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Back on the Mekong Delta, John Kerry finds a man who once tried to kill him and exoneration
WaPo ^ | 01/14/2017 | Carol Morello

Posted on 01/14/2017 11:12:40 AM PST by SanchoP

CA MAU, Vietnam — It could have been 1969 again as Secretary of State John F. Kerry stood on the bow of the small boat chugging up the Bay Hap River on Saturday, the wind billowing his sleeves and his eyes darting left and right toward banks shrouded in dark foliage.

As a young Navy lieutenant, Kerry commanded a Swift boat along this stretch of churning brown waters in the middle of a free-fire zone. Here, he earned a Silver Star for his heroics when he leapt ashore after an ambush to pursue a fleeing Viet Cong with a grenade launcher and shot him dead.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...


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KEYWORDS: hanoijohn; johnkerry; kerry; secstate; tehranjohn; traitor
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To: OpusatFR

It Is just another page from the democrat hand book.


61 posted on 01/14/2017 2:26:09 PM PST by Vaduz (women and children to be impacted the most.)
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To: Little Bill

Yeah.
No such bird exists.
But it is somehow written on Kerry’s supposed dd-214.
Means that his record as shown is fraudulent.


62 posted on 01/14/2017 2:43:57 PM PST by Darksheare (Those who support liberal "Republicans" summarily support every action by same.)
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To: SoFloFreeper; Interesting Times

Remember, when he said Nixon sent him into Cambodia at Christmas in 1968? Big lie, as Nixon wasn’t sworn in until January of 1969.

Here is the rebuttal of Kerry’ lie:

http://www.wnd.com/2004/08/26081/


63 posted on 01/14/2017 3:17:17 PM PST by Grampa Dave (The deadliest Islamic terror cell America has ever faced is leaving office, 20 Jan 2017!)
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To: Grampa Dave
Here's a bit more detail on the subject:

An Unforgettable Cambodian Christmas.

64 posted on 01/14/2017 3:31:49 PM PST by Interesting Times (WinterSoldier.com. SwiftVets.com. ToSetTheRecordStraight.com.)
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To: SoFloFreeper; Interesting Times

More detail on John Kerry’s fake news trip into Cambodia thanks to Interesting Times

C H A P T E R 9 AN UNFORGETTABLE CAMBODIAN CHRISTMAS

Reality re Kerry’s Faux Christmas into Cambodia

http://www.tosettherecordstraight.com/docs/CH9.pdf


65 posted on 01/14/2017 5:25:18 PM PST by Grampa Dave (The deadliest Islamic terror cell America has ever faced is leaving office, 20 Jan 2017!)
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To: Darksheare

Yea right. he really recognizes a guy that tried to Kill him from probably 200 yards away, if he was even really ever under fire. Maybe the HNIC will share his Un Nobel peace prize with him bombing someone every day he has been in office.


66 posted on 01/14/2017 5:26:38 PM PST by davidb56
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To: SanchoP

“...he earned a Silver Star for his heroics when he leapt ashore after an ambush to pursue a fleeing Viet Cong...”

Kerry MAY have gotten away with writing himself up for a Bronze Star, but not for a Silver Star.

http://www.judicialwatch.org/press-room/press-releases/kerry-should-remove-silver-star-citation-from-his-internet-site-pending-review-by-u-s-navy/

Senator Kerry’s DD Form 214 (a Defense Department form detailing a veteran’s service upon separation from the military) lists his “Silver Star with Combat ‘V’” and is posted on the Internet at JohnKerry.com. The Combat “V” device is never awarded with the nation’s third highest award for heroism.

Journalist Thomas Lipscomb, writing in the Chicago Sun-Times quoted a Navy spokesperson stating: “The Navy has never issued a ‘Combat V’ to anyone for a Silver Star.” Additionally, former Navy Secretary John Lehman was quoted with respect to the Silver Star citation as saying: “It is a total mystery to me. I never saw it. I never signed it. I never approved it. And the additional language it contains was not written by me.”

Furthermore, Senator Kerry’s records also reflect the award of a Vietnam Service Medal with 4 bronze stars. Military experts consulted byJudicial Watchbelieve Kerry’s brief tour of duty inVietnamwould have merited no more than 2 bronze stars on a Vietnam Service Medal. Many Swift Boat Veterans have questioned the circumstances of Kerry’s Purple Heart awards.

“There is something amiss in Senator Kerry’s service records. John Kerry should stop touting an award that has never been awarded to anyone in the U.S. Navy. The U.S. Navy needs to get on the ball and thoroughly scrub John Kerry’s service record by conducting a complete investigation of Kerry’s service,” stated Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton. “And, of course, John Kerry may answer many of these questions by authorizing the release of all his service and medical records,” Fitton added.


67 posted on 01/14/2017 5:28:17 PM PST by BwanaNdege ("The church ... is not the master or the servant of the state, but the conscience" - Luther)
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To: davidb56

It is pretty obviously a completely staged story, yes.
And the left complains about. “fake news”.


68 posted on 01/14/2017 5:28:22 PM PST by Darksheare (Those who support liberal "Republicans" summarily support every action by same.)
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To: Darksheare

Liar. Traitor. Gigolo. Incompetent. Putz.


69 posted on 01/14/2017 6:28:24 PM PST by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?.)
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To: SanchoP

The only word that comes to mind is...BULLSHIT.


70 posted on 01/15/2017 1:42:27 AM PST by immadashell (Save Innocent Lives - ban gun free zones)
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To: Lurkinanloomin
Not for that incident.

1. Fired Grenade launcher at nearby rock

2. Bumped noggin on cabin doorway

3. Tossed grenade into rice bin and got bit of shrapnel in arse.

71 posted on 01/15/2017 5:34:36 PM PST by Oztrich Boy (I never ever set out to make anyone feel safe. - S E Hinton)
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To: BwanaNdege
You are correct. I did two tours and got four, plus some other arrowhead thingy supposedly related to TET. ( I was evacuated out and was discharged on my Id Card, not uncommon. Never saw my records or pay after August, 1968.)
72 posted on 01/16/2017 12:34:42 PM PST by Little Bill (o)
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