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Someone asked earlier if anyone had contacted the crew on his boat. The only time I have ever heard them mentioned is by the author Brock. The one who did the book on Kerry. Can't remember the name of the book, but when Fox did the first segment on "All Vets Aren't With Kerry" on Friday, Brock was on there saying he had talked with the crew and they did not care for Kerry at all. Wonder why nobody tracks them down?

"Wonder why nobody tracks them down?"

Now, THAT'S an idea with some worth!!!

It is strange that the only "witness" from that era that I've seen come forward was the SF guy Kerry pulled out of the water.....

Kerry had a crew --- it would be very interesting to hear from them.... They SHOULD be proud to come forward and acknowledge that Kerry was their "leader"......

Surely - at least ONE of his crew could attest to the nature of his wounds....and how he got them....unless they were the result of a failed fragging....

It would also be interesting to hear their comments on Kerry beaching their boat - jumping ashore and "having do" with the wounded/dead Charlie...

Semper Fi

According to today'sWashington Post article (Keen Focus on Lt. Kerry's Four Months Under Fire), they all support Kerry (except one).

But the consensus among crewmates is that he bridged the differences and connected with his crew immediately. In combat, eight of nine of them say, he was daring and unflinching, never tentative. The ninth, Stephen M. Gardner, an avowed Bush supporter, recently told Brinkley: "Whenever a firefight started he always pulled up stakes and got the hell out of Dodge." Once, famously, Kerry -- in violation of regulations -- beached his boat and went after the enemy, chasing down and killing a Viet Cong guerrilla carrying a rocket launcher.
"I didn't want to just react and respond. I wanted to win," Kerry said. "I went there with a purpose, and that was to be successful on the missions."
Medeiros, who in 1969 was a crewmate of Kerry's, said Kerry "wanted to be aggressive."
"I liked him immediately. . . . He was a strong leader willing to take calculated risks. We were the seasoned ones; he respected that. He took the approach that we didn't have to prove anything to him. He had to prove something to us," Medeiros said.