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To: unclewest who wrote (33255)	3/7/2004 5:41:07 AM
From: unclewest	Respond to of 793911

The latest VFW Magazine lists Kerry's war duty on page 8. "John Kerry; Kerry enlisted in the Navy Feb. 18, 1966. For four months, February through June 6, 1968, he served aboard the guided-missile frigate USS Gridley off the coast of Vietnam. From December 1968 to April 1969, he commanded swift boat #44 in the Mekong Delta. All told, Kerry served eight months in the war zone-four off- shore and four actually in Vietnam. He was wounded three times: slightly to his arm (Dec. 2, 1968), shrapnel to his left thigh (Feb. 20, 1969) and ~ mine-related wound to his right arm (March 13). Kerry said in an interview with the Boston Globe that one wound cost him about two days out of service, and that the other two did not interrupt his performance of duty. Besides three Purple Hearts, Kerry was awarded a Bronze Star with V device and ~ a Silver Star. The latter was for killing a Viet Cong on Feb. 28, 1969. Kerry was, discharged from the Navy Jan. 3, 1970."