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To: michael97123 who wrote (58220)8/5/2004 2:02:22 PM
From: Ish  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 793670
 
<<As i understand it kerry folks said he was under fire and some others on other boats said there was no fire. Is the crux of the dispute? If so i will trust the guys on the boat. Perhaps the others were 100 yards away and the wind was blowing the other way>>

That would be one hell of a wind.



To: michael97123 who wrote (58220)8/5/2004 2:02:57 PM
From: LindyBill  Read Replies (3) | Respond to of 793670
 
the original quote

No, I don't. When you get into "after action" reports thirty plus years later, it's impossible to know the truth.

Kerry's big mistake was to concentrate on his Nam service at the convention. It is obvious that it is controversial. The best indication of this is that he didn't bring it up in earlier years. I think he knew he had problems with the real events of his four months over there.