"Don" wrote in message news:%Ljgc.1680

My dad was shot clear through the leg, didn't stay overnight in the
hospital
either.
Yet that wound bothered him til the day he died.
I bet Kerry's bothers him too.

There are documented cases from virtually every modern war of soldiers
suffering what you would think of as serious wounds (like your Dad), yet
insisting on returning to the line and their fellows as soon as possible, if
they were anywhere near ambulatory. Likewise there are cases of soldiers
suffering cuts and bruises that wouldn't slow a carpenter from a day's work,
yet insisting on the full treatment and documentation of their injuries.

Such cases mean little in the long run, but speak mainly to the character of
the individual involved.