On Tue, 10 Aug 2004 15:35:15 +0000, Gould 0738 wrote:


I'm astonished at the one doctor who said he treated Kerry for one of his
wounds, but now believes that the wound was (depending on the day he tells
the story, it seems to change depending on the audience) either self
inflicted or not serious enough to warrant a purple heart.

Do they just hand out a purple heart to everybody who says, "I'd like one
of those, I think it will look good on my uniform and get me laid back
home," or does somebody check the medical records to evaluate whether a
serviceman was wounded?

If anybody checks the records at all, was the doctor who treated Kerry
lying then, or is he lying now?

I believe your talking about Dr. Louis Letson. If he treated Kerry, one
would think his name would appear on Kerry's sick call sheet. It doesn't.