Was John Kerry a Deserter?

KFYI Radio | 8/6/04 | Wil H

[Wil H]

A caller to the the Bruce Jacobs Morning Talk Show on KFYI Phoenix says he has been researching John Kerry's war record.

The caller, himself a Vietnam Vet, claims that after Kerry returned from Vietnam, he wouls automatically become part of the "Ready Reserve" for the next two years, and, as such, would be required to attend weekend training and camps. There is no record of him doing this that has been found to date, furthermore, the cites that Kerry's Haircut , as seen on TV at that time, would never have passed muster at said weekends or camps.

Also the caller noted that during this time when Kerry was part of the Ready Reserve, he travelled to Paris and met with a high ranking Viet Cong official.

That in itself was an act of treason.

[Mr. Lucky]

The caller is confused.

[PhiKapMom]

I have heard this before -- it looks like he also demonstrated as a member of the Ready Reserve. I guess it is too much to expect our lazy, biased media to actually research. If they spent 1/10th as much time researching Kerry and his Vietnam record and after as they have President Bush's ANG, they might actually find the truth. But since that doesn't fit the media agenda, I don't expect much investigative journalism against Kerry.

[tiamat]

Ooooohhhhh.

Something good?

I can't tell.

Gentlemen, sniff this, please!

[Yohan]

I was listening, it was a great caller. Too bad he can't get through to Rush or Hannity.

[TexasTransplant]

Rules, Laws just don't apply to elite snobs. He should get Medals just for rubbing elbows with us common folk.

[Gefreiter]

Ready reserve component don't take attend drill or take other training.

[Poincare]

No.

The military got rid of Kerry fair and square.

False allegations or suggestions just take away weight from the real facts.

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

DD 214 shows 17 Feb 72 terminal date of Reserve Obligation for John Kerry

http://www.johnkerry.com/pdf/jkmilservice/DD214.pdf

Kerry's anti war activities were doing this period!

John Kerry and War Crimes in Vietnam
(He was in command of a Swift Boat
and ordered his men to do these things.
Listen to this 1971 audio clip)

http://www.streamload.com/jmstein77/Kerry2.mp3


What is Senator John Kerry's relationship to VVAW?

http://www.vvaw.org/faq/#4

Since Vietnam Veterans Against the War's inception in 1967, tens of thousands of vets, GIs and supporters have participated in and supported the actions of VVAW. One of those members in the early 1970s was John Kerry. Kerry was appointed to the VVAW Executive Committee to assist in preparing Dewey Canyon III, VVAW's limited incursion into the land of Congress in 1971 (Nicosia, 98-99). Kerry made his greatest contribution to the anti-war movement and to VVAW in his speech to the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations on April 23, 1971 (Brinkley, 371-373: Hunt, 109-110; Nicosia, 136-138; Wells, 495).

Content of the speech is found at:

http://lists.village.virginia.edu/sixties/HTML_docs/Resources/Primary/Manifestos/VVAW_Kerry_Senate.html.

By 1972, John Kerry had moved on from VVAW (Brinkley, 406: Hunt, 127-128; Nicosia, 211).

[aft_lizard]

I dont know the rules for back then but today after completeing your required active duty you are put on inactive ready reserve.

[Viet-Boat-Rider]

Back then (I don't know abut today) every enlistment was for 6 years. If you spent 4 years in the military, when you got out you had 2 years to do in the Ready Reserves whee the government could call you back to active duty. You DID NOT have to attend week-end training or any opther kind of service.

[Conspiracy Guy]

That is correct. But here is the true Kerry story.

First Down Kerry




This is how I flew above, the jungles there in Nam.
I held the skid and fired my gun, bam bam bam bam bam.
We approached the landing zone, I was the first man down.
“First Down Kerry”, I was called, Air Cav had come to town.
I designed the Huey, the Cobra, the Jolly Green.
Still I went to fight VC, I was a lean machine.
Swift boats, choppers, bombers too, ah yes I did it all.
For four months I was busy, but still I took the call.
I served with honor, brave, and true, saved so many men.
Viet Nam is safer now, I would go back again.

Conspiracy Guy aka DIF 8/5/2004

[TomServo]

would be required to attend weekend training and camps.

Nope.

[Doomonyou]

I thought that if you recieved three, ahem, "purple hearts" you were excused form further military service. I'm not sure, just raising the question.

[Busywhiskers]

The Individual Ready Reserve IRR does not meet or train. Basically, the military records reside in a file drawer in St. Louis. I don't know how it worked for Naval officers, but for Army enlisted one would enlist or get drafted and you would have a military obligation of six years. Enlistees would serve three of those years in active service and then would separate from active service and serve the remaining three years in the ready reserve. Draftees would serve two years in the active service and the remainder in the ready reserve.

There are no regular IRR meetings so Kerry could not be criticized for not attending them.

[narby]

As an officer, I wouldn't doubt that the rules for the RR were different. In any case, the RR doesn't meet or drill.

[grumple]

AWWWW COME ON!!!!! If this were true it would obviously be Bush's fault...

/dripping saliva laden sarcasm

[garyhope]

Why do the Dims, "liberals", traitors, etc. get a pass on EVERYTHING?

If you control the press, media and culture, you control everything.

The right has to wise up and fast before it's too late if it's not already. I'm very pessimistic. Please tell me I'm wrong and that there's hope.

[Howlin]

Just out of country, I believe.

[Doomonyou]

Thanks, you learn something every day in this place.