[Hon]

"I thought he had only been in 'Nam for 4 months when he received all of these. Can anyone verify?"

Somebody ought to do a Kerry FAQs. I see the same questions raised on almost every Kerry thread.

Kerry's second tour was from December 1968 to April 1969.

http://www.boston.com/globe/nation/packages/kerry/timeline.htm

[demlosers]

I think I read somewhere Kerry did a few months on a ship in the Gulf of Tonkin, and the rest of his tour on a Swift boat in the Mekong Delta.

I'm sure someone will verify.

[mass55th]

The link says this: "May 23: Kerry marries Julia Thorne, his best friend's sister."

I wonder if his friendship with his first wife's brother ever survived the divorce? Anybody know?