Evidence Shows Crewmate Rev. Alston Never Served Under Sen. Kerry

August 10, 2004 | The Bandit

[finnigan2]

What does Lt. Peck have to say about all this? If he corroborates this analysis we have another Cambodia in Christmas on out hands. Way to go!!!

[finnigan2]

If anyone gets their hands on the paperwork associated with these medals and it turns out that Kerry signed them or that the signatures were forged, it's gonna be all over.

[texasbluebell]

the globe got this one right ..John Kerry (dead center of course) "poses"

I wonder how many guys he had to shove out of the way so he could get in the middle there.

"Shove it, do you know who I am?"

[longshadow]

Look at the "shroud" and "the machine gun" (the one missing its barrel!) in the middle of the picture.

See anything funny about those pixels?

Do you mean adjacent to the sailor's left ear? There is a large region in which all the pixels have identical values (just like on the sailor's tee shirt), but the difference is this: the tee shirt is flat on the guy's chest, and one would expect much of the surface to be the same hue, and brightness. But the shroud (cover over the machine gun) is foming complicated curves in the region where the pixels all have the same value, which is not what you'd expect..... unless someone had "smudged-out" that region.

I have no idea why someone would smudge-out that region, unless it was to erase a marking on the shroud.....

[js1138]

I going to give the benefit of the doubt on pixel analysis until I see an uncompressed scan. I do a lot of photoshop work, and lots of innocent filters cause artifacts. Sharpening and compression do strange things to areas having little detail. Maybe the photo has been tampered with, but I can't make that call.

[longshadow]

Sharpening and compression do strange things to areas having little detail. Maybe the photo has been tampered with, but I can't make that call.

Yeah, it's indeterminate without access to an uncompressed image. But there sure are lots of odd things about this picture.

[js1138]

The oddest thing is that Kerry claims it is the crew of one boat. It will be interesting to get to the bottom of that one.

[Robert A Cook PE]

Worse: The whole niddle of the shroud disappears: There's a water and waves behind and above Kerry's head, then the shroud to the left of Kerry, then a smudge that looks like stuff has been erased, then gun barrel is missing (it seems like it should be aiming through the center guy's head!), then there's water again.

[Robert A Cook PE]

Check Kerry's website:

Both the Bronze Star and the Silver Star citations (look for them as .pdf format files on Kerry's website) have been signed by Secretary of the Navy John Lehman.

Except Lehman did not become SecNAV until Reagan's administration - About 15 years after Kerry left the service.

BUT - John Lehman WAS SecNAV when Kerry became a Senator.

Sound suspicious?

Sound like Kerry (as a brand-new, all-powerful Senator!) walks into Lehman's office and demands the SecNAV change his old paperwork to make Kerry's medals look better in his Senate Office Building shrine?

[QQQQQ]

I just found something, you may want to research.

It says that for the first 3 weeks, Kerry was on PCF-94, then on SB #44.

Perhaps in those first 3 weeks in December was when Alston served with him. We just need to make sure of the facts.

This is from an encyclopedia on the web:

http://www.wordiq.com/definition/John_Kerry#Military_Service_.281966-1970.29

Ten days after returning, on June 16, Kerry was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant Junior Grade; on June 20, Kerry left the Gridley for special training at the Naval Amphibious Base in Coronado. After completing swift boat commander training on November 17, Kerry reported for duty at Coastal Squadron 1 of Coastal Division 14 at the Cam Ranh Bay in South Vietnam, arriving on December 1.

Kerry's tour of duty as commander of a Swift Boat
During the first three and half weeks of his four month tour of duty as a boat commander, Kerry led a Swift Boat Patrol Craft Fast-94, patrolling the coast on Swift Boat #44 until late January 1969. After this he served on Swift Boat #94. "

They also have that picture, with explanation: "Kerry (far right) with four of the five men who served under him on Swift Boat Patrol Craft Fast-94."

Anyway, check it out -- better now, than to have the other side bring it up.

[The Bandit]

It says that for the first 3 weeks, Kerry was on PCF-94, then on SB #44.

It's a error. PCF-94 was assigned to Div. 11 and the 44 and Kerry was in Div. 13. Plus you have Kerry's 44 crew placing him on the 44 during the whole time after he was assigned to it from that Boston Whaler training. Plus You have Lt. Peck serving as the 94's commander all hrough that time.

It's just not possible.

[Cboldt]

Some of the citations have more than one set of related paperwork, signed by different SecNav. I wouldn't put much into that, other than Kerry was anal about making sure his "hero" record remained, even if he threw medals of the fence at the White House, etc.

Even at Kerry's web-site, the various versions of the awards are posted. The awards are not identical, FWIW. In one, the word "calm" was excised, going from the early version to the late version.

[Cboldt]

Plus Kerry has removed his claim (lie) to serving on the PCF during the mission that resulted in Peck's serious injuries, etc. That lie went away pretty easy, not much (but not zero) media attention.

[MeekOneGOP]

:^D

[QQQQQ]

Good. Just wanted to make sure.

Kerry has so many versions of the "facts", by now even he isn't sure which is the latest one, it's hard to remember lies.

[hole_n_one]

I don't know about your Swift Boat directory proving anything one way or another.

First off, it's not my directory.

Secondly, I simply provided a link along with a caveat as to it's accuracy.

[The Bandit]

Actually, if you want to expand on the issue there is a serious question of whether Kerry served as OINC on the 44 since that was Lt. Wrights boat during December/Jan. Maybe Kerry merely served under Wright? Who knows anything anymore!!!!!!!!

[TankerKC]

Honestly, I think you guys are trying to hard. Earlier, you thought that it was a different group of enlisted guys in the photos, but that isn't the case.

[Republic]

Please send this to Sean Hannity and Rush. You are AMAZING! It would be so GREAT to get this cleared up! And I would like to see the Rev. answer a few questions, we KNOW Kerry won't. (My guess-the Rev has been asked to refuse all media folks!)

[RetSignman]

Look at the watch the guy with glasses, has on. Can you make out the time?