Just a quick note to clarify the medals debate. John Kerry did not put  
himself in for the medals. All applications have to have a thorough description  of 
the heroic acts which have to be signed by the company officers that viewed  
them. Medals were not given out freely in Vietnam. As a clerk typist in a 
combat  unit in Vietnam, I typed the paperwork for these medals. Many were 
rejected and  few were awarded.
Purple hearts were a different story. Medical staff/Officers submitted  these.
 
Rummy.....formerly Radar O'Reilly.