Posted on 08/06/2004 12:10:41 AM PDT by kattracks
[snip]Kerry's commander, Grant Hibbard, is quoted as saying that Kerry came to see him the next day to seek a Purple Heart, but "I told Kerry to 'forget it.' "
Asked how Kerry got a Purple Heart, Hibbard replied, "It beats me."
Later that month, was ordered to more dangerous duty on inland waterways at a place called An Thoi but fellow Swift Boat veterans say he loudly bellyached until he got transferred out within a week, showing that he had "very little nerve for facing serious combat."
The book quotes fellow Swiftee William Franke as saying Kerry complained that he "had volunteered only for coastal patrol and not for the far more hazardous duty of missions within the inland waterway."
The book, by Vietnam vet John O'Neill who served with Kerry, adds: "What [Kerry's] fellow Swiftees concluded was that Kerry had a very high regard for his own wellbeing and very little nerve for facing serious combat."
(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...
sweet. thanks kat.
OW, OW, OW!
This hurts just to read. In a GOOD way, of course...
Kerry will be taking a swift boat back to Boston in November.
"Even without minimal investigation, a critical press should have been able to spot the story as a total fabrication. Richard Nixon did not become president of the United States until 26 days [later]," the book notes.
ROTFLMAO!!!!! And the left calls GWB "stupid"...? Cripes, what a putz -- ! :)
No he wont....he will be skippering a
Boston Wailer.......
Bwahahahahaha
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