SWIFTBOAT VETERANS TELL JOHN F KERRY YOU ARE NOT PRESIDENT MATERIAL
Swift boat veterans who support John F Kerry for President
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Senator Kerry
We write from our common heritage as veterans of duty aboard Swift Boats in the Vietnam War. Indeed, you should note that a substantial number of those men who served directly with you during your four month tour in Vietnam have signed this letter.
It is our collective judgment that, upon your return from Vietnam, you grossly and knowingly distorted the conduct of the American soldiers, marines, sailors and airmen of that war (including a betrayal of many of us, without regard for the danger your actions caused us). Further, we believe that you have withheld and/or distorted material facts as to your own conduct in this war. Your conduct is such as to raise substantive concerns as to your honesty and your ability to serve, as you currently seek, as Commander-in-Chief of the military services.
It is vital that the American public have as much information as possible about candidates for President of the United States. In various ways, you have rightly called upon President Bush to be fully accountable and to provide full disclosure. In the same spirit, now that you are the presumptive nominee of your Party, we believe it is incumbent upon you to make your total military record open to the American people.
Specifically, we the undersigned formally request that you authorize the Department of the Navy to independently release your military records (through your execution of Standard Form 180), complete and unaltered, including your military medical records. Further, we call upon you to correct the misconceptions your campaign seeks to create as to your conduct while in Vietnam. Permit the American public the opportunity to assess your military performance upon the record, and not upon campaign rhetoric.
Senator Kerry, we were there. We know the truth. We have been silent long enough. The stakes are too great, not only for America in general but, most importantly, for those who have followed us into service in Iraq and Afghanistan. We call upon you to provide a full, accurate accounting of your conduct in Vietnam.
Respectfully
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THE SIGNERS Roy Alexander Kenneth J. Andrews, Lt. Dan V. Armstrong, BM2 Ray Lewis Ballew Alexander Bass George “M.” Bates Richard Beers Paul L. Bennett, Cdr., USN Edward J. “Lord Mort” Bergin, Capt., USNR Ret. Henry “Buddy” Berman, QM2 Barry Bogart, EN2 Bob Bolger Cdr., USN Ret. M.T. Boone David Borden Vern Boyd David M. Bradley, LCdr. Robert “Friar Tuck” Brant, Cdr. USN (Ret.) Kenneth Briggs Carlyle J. Brown , EN2 Kenneth “Buck” Buckholz, GMM3 Michael C. Burton Joe Cahill, Jr., Lt. Jack L. Carlson, Lt., USNR Billy Carwile, EN3 Jack Chenoweth William Colgan, RD3 Bill Collins Daniel K. Corbett, Lt., USNR James M. Corrigan, QM3 Terry Costello John H. Davis, Lt. William K. Daybert, Cdr. James Deal John Dooley, Cdr., USN, Ret. Dale Duffield , BM1, USN, Ret. Robert G. Elder, Lt. George M. Elliott, Capt. USNR, Ret. Wallace Benjamin Foreman, QM1, USN, Ret. William T. Ferris, Capt. USNR, Ret. William E. Franke, LT.jg Robert L. Franson, BMCS (SW) Alfred J. French, III, Capt., JAGC, USNR, Ret. Paul F. Fulcomer, RD3 Ray