I was on guard over some C-rations somewhere in Deutschland (Old West German part of that country), and there was this guy and his date in a car. The brakelights kept coming on, and going off, and coming on, and going off.
Next thing you know somebody tossed a round into one of the lights.
Guy didn't miss a lick.
Then we had to find a round somewhere so this guy could switch his guardpost later on.
He offered about a pound and a half of what he called "hashish" in trade to someone. He had this stuff on his person. One of the Namvets tested it and pronounced it fake stuff. So, next deal was to have the guy fall through a hole in the roof of the C-rations dump (which was more like a cave with a big door on the front, and a concrete roof with ventilation holes). Then he could lose his rifle in the fall, along with the bullets.
He didn't like that idea. I didn't follow up on what happened after that, but he did score some dope one day and ended up in Landstuhl hospital agitated about spiders all over his body.
Kerry's Christmas sounded terribly contemplative ~ not at all like mine that year. We had half the Red Army sitting about 10 miles away, busy occupying Czechoslovakia at the time, and the threat of nuclear anihilation was real. Guess when you are just out there making the beerruns for the guys patroling the Mekong you can dwell on deep thoughts.
One thing for sure, I knew Nixon wasn't yet President, but I certainly looked forward to it.
IMHO, Kerry is simply a self-promoting liar.
He was there in Nam...in harm's way...and for that I give him credit. But that's where it ends. He took abject advantage of his service, embellishing it, lying about it and lying about and betraying his compatriots and his nation. He has no honor, no integrity, no virtue.
He would sell the entire country out the same way he did his comrades...in an instant.