Some very odd Kerry apologists on this thread.
Kerry was still on active duty October 15, 1969 according to his records.
The liberal Harvard Crimson published Kerry's confession to the Harvard Crimson that he intentionally and illegally signed out to a false destination that day.
Kerry changed into civvies and then flew Bobby Kennedy's former speech writer (but turned radical anti-war protest organizer) Adam Walinsky to an organized anti-war rally when his anti-war sister Peggy Kerry asked him to help out with the Oct. 15 mass mobilization.
Kerry spent only four months in Vietnam and then requested and got a transfer to become an aide to an admiral in New York after he allegedly was "wounded" three times and received three Purple Hearts, the first of which no records or documents of evidence can prove was authorized or awarded by any US Navy Officer; an instant "PX" early-out for Kut and Run Kerry-Kohn.
He then obtained a six months early discharge from the Navy to run for Congress but dropped out and never attended Navy Reserve meetings even though Kerry claims he was in the reserves until 1978 (for political PR!).
In January 1971 John Kerry attended and organized and co-ordinated (he did not speak at) the so-called "Winter Soldier" rally in Detroit, where "Vietnam Vets" told stories of a war they allegedly had participated in and allegedly witnessed in Vietnam.
It later was revealed many of the "Nam Vets" were neither in Viet Nam or Vets!
Kerrys first public action with VVAW was his high profile speech before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in April, 1971.
His speech there was written by former Bobby Kennedy speech writer Adam Walinsky.
John Kerry's speech to the US Senate 1971 :
http://pro.lookingat.us/KerryKohn1.mp3
http://pro.lookingat.us/KerryKohn2.mp3
http://pro.lookingat.us/KerryLastManToDie.mp3
John Kerry on NBC Meet The Press 1971 :
http://pro.lookingat.us/Kerry1971MTP.mp3
So much for all the apologists for John Kerry!
The John Kerry Communist Songbook:
http://pro.lookingat.us/Kerrioki.html
John Kerry's headlines in the Commie newspapers:
http://00access.tripod.com/KerrysMedals.html
I also have John Kerry's email to the Tehran Times on March 8, 2004 on their webpage and will post it later here on FR
John Kerry (2003) on his old "Internationalism" agenda he spoke of in the early 1970s to the Harvard Crimson:
http://pro.lookingat.us/KerryInternationalismTerrorism.mp3
This is the current idiotic garbage Hanoi John Kerry spews out now on his campaigns; "UN", "multi-national", "globalist", "worl coalition", ".....smarter and better and faster!"
#51. I truly thank you for all the information in your post#51. Thank you very much.
Very Best FReegards,
Defender2
That's a very well informed reply devolve, as always!