I agree, as much as I dislike John Kerry, I salute his service. But on the other hand, I do have questions about his service because of his behavior once he was State side. I have spent a fair amount of time looking into his service and his post service activities, and I believe the focus should be on his post service actions, everything from his activities once back in the States and still in the NAVY, to his 1971 Congressional testimony, his Book "The New Soldier" and his activities as one of the leaders of VVAW.
After looking into John Kerry's service, I think it is John Kerry who was AWOL, When was he dismissed from the Navy and what did he do once he left Vietnam?, Does anyone have a copy of his DD214?
I have to conclude that I do not salute his service, based on his puny in-theater and post-theater record that, to me, proves all he ever did in 'Nam was put in enough time and tricksy efforts to get the heck out of there. What kind of a soldier does that mak e? My God in heaven, how might he have endangered the lives of the men under his command, with such an attitude? Did he endanger the lives of other men under his command and proximate to his command who might have been just as reluctant to go as he was, but who served honorably?
John Kerry did not render honorable service IMO.