Gould,

No it is not a matter if he qualified for a purple heart or any other
citation. He claimed he had received two citations that he did not receive,
when question by CNN and Dan Rather (by no means are they right wing news
organization) he admitted that he never completed Ranger training and should
not include that on his resume. He also told CNN he found that the Army had
given him two Distinguished Flying Cross medals, when he had only earned
one.

CNN asked him these question because in a column written shortly after the
Admirals Boorda's death
Hackworth said: "It is simply unthinkable an experienced officer would wear
decorations he is not entitled to, awards that others bled for. There is no
greater disgrace," he wrote. Adm. Boorda committed suicide for wearing 2
valor awards (2 small bronze V's) he had not earned.

Using Hackworth's own criteria "there is no greater disgrace".

So if you have a problem with this, you need to bring it up with Hackworth.

Just because Hackworth is a very well decorated retired military man, does
not make immune from those who think he is extremely biased in his
reporting. When I read his web site, it was full of unsubatiated rumors and
accusations. After you challenged my statement, it appears that this is
opinion of many others highly decorated military men. The man has made a
very successful career writing books, columns and lecture tours highlighting
his success military career (which is undisputed) and finding fault with
everything the military has done since he retired. His web site is one of
his venues for selling those books and lecture circuit.





"Gould 0738" wrote in message
...
But, it's
obvious that this discussion is about to become a ****ing contest about
the
DETAILS of his awards, rather than the goals and content of his site.

But of course. He dares to criticize the AWOL prez, so discussion must now
turn
to whether Hack was "wounded badly enough" to qualify for this purple
heart or
that, "heroic enough" to deserve this citation or that............yawn.
Same
old crap from the same old side......