To: American Spirit who wrote (24060 ) 11/1/2004 5:29:12 PM From: jim-thompson Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 27181 Other Than Honorable? It stands to reason that the Navy, far from discharging Kerry in 1972, would have somehow penalized him for a variety of misbehavior from 1969-1972, including meeting with North Vietnamese representatives in Paris, defaming the honor of American fighting men during a time of war, and associating with the terrorist-minded Vietnam Veterans Against the War. Kerry has yet to clear up a variety of questions surrounding his discharge, as reported in the lastest Human Events: An official Navy document on the John Kerry campaign website listed as Kerry's "Honorable Discharge from the Reserves" opens a door on a well-kept secret about Kerry's military service. The document is a form cover letter in the name of the Carter Administration's Secretary of the Navy, W. Graham Claytor. It describes Kerry's discharge as being subsequent to the review of "a board of officers." This in itself is most unusual. There is nothing about an ordinary honorable discharge action in the Navy that requires a review by a board of officers. According to the Secretary of the Navy's document, the "authority of reference" this board was using in considering Kerry's record was "Title 10, U.S. Code Section 1162 and 1163." This section refers to the grounds for involuntary separation from the service. What was being reviewed, then, was Kerry's involuntary separation from the service. And it couldn't have been an honorable discharge, or there would have been no point in any review at all. This review likely was held to improve Kerry's status of discharge from a less than honorable discharge to an honorable discharge.affbrainwash.com