Posted on 08/22/2004 11:27:26 AM PDT by kattracks
Rock solid.
He wrote the book "Stolen Valor". It's an awesome book. In it, he debunks many of the urban legends and lies about Vietnam veterans. He also exposes a lot of frauds and Vietnam war pretenders. He's a great writer and totally credible.
Actually, he hopped onto one of the other Swifts to be chauferred(sp?) out to the cutter. You've always got to get prompt treatment for those life-threatening bruises.
You have to realize that Gardner was an unusual member of the crew, explains the author. Gardner had a previous tour of duty on Swift Boats. He knew the right way to confront the enemy not the Kerry way [steering to open water].
America isn't ready for the Kerry Way either, and never will be - he is a pretty lousy Senator, just look at his senate record. Kerry is a playboy with lots of toys to play with leaving him little time to be a United States Senator - that he was ever elected is truly a blight against Massachusetts, a state where if history were still taught, the people should know how to tell a charlatan.
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