On Thu, 22 Apr 2004 15:00:15 -0400, thunder wrote:

On Thu, 22 Apr 2004 14:47:48 -0400, John H wrote:


I believe he was also awarded a medal for chasing an individual who had
fired an RPG around a hootch and shooting him. As an unloaded RPG launcher
is about as effective a weapon as a baseball bat, I wouldn't consider this
act very heroic. It seems much more like taking a life needlessly.

Eyewitness accounts say that the RPG was loaded.

http://www.snopes.com/politics/kerry/service.asp

From your source: "The details of the event for which he was given the Silver
Star make no sense at all. Supposedly, a B-40 was fired at the boat and missed.
Charlie jumps up with the launcher in his hand, the bow gunner knocks him down
with the twin .50, Kerry beaches the boat, jumps off, shoots Charlie, and
retrieves the launcher. If true, he did everything wrong."

A launcher that has fired the round is not loaded. An RPG launcher holds only
one round. So Kerry shot an unarmed, wounded soldier. Sounds like courage to me!


John H

On the 'Poco Loco' out of Deale, MD
on the beautiful Chesapeake Bay!