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To: Sully- who wrote (82332)	10/31/2004 11:24:08 PM
From: Captain Jack	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793838

The thought of kerry being desparate in PA is fantastic. Hopefully he is feeling the same in Oh, Wi, MN, Hi, and NM + other 'swing states.

To: Sully- who wrote (82332)	10/31/2004 11:28:16 PM
From: unclewest	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793838

Another E-mail just in I served in Nam and elsewhere with tha man writing this intro. He is retired SF. uw This is from Colonel Lew Millett. I have met Colonel Millett many times and have had an opportunity to get to know the man and understand who he is. Colonel Millett can write this message with authority. He is a combat veteran of THREE WARS and has been awarded or earned the Medal of Honor, the Distinguished Service Cross, multiple Silver Stars and Bronze Stars for Valor and he was wounded many time and wears four (4) Purple Hearts for wounds in Combat. Colonel Millett was fighting in Korea and was a Company Commander of an Infantry Company. They ran out of ammo as thousands of Chinese were making suicide assaults against him and his men. He turned to his Company and said, "FIX BAYONETS - Charge" Colonel Millett led the charge, killing many of the enemy and being wounded multiple times. His Company routed the enemy and he stayed with his men until all of the other wounded were medivaced. For this action he received his Countries highest decoration for Heroism, "The Medal of Honor". name deleted Something to think about and consider as we approach election time to pick a president and the direction of our country. I'm a combat veteran of the Vietnam War and I'm against John Kerry's candidacy. I served in the field and witnessed many acts of heroism by American teenage soldiers who became men, and some that laid down their lives. I am deeply troubled by the political commercials portraying Mr. Kerry as a war hero, leaving one with the opinion that he represents Vietnam veterans. He does not. Considering his radical anti war activism upon his return to the US, the act of throwing his service medals over the White House fence is arrogant, insulting and dishonors any American who ever wore a military uniform, and the 58,000 American sons who sacrificed their lives. It is also disrespectful to the families of the missing in action and prisoners of war. To think of John Kerry grandstanding on the graves of these brave men who are heroes is disgusting. It is apparent to me that this was a well-calculated plan to sell him as a war hero for political gain to get him elected to office. His running mate asserts that "he (Kerry) would never leave anyone behind." Well Mr. Kerry, what about the hundreds of American soldiers still missing in action from the Vietnam War? Weren't you the committee chairman concerning this issue? Where is the accounting of these American soldiers to date? The radical anti war movement, which Mr. Kerry was involved in, was very harmful to our national resolve while we were at a time of war. It aided the communists by giving the enemy strategic political advantage, much like today's war in Iraq. I am concerned about allegations by his superior officers and men he served with regarding his actions and character while in the military and after he returned to the US. If character is an issue, then allow the voices of the wives and family members, of over two thousand American soldiers still missing in action from the Vietnam War, to be heard. These men were written off like a bad debt by self serving politicians in order to normalize relations with communist Vietnam and Senator Kerry was the chairman of the committee that reviewed this issue for then president Clinton. Is it any wonder that his picture hangs in the war hero's museum in communist Vietnam? ---------- Lewis L. Millett Colonel USA (ret.) World War II 1941-45 Korea 1950-51 Vietnam 1960-61, 1968-73 MOH, DSC, PH(4)