[jackbill]

cynicom, Kerry served 2 tours as well. A full tour and four months into the next. This article is incorrect.

He served only 6 months on his first tour (U.S.S. Gridley). The sentence that you object to is not incorrect.

[Destro]

The article said Kerry served only four months of a year-long tour as if Kerry shirked the rest of his tour. In his first tour of duty he had a cushy job in a war zone aboard the U.S.S. Gridley which he cut short to volunteer for an even more dangerous assignment on a river combat boat. More then "only" four months.