To: luvbach1
"I read recently that Kerry chose the swift boats for them being the least risky combat assignment in Vietnam. However, I must say I don't know why anyone would have thought that."
No, he asked to be on a ship because he thought he would serve off the coast. The Gov't had a little test with the swift boats and he was forced to go on one !
19 posted on
08/11/2004 12:19:36 AM PDT by
america-rules
(It's US or THEM so what part don't you understand ?)
To: america-rules
He chose the swift boat patrol assignment precisely because he would see little combat action. And no one says he faced a threat to his life in four months in Vietnam. At the earliest available opportunity, he hightailed it out of there and never looked back.
21 posted on
08/11/2004 12:22:52 AM PDT by
goldstategop
(In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
To: america-rules
The Gov't had a little test with the swift boats and he was forced to go on one !Thanks for the clarifcation but ""thet aint the way I heared it."
27 posted on
08/11/2004 12:30:48 AM PDT by
luvbach1
(Leftists don't acknowledge that Reagan won the cold war because they rooted for the other side.)
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