[joesnuffy]

We quietly feared dying in battle, but there was something we feared even more. We knew if we should panic under fire and fail to do our job, we might lose our brothers' trust or we might lose their lives, and this we feared more than anything.

The truth....

Kerry broke that faith and continues to use his Vietnam experience and his bros to his own aggrandizement & selfish ends... to the detriment of the nation he once swore to defend against all enemies both foreign and domestic...

He has become exactly what he once swore to protect his country from...imo

[river rat]

"We quietly feared dying in battle, but there was something we feared even more. We knew if we should panic under fire and fail to do our job, we might lose our brothers' trust or we might lose their lives, and this we feared more than anything.

These words stand out as the most convincing, that the author "was there"... Semper Fi