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Thank you. The Aerospaceweb piece corroborates what BBC posted here.

It's interesting that people gloss over the details and forget the context of the times. I'm sure there were 500 or more people waiting to get into the TNG but that none of them had the qualifications to be a pilot (4 year degree, vision, etc.). If he was using pull, why not get a billet in logistics or administration?

Here is another contrast I like and maybe someone can fill in the missing number. When Kerry joined the Navy, the TOTAL count of Navy KIA was THREE. What was the death rate from training accidents for a pilot candidate?

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John Kerry and War Crimes in Vietnam
(He was in command of a Swift Boat
and ordered his men to do these things.)
Listen to this 1971 audio clip