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Kerry and Patton: how to tell the real hero

JOHN KERRY got three purple hearts in 90 days of combat in Vietnam. He didn’t stay a day in the hospital. My hero, George Patton, got his nose broken three times and an arm broken twice just playing football for West Point.

Kerry and Patton: how to tell the real hero

Fri, 20 Aug, 2004 - 01:00

He received a purple heart in World War I after almost dying from machine gunfire injuries.

John Kerry opted to go home after three purple hearts and four months of duty (one month in training). George Patton was with Pershing in Mexico where he killed Gen Cardenas, one of Pancho Villa’s bodyguards. He shot him with his ivory-handled Colt 45.

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