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KERRY'S THIGH HAS SHRAPNEL, RECORDS SHOW
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WASHINGTON Senator John F. Kerry has shrapnel in his left thigh
as a result of an injury sustained in the Vietnam War, according to
medical records displayed by his presidential campaign yesterday. The
records include notations for wounds for all three Purple Hearts, as
well as for two bouts of pneumonia and "a minor non-specific urinary
tract infection."
The shrapnel still in Kerry's thigh stems from a Feb. 20, 1969,
attack for which he was awarded his second Purple Heart. Kerry has
said none of the three Purple Heart wounds cost him more than a
couple of days of service. Kerry was able to ...
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