Ron,

I can see your confusion, but after reading all of the book and most of the editorial and reportage of Kerry's Vietnam exploits, I think I can say as a Marine Corps Infantry Platoon Commander at a place called Con Tien during the exact same period that Kerry was there, that;
1. there was tremendous medal inflation in the Navy during that period, and
2. no Marine Corps officer I have known, or will know, would ever stoop to Kerry's level in accepting (much less putting in for) the Purple Hearts Kerry received.

This is why Kerry will never reveal the medical records he used to put in for these ficticious wounds.

By the way, although I received several shapnel wounds in the Nam, I never put in for a Purple Heart, yet now I am considered 60% disabled for those same wounds from the VA. Unlike many in this site, I know of what I speak.

More importantly, I am not alone... others long silent, see Kerry's mendacity, and are gathering to respond... watch the skies and wait...

As for the producer, I know nothing about him nor care; just hear the former POWs speak and watch Kerry try to respond...