John Kerry was a war hero.....look how well the right treated him
John Kerry wasn't a war hero.
And he burned his own bridges.
If he hadn't given false testimony in front of Congress it would have been a non-issue.
John Kerry received a Silver Star......Allen West got kicked out of the Army for being a psycho
John Kerry put himself in for a Silver Star, a Bronze Star, and 3 Purple Hearts in the span of 5 months. He went around his chain of command to get them approved. He never spent one hour in a hospital for any wounds received.
In Douglas Brinkley's book Tour of Duty: John Kerry and the Vietnam War, Brinkley notes that Purple Hearts were given out frequently:
"As generally understood, the Purple Heart is given to any U.S. citizen wounded in wartime service to the nation. Giving out Purple Hearts increased as the United States started sending Swifts up rivers. Sailors no longer safe on aircraft carriers or battleships in the Gulf of Tonkin were starting to bleed, a lot."