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Politics : Proof that John Kerry is Unfit for Command

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To: tejek who wrote (18029)	10/12/2004 12:49:55 PM
From: Ann Corrigan	Read Replies (1) of 27181

Kerry's complete biography is available at Boston Globe website www.boston.com--here's an excerpt proving that he admitted all his wounds were superficial and only one caused him to lose TWO days of service. Excerpt from Boston Globe: <<<"he also took an action that has received far less notice: He requested and was granted a transfer out of Vietnam six months before his combat tour was slated to end on the grounds that he had earned three Purple Hearts. None of his wounds was disabling; he said one cost him two days of service and the other two did not lead to any absence. In an effort to understand a fuller picture of Kerry's combat in Vietnam, the Globe examined thousands of recently declassified Naval documents; interviewed sailors who served alongside Kerry; conducted four interviews with Kerry; and read some previously unreleased journal entries and letters selected by the senator. ..Kerry initially hoped to continue his service at a relatively safe distance from most fighting, securing an assignment as "swift boat" skipper. While the 50-foot swift boats cruised the Vietnamese coast a little closer to the action than the Gridley had come, they were still considered relatively safe. "I didn't really want to get involved in the war," Kerry said in a little-noticed contribution to a book of Vietnam reminiscences published in 1986. "When I signed up for the swift boats, they had very little to do with the war. They were engaged in coastal patrolling and that's what I thought I was going to be doing." But two weeks after he arrived in Vietnam, the swift boat mission changed -- and Kerry went from having one of the safest assignments in the escalating conflict to one of the most dangerous. Under the newly launched Operation SEALORD, swift boats were charged with patrolling the narrow waterways of the Mekong Delta to draw fire and smoke out the enemy. Cruising inlets and coves and canals, swift boats were especially vulnerable targets. The swift boat crew typically consisted of a college-educated skipper, such as Kerry, and five blue-collar sailors averaging 19 years old. The most vulnerable sailor sat in the "tub" -- a squat nest that rose above the pilot house -- and operated a pair of .50-caliber machine guns. Another gunner was in the rear. Kerry's mission was to wait until hidden Viet Cong guerrillas started shooting, then order his men to return fire.">>> ****************************************************** P.S. The gunner, Steve Gardner, is the Kerry swiftboat crew member who served longest stint(2months) on his boat. Gardner is a member of SwiftVets for the Truth group and after observing Kerry on that very same boat for 2mos straight has often stated that the senator is definitely unfit for command of the U.S. military. Kerry's other crew members who accompany him on campaign trail served on his boat from 1-4wk stints.

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