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I think your statement that French did not serve with Kerry in combat is not accurate. You cited this above: The two men were in the same division for two months in early 1969. He said Kerry's claims after he returned home that the unit engaged in "atrocities" are false

With the Swift Boaters, That's the equivalent of being in the same company in the army....it's probably even fewer people than that. It is not the same as an army "division" of thousands of people. Trust me...if you were in 1st platoon C Company and I was in 2nd platoon C Company, then we served in combat together. Our paths probably crossed regularly when in the field, and we could easily have been friends who hung out together when off duty.

The only thing I've read is that they were in Vietnam at the same time and they met casually.

At any rate, the scarcity of info about French and the way the Swifties have made the previously available records disappear indicates pretty strongly to me that French was a weak link in their case against Kerry.

If you can find the French affidavit, let me know. Someone has to have it.