here it is the bloody coward story
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MAGAZINE DESK | April 29, 2001, Sunday
What Happened in Thanh Phong
By Gregory L. Vistica (NYT) 7978 words
Late Edition - Final , Section 6 , Page 51 , Column 1
ABSTRACT - Gregory L Vistica cover story, What Happened in Thanh Phong, describes incident during Vietnam War in which former Sen Bob Kerrey, who as inexperienced, 25-year-old lieutenant, led commando team on raid of isolated peasant hamlet called Thanh Phong; notes that while witnesses and official records give varying accounts of exactly what happened, one thing is certain: around midnight on Feb 25, 1969, Kerry and his men killed at least 13 unarmed women and children; operation was brutal; Kerrey says that for months afterward, he feared going to sleep because of terrible nightmares that haunted him; Kerrey--who left Senate in January and is now president of New School University in New York--says he has spent last three decades wondering if he could have done something different that night in Thanh Phong; photos; maps (L)
Correction: June 17, 2001, Sunday
An article on April 29 about former Senator Bob Kerrey and his participation in a Vietnam War mission in which civilians were killed misstated the location of a Vietnamese island where another of Kerrey's missions took place. It was Hon Tam Island near the bay of Nha Trang, not in Cam Ranh Bay. |
