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To: John Carragher who wrote (605420)	8/18/2004 12:35:27 PM
From: Kevin Rose	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

Common sense says those near the action see it much better, especially at night. Runyun said that Kerry was wounded when the M-16 ran out of ammo, as he was picking up the grenade launcher. I doubt that anyone offshore in another boat saw THAT... Got to go...

To: John Carragher who wrote (605420)	8/19/2004 3:22:22 AM
From: Kevin Rose	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 769670

Swifties continue to fall apart. So, we see again who the liars really are. These people are out to trash Kerry because they're pissed off about his post-tour antiwar speeches. Thurlow apparently bald-faced lied about Kerry not being under fire. Military Documents Contradict Kerry Critic WASHINGTON - A Vietnam veteran who claims Sen. John Kerry (news - web sites) lied about being under fire during a Mekong Delta engagement that won Kerry a Bronze Star was under constant fire himself during the same skirmish, according to the man's own medal citation, a newspaper reported. The newly obtained records of Larry Thurlow show that he, like Kerry, won a Bronze Star in the engagement and that Thurlow's citation said he also was under attack, The Washington Post reported Thursday. Thurlow, also like Kerry, commanded a Navy Swift boat during the Vietnam War. Thurlow swore in an affidavit last month that Kerry was "not under fire" when he rescued Lt. James Rassmann from the Bay Hap River. Thurlow's records, obtained by the Post under the Freedom of Information Act, include references to "enemy small arms and automatic weapons fire" directed at all five boats in the flotilla that day. In his Bronze Star citation, Thurlow is praised for helping a damaged Swift boat "despite enemy bullets flying about him." The records said Thurlow's actions "took place under constant enemy small arms fire," which Thurlow ignored in providing immediate assistance to the disabled boat and its crew. Thurlow is a leading member of Swift Boat Veterans for Truth, a public advocacy group of Vietnam veterans who have aired a television advertisement attacking Kerry's war record. Kerry has described how his boat came under fire from the river banks after a mine explosion disabled another U.S. Swift boat. Kerry and members of his crew say the firing continued as Kerry leaned over to fish out Rassmann, who was blown overboard in another explosion. Thurlow described Kerry's Bronze Star citation as "totally fabricated," saying "I never heard a shot." Thurlow, a registered Republican, said he was angry with Kerry for his anti-war activities after his return to the United States, especially his claim that U.S. troops committed war crimes with the knowledge of their officers up the chain of command. story.news.yahoo.com