Mr. Bogus Purple Heart

Scripps Howard News Service: " Grant Hibbard, a U.S. Navy lieutenant commander and Kerry's direct supervisor for three months in 1968 and 1969 when Kerry commanded a five-man, 50-foot swift boat, said he never approved of the Purple Heart award for the wound Kerry received Dec. 6, 1968.

"He informed me of a wound," Hibbard said. But Hibbard said the wound he saw on Kerry's arm was so minor, "I basically said forget it, or words like that." More...

The truth will out. You can count on it. Sounds like one of Kerry's purple hearts may have been for a mosquito bite.