From: "diversified_slave" <diversified_slave@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: FREEvpFREE@yahoogroups.com
To: FREEvpFREE@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [FREEvpFREE] Veteran Status
Date: Sat, 06 Nov 2004 18:40:21 -0000A list of records.
Just to set the record straight:
Is Duke Cunninghams war record not worthy of a mention here..I see he's mentioned on your source site.
Neil L
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Democrats
� Richard Gephardt: Air National Guard, 1965-71.
� David Bonior: Staff Sgt., Air Force 1968-72.
� Tom Daschle: 1st Lt., Air Force SAC 1969-72.
� Al Gore: enlisted Aug. 1969; sent to Vietnam Jan.1971 as an army
journalist in 20th Engineer Brigade.
� Bob Kerrey: Lt. j.g. Navy 1966-69; Medal of Honor, Vietnam.
� Daniel Inouye: Army 1943-'47; Medal of Honor, WWII.
� John Kerry: Lt., Navy 1966-70; Silver Star, Bronze Star with
Combat V Purple Hearts.
� John Edwards: did not serve.
� Charles Rangel: Staff Sgt., Army 1948-52; Bronze Star, Korea.
� Max Cleland: Captain, Army 1965-68; Silver Star & Bronze Star,
Vietnam.
� Ted Kennedy: Army, 1951-1953.
� Tom Harkin: Lt., Navy, 1962-67; Naval Reserve, 1968-74.
� Jack Reed: Army Ranger, 1971-1979; Captain, Army Reserve 1979-91.
� Fritz Hollings: Army officer in WWII, receiving the Bronze Star
and seven campaign ribbons.
� Leonard Boswell: Lt. Col., Army 1956-76; Vietnam, DFCs, Bronze
Stars, and Soldier's Medal.
� Pete Peterson: Air Force Captain, POW. Purple Heart, Silver Star
and Legion of Merit.
� Mike Thompson: Staff sergeant, 173rd Airborne, Purple Heart.
� Bill McBride: Candidate for Fla. Governor. Marine in Vietnam;
BronzeStar with Combat V.
� Gray Davis: Army Captain in Vietnam, Bronze Star.
� Pete Stark: Air Force 1955-57
� Chuck Robb: Vietnam
� Howell Heflin: Silver Star
� George McGovern: Silver Star & DFC during WWII.
� Bill Clinton: Did not serve. Student deferments. Entered draft but
received a 311.
� Jimmy Carter: Seven years in the Navy.
� Walter Mondale: Army 1951-1953
� John Glenn: Officer, USAF. WWII and Korea; six DFCs and Air Medal
with 18 Clusters.
� Tom Lantos: Served in Hungarian underground in WWII. Saved by
Raoul Wallenberg.
� Wesley Clark: U.S. Army, 1966-2000, West Point,Vietnam, Purple
Heart, Silver Star. Retired 4-star general.
� John Dingell: WWII vet
� John Conyers: Army 1950-57, KoreaRepublicans
� Dennis Hastert: did not serve.
� Tom Delay: did not serve.
� House Whiip Roy Blunt: did not serve.
� Bill Frist: did not serve.
� Rudy Giuliani: did not serve.
� George Pataki: did not serve.
� Mitch McConnell: did not serve.
� Rick Santorum: did not serve.
� Trent Lott: did not serve.
� Dick Cheney: did not serve. Several deferments, the last by
marriage.
� John Ashcroft: did not serve. Seven deferments to teach business.
� Jeb Bush: did not serve.
� Karl Rove: did not serve.
� Saxby Chambliss: did not serve. "Bad knee." The man who attacked
Max Cleland's patriotism.
� Paul Wolfowitz: did not serve.
� Vin Weber: did not serve.
� Richard Perle: did not serve.
� Douglas Feith: did not serve.
� Eliot Abrams: did not serve.
� Richard Shelby: did not serve.
� Jon Kyl: did not serve.
� Tim Hutchison: did not serve.
� Christopher Cox: did not serve.
� Newt Gingrich: did not serve.
� Don Rumsfeld: served in Navy (1954-57) as aviator and flight
instructor.
� George W. Bush: six-year National Guard commitment (incomplete
records).
� Ronald Reagan: due to poor eyesight, served in a non-combat role
making movies.
� Gerald Ford: Navy, WWII
� Phil Gramm: did not serve.
� John McCain: Silver Star, Bronze Star, Legion of Merit, Purple
Heart and Distinguished Flying Cross.
� Bob Dole: an honorable veteran. Two purple hearts.
� Chuck Hagel: two Purple Hearts and a Bronze Star,Vietnam.
� Jeff Sessions: Army Reserves, 1973-1986
� J.C. Watts: did not serve.
� Lindsey Graham: National Guard lawyer.
� George H. W. Bush: Pilot in WWII. Shot down by the Japanese.
� Tom Ridge: Bronze Star for Valor in Vietnam.
� Antonin Scalia: did not serve
� Clarence Thomas: did not servePundits and Preachers
� Sean Hannity: did not serve.
� Rush Limbaugh: did not serve (4-F with a 'pilonidal cyst.')
� Bill O'Reilly: did not serve.
� Michael Savage: did not serve.
� George Will: did not serve.
� Chris Matthews: did not serve.
� Paul Gigot: did not serve.
� Bill Bennett: did not serve.
� Pat Buchanan: did not serve.
� Bill Kristol: did not serve.
� Kenneth Starr: did not serve.
� Michael Medved: did not serve.
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