Fuller, GMG3 Steve Fulton, Cdr., USN, Ret. Mike Gann, Capt., USNR, Ret. Steve Gardner Bill Garlow Les Garrett Tony Gisclair Robert Gnau, QM2 Donald Goldberg Morton Golde, Cdr. USN, Ret. Kenneth Golden Gerald L. Good, Lt. USN John C. Graves Charles E. Green, ENCM, USN Ret. Dennis L. Green, GMG H.C. Griffin, Jr., Lt. USNR I.B.S. (Boyd) Groves, Jr. Charles R. Grutzius, Capt. USNR, Ret. F.L. Skip “Mustang Sally” Gunther, Lt. USN Bill Halpin, Lt. USNR, Ret. Don C. Hammer, Lt. Rock Harmon Keith C. Harris, RD2 Stewart M. Harris, Lt., USN Gene Hart, RD3 Bob Hastings Curt Hatler John Hecker , RD3 Chuck Herman, RD3 Raul Herrera Tom Herritage Grant (Skip) Hibbard Rocky Hildreth Roy Hoffmann, Adm., USN, Ret. William P. Holden, Capt., USN Ret. Wayland Holloway, Lt. USNR Robert Hooke, Lt. Andy Horne John Howell Warren Hudson Charles W. Hunt, EN3 Robert Hunt Gail E. “Ike” Ikerd, Cdr. Ret. John Paul Jones, QM3 Tom Jones Eddie Kajioka ENCS, USN Ret. John L. Kipp, Cdr., USN, Ret. Thomas H. Klemash Kenneth Knipple, EN1 Robert Koger, QM2 Mike Kovanen, RD3 Bob Kreyer, GMG2 Jack K. Lane, GMG3 William T. Langham William Lannom Joseph R. Lavoie, II CWO2 (BOSN), USN Ret. Louis Letson, LCdr., USN, Ret. Jim Madden, RD3 William S. Mann, Jr., LT.jg Jim Marohn, GMG3 Douglas Martin, Lt. USNR Tom Mason, Lt. Donald Matras, EN2 Ret. Thomas Mason, Lt. Louis Masterson Richard McFarland, Lt. USNR Kenneth B. McGhee James McNeal, ENC Larry Meyer Jack Merkley, Lt. James M. Miller Martin Miller, ENC, Ret. Marc Milligan, GMG2 Benjamin A. Montoya, QM3 Bub Morgan, LT.jg Edgar (Ed) M. Morrill, Jr. Tom Morrill, EN3 Wayne H. Moser Kurt Moss, Lt. J.G. Frank Mueller Marc Mulligan, GMG2 Ed Mundy Richard Olsen, Lt. John O’Neill Albert Owens Tedd Peck, Capt. USNR, Ret. Robert Phalen, GMG2 Joseph L. Ponder, GMG-2, USN Ret. Charles Plumley Chuck Rabel Bill Rogers , Lt. Jennings Rogerson II, Capt. USMC Ret. Patrick Sage GMG3 Gary W. Sallee, BM2 Joe Sandoval, GMG3 Jimmy W. Sanford, RD3 Robert “Bob” Sattergood Jim Schneider, EN2 Clair J. (Pete) Schrodt, Capt. USN, Ret. Jack Shamley Patrick Sheedy, Cdr., USN, Ret. Paul Shepherd, QM2 Robert B. Shirley, Lt.jg William Shumadine Stanley G. Simonson, GMG2 Darryl Skuce, GMG2 John J. Skura Gerald H. Smith Roy Smith B. Tony Snesko BM2 Mike Solhaug Jack Spratt, LCDR Stirlin Harris, BM2 Fred E. Stith, USN, (Ret.) David R. Stefferud, Capt., USN Ret. James Steffes Lawrence Stoneberg, Lt. USN Ret. Weymouth Symmes W.P. (Sonny) Taylor James P. Thomas Eldon Thompson, LT.jg Charles R. Tinstman, ENC Gary E. Townsend William F. Trainer Michael Turley, BM2 Chris J. Vedborg, RD3 Jeffrey M. Wainscott, LT. jg David Wallace Greg Ward, EN2 Larry J. “Waz” Wasikowski, Cdr. U.S. Naval Reserve Pete Webster Robert T. Wedge, Jr., QM1, USN Ret. Steven Weekley, GMG, QM3 George H. White, II R. Shelton White, Lt. Gary K. Whittington, EN3 James D. Wiggins Dennis D. Willess, EN3 Thomas A. Withey, Lt. Barnard Wolff Thomas W. Wright , Cdr., USN Ret. John Wyatt, GMG John Yeoman, Lt. Ex Officio: Verne DeWitt David P. Marion , CPT Infantry, US Army Benjamin A. Montoya, QM3 Cordelia Ogrinz, in memory of her brother Alexander J. Ogrinz, III, Lt. Rex Rectanus, VADM, USN, Ret. Skip Ridley Emmett Tidd James M. Zumwalt in memory of Elmo Zumwalt, Sr. and Elmo Zumwalt, Jr, his father and brother http://www.swiftvets.com/Index2.htm