I saw this after the evening news last night, and found the website. A non-SBV/Repub source....
The Point Archives
Kerry And The Purple Heart - 09/14/04
Controversy has surrounded the Massachusetts Senator's first Purple Heart. John Kerry claims to have been wounded in battle on December 2nd, 1968, and therefore, deserving of the medal. The officer in command of the event was an eyewitness. He reports there was no enemy fire. That John Kerry had a self-inflicted wound.
The doctor who treated Kerry called the wound a scratch, which was treated with antiseptic and a band aid. Kerry's request for a Purple Heart was turned down by his chain-of-command. Yet he somehow finagled one by other means.
Kerry challenges his critics to examine the official Navy records. So, we've taken up his challenge. Here are the facts. There is no after action report, which was required had there been enemy fire. There is no personnel casualty report detailing Kerry's wounds. The December 2nd event didn't qualify for either.
In an exclusive, The Point can report that a casualty card does not exist for Kerry's wound. Described by Navy offiicials as "valuable as gold," a casualty card documented a wound qualifying for a Purple Heart. While casualty cards exist for Kerry's 2nd and 3rd Purple Hearts, none exists for the first (see them here).
The complete absence of these three documents thoroughly discredits John Kerry's claim that he suffered a combat wound.
In his dishonest efforts to try to create an image that he is some kind of war hero, Kerry insulted each and every serviceman who was legitimately wounded. Many of whom who refused to apply for Purple Hearts even when they qualified for them.
The Point issues a challenge to John Kerry to produce these three documents. So far, his campaign has released hundreds of pages of documents, but the ones that matter most, simply don't exist.
And that's The Point.
I'm Mark Hyman.
Source:
http://www.newscentral.tv/uploads/franchise/point/point-20040914.shtml
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