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Politics : GOPwinger Lies/Distortions/Omissions/Perversions of Truth -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Suma who wrote (19460)	8/19/2004 9:48:16 AM
From: jlallen	Respond to of 173976

Yep....perfectly consistent with the "critic's" story that Kerry had bugged out when the firing began and did not return until the other boats had suppressed that fire.... Kerry needs to counter these charges himself....

To: Suma who wrote (19460)	8/19/2004 11:57:02 AM
From: Karen Lawrence	Respond to of 173976

Thurlow said he lost his Bronze Star citation more than 20 years ago. He said he was unwilling to authorize release of his military records He's not credible.

To: Suma who wrote (19460)	8/19/2004 12:11:14 PM
From: Karen Lawrence	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 173976

The reason Thurlow did not want his records released - they contradict the lies he's now spreading about Kerry...the Washington Post were able to get Thurlow's records: Kerry critic's record includes contradiction Soldier took part in disputed events By Michael Dobbs, Washington Post \| August 19, 2004 WASHINGTON -- Newly obtained military records of one of Senator John F. Kerry's most vocal critics, who has accused the Democratic presidential candidate of lying about his wartime record to win medals, contradict his (current) own version of events. In newspaper interviews and a best-selling book, Larry Thurlow, who commanded a Navy swift boat alongside Kerry in Vietnam, has strongly disputed Kerry's assertion that his boat came under fire during a mission in Viet Cong-controlled territory March 13, 1969. Kerry won a Bronze Star for his actions that day. But Thurlow's military records, portions of which were released yesterday to The Washington Post under the Freedom of Information Act, contain several references to "enemy small arms and automatic weapons fire" directed at "all units" of the five-boat flotilla. Thurlow won his own Bronze Star that day, and the citation praises him for providing assistance to a damaged swift boat "despite enemy bullets flying about him." As one of five swift-boat skippers who led the raid up the Bay Hap River, Thurlow was a direct participant in the disputed events. He is also a leading member of Swift Boat Veterans for Truth, a public advocacy group of Vietnam veterans dismayed by Kerry's subsequent antiwar activities, which has aired a controversial television ad attacking his war record. In interviews and written reminiscences, Kerry has described how his 50-foot patrol boat came under fire from the banks of the Bay Hap after a mine explosion disabled another US patrol boat. According to Kerry and members of his crew, the firing continued as an injured Kerry leaned over the bow of his ship to rescue a Special Forces officer who was blown overboard in a second explosion. Last month, Thurlow swore in an affidavit that Kerry was "not under fire" when he fished Lieutenant James Rassmann out of the water. He described Kerry's Bronze Star citation, which says all units involved came under "small arms and automatic weapons fire," as "totally fabricated." "I never heard a shot," Thurlow said in his affidavit, which was released by Swift Boats Veterans for Truth. boston.com