"Jack" wrote in message
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I had a wound over my eyebrow which required six stitches while
serving
in Viet Nam and I didn't get a purple heart.

I think the fact that Kerry's PH was issued in spite of the fact that
his lesser wound resulted from misemployment of his own weapon
indicates
that I should have received the PH as well, even though my injury
resulted from the misapplication of a squash racquet. After all, we
were
always in the presence of the enemy, even off duty.

While enjoying a respite from FACing around the country side in my
government supplied aerospace vehicle (720 total cubic thundering
inches
of red-blooded American piston-pumping, fuel-injected power), I had
intended to follow the squash game with a pleasant swim in the South
China Sea from the sparkling white sand beaches of Cam Ranh Bay.
However, I was so fatigued and disoriented by my ordeal that I was
forced to retreat to the hooch bar for a liberal application of the
old
home remedy.

But then I never had any political ambitions. Hell, with the right
spin
I probably could have turned all that into a BS (Bronze Star) and
maybe
even a two-year tour as a Congressman. Jeez, just think of all those
sweet ingenues -- I mean interns -- that I never had a chance at.

Oh well, life just ain't fair.


Jack

Hi Jack;
( If we ever meet getting on an airliner together, don't expect me to
greet you will you? :-))))

Don't feel bad about the PH. There was an alert shack at the end of the
scramble runway at K14 in Korea during the war. They had an enlisted guy
out there with a Very Pistol in case someone had a traffic overshoot on
final and needed a wave off. The shack had two windows; one on each side
of the room. One day, the Sergeant out there had to fire a flare. He ran
to one of the windows and fired......into the wind! The flare went up,
over the roof, and back in the shack through the other side window. The
shack caught fire. The Sergeant had no extinguisher. It was being
serviced. Frantic, he did the only thing he could do.......he ****ed on
the fire! Result; he burned his pecker. You guessed it........Purple
Heart!!!

So don't feel so bad old buddy. It could be worse. How would YOU like to
come home like this guy did with a PH and be asked by the local ladies
to explain exactly how you got it? :-)
Dudley