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As viewed from alt.california on 27 Oct 1998 14:38:20 GMT, 
Dan O wrote:

>How does a officer in the rear with the gear win a Bronze Star? A Bronze
>Star is a badge of courage and can not nor should not be given to supply
>clerk Desk Jockeys.
>
>I knew that at some time in the future this dark secret would come out. A
>Bronze Star is intended to be given to people who show courage under fire.
>Many officers were given the Bronze Star for nothing more than showing up
>in country. Any officer that does not have a Combat Infantry Badge or 
>documented combat experience and uses it for political advantage is at
>least disingenuous. 
>
>Gray Davis has neither a CIB or  documented combat experience. His
>inference of being a combat hero is wrong and insults the memory of 58,000
>brothers and sisters who died in the Vietnam conflict.

Let's hope he did *something* more than show up in country to win the
medal.  Remember Admiral Boorda.

>I am not calling Gray Davis a phony, but if the shoe fits he must wear it.

Book 'em, Dan O.    ;^)

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 ~  Jafo                           http://bounce.to/jafo

"You should have done this sooner. With an infinitely more
distinguished public record than yours, Adm. [Jeremy Michael]
Boorda committed suicide when he may have committed a minor
mistake."  - Rep. Tom Lantos, California Democrat.