again.



McAuliffe may energize the loon fringes of the Democratic Party, but
they need to get rid of him. He alienates everyone else, and those
are the voters you need to win.

He alienates me, for sure.

"Admin" wrote

[snip]

BTW, Ike took time to pin medals on his own Men in
those days. Now you see where the PR came from.

General Patton Jr., did it with the most class. He set it up so he
was always seen going to the front, never returning from the front.
He did this by having his scout plane land ahead of him. He would
present all the awards, and then travel to the landing strip afterwards.

Asked why he was handing out so many medals, he replied "I've
determined that each piece of cloth I put on their chests, gets me another
kilometer. Most of the men honored will die in these battles. I find
it increases moral, and the soldiers love to honor these hero's."

"S. Sampson" wrote in message
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"Admin" wrote

[snip]

BTW, Ike took time to pin medals on his own Men in
those days. Now you see where the PR came from.

General Patton Jr., did it with the most class. He set it up so he
was always seen going to the front, never returning from the front.
He did this by having his scout plane land ahead of him. He would
present all the awards, and then travel to the landing strip afterwards.

Asked why he was handing out so many medals, he replied "I've
determined that each piece of cloth I put on their chests, gets me another
kilometer. Most of the men honored will die in these battles. I find
it increases moral, and the soldiers love to honor these hero's."

Now, there was a Man with Style that most have forgotten to emulate.
Patton, Ike, Bradley and, yes, even Monty. Without these people, the war
may have been a bit different, I suppose. Or a lot less fun.