[CyberAnt]

I don't think so because all the stories I have read say that Kerry didn't start his anti-war stuff until after he returned to the states - which was when he was separated from the Navy.

[petitfour]

I have read that Kerry asked to be stationed stateside, and he was assigned to be an aide to an Admiral. While he was working for the Admiral, he was busy flying one of the big anti-war protesters around New York. At the request of his sister, I believe. Kerry was anti-war BEFORE he went to Nam. It is very evident in a speech he made as a senior at Yale.