Kennedy was treated for hemorrhagic fever in a MASH unit during the Korean War.

Evidence

Kennedy, who won a Purple Heart after removing wounded men under mortar fire in 1953, came down with a bad fever soon after the fighting stopped in Korea, and couldn’t move from his sleeping bag. — Nicholson Baker, Baseless- My Search for Secrets in the…, 655

Categorization

• corroborated: 3 independent passages support this claim — Nicholson Baker, Baseless- My Search for Secrets in the…, 655