"The article said Kerry served only four months of a year-long tour as if Kerry shirked the rest of his tour."
He did not serve the remaingg eight months of his second tour. What is your problem?
"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."
It's not clear whether he volunteered or not to go into the Swift boats. But when he was assigned Swift boats were NOT doing river combat details. That only started TWO WEEKS after he reported for duty on a PCF.
"He then became a commander of a Navy swift boat, which at the time were used to transport sailors to ships in the gulf. Two weeks after beginning his new assignment, the safe job he had picked became much more dangerous when the boats began being used in the Mekong Delta to seek out the Viet Cong and block North Vietnamese supply routes."
http://washingtontimes.com/national/20040219-115623-9539r.htm Your constant disinformation seems to be intentional. It is starting to look like agit-prop for Kerry? Does Soros give good benefits?