[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 53 (Thursday, April 22, 2004)]
[House]
[Page H2338]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    KERRY, HIGHLY DECORATED VETERAN

  (Ms. DeLAURO asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. DeLAURO. Mr. Speaker, December 1968, John Kerry gets wounded in 
the arm. He is awarded the Purple Heart. February 1969, Kerry is 
wounded again, shrapnel in the left thigh. He is awarded a second 
Purple Heart. February 28, 1969, pursues a Viet Cong fighter, kills him 
and retrieves a rocket launcher, awarded a Silver Star. March 1969, a 
mine detonates the boat, wounding him in the right arm. He is awarded a 
third Purple Heart. He is also awarded a Bronze Star for saving a crew 
member.
  As my colleagues have pointed out, Republicans came to this floor 
today to attack John Kerry's military record. Shame on them. John Kerry 
honors our men and our women in uniform. He honors the principles upon 
which this great Nation was founded. There are those who serve in the 
Republican side of this aisle who would do well to take heed and give 
honor to someone who served so well this great country of ours.

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