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Posted on 08/19/2004 12:50:51 PM PDT by gilliam
Statement by Navy Veteran Van Odell, Swift Boat Veterans for Truth, in Rebuttal to Michael Dobbs, Washington Post, August 19, 2004
A courageous, soft spoken man of the Midwest, Larry Thurlow has a heart bigger than the great plains and a commitment to truth and honesty that is boundless. He is under attack, because John Kerry is feeling the heat of truth at the hands of this honest man and others like him.
The Kerry Campaign is attacking the truthfulness of this man and the Bronze Star he so richly deserves for his actions on March 13, 1969. I was there. I saw what happened.
The mine’s detonation lifted PCF-3 completely out of the water just yards ahead of me. All boats commenced suppression fire in case enemy small arms fire ensued. None did.
All boats came to the aid of PCF-3, except one: John Kerry’s boat. Kerry fled.
Larry Thurlow piloted his boat straight toward the mine-damaged PCF-3 from which thick, black smoke billowed. He jumped aboard and personally led damage control operations that saved the boat and rescue operations that saved the lives of badly wounded men. Larry’s leadership was in the highest traditions of the naval service. His leadership allowed the other men and boats of the mission to exit the river safely.
This “single act of meritorious service” – the chief requirement of the Bronze Star – should be honored, not ridiculed, by the Kerry campaign and its allies in the mainstream media.
To reiterate, only one enemy weapon was deployed that day – the command-detonated submerged mine that disabled PCF-3. Larry Thurlow’s citation contained references to “enemy small arms and automatic weapons fire,” because that was the language chosen by John Kerry who penned the “spot report” on the action that day. There was no “enemy small arms and automatic weapons fire” received that day. John Kerry’s report was fiction – a hoax on the entire chain of command.
Larry Thurlow’s heroism and meritorious service, however, is real. To me Larry is one of the heroes of our country. He is a man who served his country when called and who returned home to be a productive citizen. Larry and men like him are the strong backbone of our society. I am proud to have served with him.
You've hit the nail on the head.
You question the timing of what?
For them, they are a band of brothers working together to restore their honor.
Kerry's French training coming out. The Frencharian Candidate!
It's amazing to witness. To say conservatives fly into a media headwind is an understatement.
Maybe enough decent people in this nation had enough of the Clinton lies. Perhaps they will not take it from this scumbag also.
If the truth falls into the open but the media never reports it, does it make a sound to a swing voter?
I thought it rather ironic that Kerry states he won't allow others to disparage those he served with. "Hello?" Kerry has been disparaging them for over 30 years!
Yes Yes Yes. You have hit the nail ion the head. None of this matters. They are fighting us on their terms.Most of the left hopes he is a coward. We need a new approach here if we expect to gain ground.
Nina Burleigh
Hannity and O'Neill were just discussing what I said over on the other thread..
Swing voters use the internet also...and they listen to talk radio. This story is out there...
Help is on the Way, so I'll just go around the bend where I won't be in the way.
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I missed that part ..
Good to see they picked up that info about Rassman
But was that John Kerry or Bob Kerry or Jim Carrey or Harry Kari or just who?
And was it the John Kerry who voted for the $87 billion or the John Kerry who voted against the $87 billion, or the one who wants to reduce our deployed troops around the world or the one who does not or the one who spent Christmas of 1968 in Cambodia or the one who didn't ...
That's the trouble with this guy. There are just too many of him to keep straight.
Shalom.
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