Christie Vilsak just said Kerry volunteered for 2 tours of duty in VietNam.
[Is that true? If so, why did he accumulate only 4 months of service in VN?]
Nearly 20 years in the Senate, and all Kerry has to run his campaign on is 4 months of service in Viet Nam.
No, it's not true; he "volunteered" to go into the Navy instead of being drafted into the Army, which he had already tried to delay by one year when he asked his draft board if he could go to France for a year.
He signed up for Swift boats when Swift boats were ONLY doing safe missions off the coast; unfortunately for him, their mission changed as soon as he finished his training.
No, it's not true; he "volunteered" to go into the Navy instead of being drafted into the Army, which he had already tried to delay by one year when he asked his draft board if he could go to France for a year.
He signed up for Swift boats when Swift boats were ONLY doing safe missions off the coast; unfortunately for him, their mission changed as soon as he finished his training.
No, it's not true; he "volunteered" to go into the Navy instead of being drafted into the Army, which he had already tried to delay by one year when he asked his draft board if he could go to France for a year.
He signed up for Swift boats when Swift boats were ONLY doing safe missions off the coast; unfortunately for him, their mission changed as soon as he finished his training.
Kerry's Winthrop/Forbes/Kennedy/whoeverelse ( it's a long list ) family ties got him a cushy job as a general's aide as a "reward" for his "heroism" as a Vietnam war hero.
The skinny snot has never broken an honest sweat in his life.