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Politics : Don't Blame Me, I Voted For Kerry -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: American Spirit who wrote (61010)	5/5/2005 7:58:55 PM
From: tonto	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 81568

Kerry enlisted in the Naval Reserves on February 16, 1966, only after his fifth and final college deferment (to study in Paris) was denied. He chose the Naval Reserves to avoid being drafted into the army and shipped off to Vietnam. His status remained “inactive” until December 16 when the NAVY—and NOT KERRY—changed his status to “active”. Kerry’s first tour of duty wasn’t in Vietnam as his supporters keep repeating: From June 1967 to June 1968, Kerry was assigned to the USS Gridley, a “blue-water” vessel cruising the Pacific from California to Australia with a brief 5 weeks stop off the coast of Vietnam. On November 17 1968, the NAVY—and NOT KERRY—then decided to ship John Kerry off to Vietnam.