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Swede Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-04-08 08:52 PM
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Read what Colonel David H. Hackworth thought of "hero" McCain.
"In an attempt to find out exactly what the man did to earn these many hero awards, I asked his Senate office three times to provide copies of the narratives for each medal. I'm still waiting.

I next went to the Pentagon. Within a week, I received a recap of his medals and many of the narratives that give the details of what he did.

None of the awards, less the DFC, were for heroism over the battlefield where he spent no more than 20 hours. Two Naval officers described the awards as "boilerplate" and "part of an SOP medal package given to repatriated (Vietnamera) POWs."
http://www.vietnamveteransagainstjohnmccain.com/cin_hacker_2.htm
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ChimpersMcSmirkers Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-04-08 08:53 PM
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1. Hack was a true hero.
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eShirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-04-08 08:53 PM
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2. rec'ing in memory of Hackworth
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girl gone mad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-04-08 08:54 PM
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3. I loved that man and I miss him.
What a great American!
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opihimoimoi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-04-08 08:54 PM
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4. A ZERO HERO is a person playing the Hero card too much....
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ProgressiveEconomist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-04-08 09:13 PM
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5. K&R. USnews has McCain's OWN account of his POW captivity, very different from
the hagiography this week in St. Paul.

See the link in http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=6897756&mesg_id=6897756
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cliffordu Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-04-08 09:14 PM
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