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He was on a 1 year routine assignment on the USS Gridley (CG-21) offshore as electrical officer. Feb-May, then then went home to Long Beach.

Kerry abandoned the cruiser when it went into the repair period after deployment and went up to Napa valley (Mare Island) to train as Swift boat officer.

Then, after only 90 days in the Swift boats he abandoned them to go home (using as an excuse an unwritten technicality of 3 minor wounds) to admirals aide position in Boston.

Then he abandoned that duty station 9 months early to go campaign for Congress. We DO KNOW that he was in several frequent protest meetings with Zumwalt and Abrams (chief of all forces in Vietnam!) over US policy. My opinion? Zumwalt "medalled him" to shut him up. (And, as stated, to encourage the others out there). His boss used the Kerry's medical request to get rid of a troublemaker, so he could get a real (ie, reliable) officer into that position.