Curmudgeonly & Skeptical

   Dear Rita put me on to this Freerepublic soap opera over Kerry's Bronze Star.  John Chafee was SEC/NAV while our hero was doing his 60 days in 'Nam,  This is the citation for Kerry's Bronze Star for Valor.  Notice it seems to be signed by Sec. Navy John Lehman, who held that office under Ronald Reagan 5 Feb 1981 - 10 Apr 1987!


But, is that actually Lehman's signature?   This guy did a photoshop of the Bronze Star and Silver Star documents, and showed that both signatures were identical, whoever's it was.  Another guy pipes in that Chafee's full name is:  Maybe it's Chafee's signature after all.

But wait, here's Chafee's signature


And a whole bunch more!

To: Polybius I think it is instructive to understand what makes Kerry tick. He is an ambitious self-promotor who has parlayed his brief Vietnam experience into fame, fortune, and power. He can't let it go. Kerry must have requested an amendment to his DD214. The amendment (DD215), among other things deletes the Vietnam Service Medal and replaces it with the Vietnam Service Medal with 4 bronze stars. The date of this amendment is March 12, 2001!!! Another example: His Bronze Star citation was originally signed by Zumwalt when he was Commander of the US Forces in Vietnam. For whatever reason, at least 12 years after the incident, John Lehman, SecNav 5 Feb 1981 - 10 Apr 1987, signs the same citation. Either Kerry never received his medal at the time or he maybe he threw it away. What I glean from these two examples is that Kerry is caught in a time warp. He is totally obsessed with Vietnam and his decorations. I can't imagine anyone going back and amending their record that way. What could possibly be the purpose? This is sick. I would also add his recreating and filming his "battles" while being assigned to Vietnam and the Vietnam shrine he keeps in his home. It is all a case of image building, but what I find bizarre is the fact that he believes that he really is a "highly decorated war hero." 108

If you're doing a term paper, another guy lists every Sec/Nav since 1949.  But wait.  Here's more mystery.

We also have another mystery in addition to the Lehman signatures. Kerry has the following SILVER STAR certificate -- Signed by John H. Hyland, Pacific Fleet Commander and Then a SECOND certificate signed by Lehman. Find law has the following SILVER STAR certificate -- Signed by Elmo Zumalt, Vietnam Commander. While the event and date are the same These 2 Silver Star Certificates have DIFFERENT writeups.

and then ...


The circumstances behind Kerry's medals are secondary to what he SAID he did with them afterward, piling up one conflicting account after another.  Like kabar said, "He is totally obsessed with Vietnam and his decorations." They are the basis of his life, or so it seems.