The Soldiers You Never Hear About

June 2, 2004

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Kate O’Beirne is saddened that, because of the nature of press coverage, the American public knows the names of the Abu Ghraib 7 but almost none of the recipients of several Navy Crosses, 128 Silver Stars, and 3,700-plus Purple Hearts. She does her bit by profiling a few of them.

One response to “The Soldiers You Never Hear About”

carsick

June 2, 2004 at 5:21 pm

They’ve only given out 128 Silver Stars? The way everyone’s been talking about John Kerry’s military career, I assumed they gave those things out like candy.

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