Between the main acts came a floppy-haired former Navy lieutenant who had won a fistful of medals on the bloody canals of the Mekong Delta. Tall and self-assured, 27-year-old Yale graduate John Kerry read from a rumpled sheaf of papers in the ringing voice that had commanded men on gunships.
Condemning the tactics and morality of the war, Kerry was "brilliant," Fonda says today. He looked like Abe Lincoln and sounded like John F. Kennedy. "He was our ragtag commander at Valley Forge," says veterans organizer Joe Bangert.
http://www.azstudents.com/about_kerry.htmlKerry was "brilliant," Fonda says today. Thank you so much for finding this. I remembered reading this quote, but couldn't remember where.
I have the AZStudents article saved for future reference. Someday, my son will do his thesis on these interesting times.