Kerry's Flying Dog

The Washington Times ^ | 08/25/2004 | John McCaslin

[Hawk44]

VC surfaces

A new four-legged angle — actually a dog named "VC" — has suddenly materialized surrounding Sen. John Kerry's swift boat service in Vietnam.

In a 2004 presidential candidate questionnaire for Humane USA, Mr. Kerry was asked whether any pets have had an impact on his life.

"I have always had pets in my life, and there are a few that I remember very fondly," Mr. Kerry replied. "When I was serving on a Swift Boat in Vietnam, my crewmates and I had a dog we called VC.

"One day as our Swift Boat was heading up a river, a mine exploded hard under our boat," he continued. "After picking ourselves up, we discovered VC was MIA (missing in action). Several minutes of frantic search followed, after which we thought we'd lost him. We were relieved when another boat called asking if we were missing a dog."

Said Mr. Kerry: "It turns out VC was catapulted from the deck of our boat and landed, confused but unhurt, on the deck of another boat in our patrol."

[Leisler]

Thanks, I had physics in high school and felt that the energy needed to toss a dog, that had traveled from a explosion, through the water and effected a 50 boat would have to be huge. Enough to destroy the boat.

Question, what about a say, 170 pound crewman?

[Bob]

LOL! Maybe this time he was actually telling the truth. Stanger things have happened.

In other words, this may be a setup. :-)

I seriously doubt it.

Any accompanying Swift close enough that the dog could possibly land on it unhurt wouldn't have needed to call on the radio several minutes later to ask if there dog was missing. They would have seen the dog flying through the air and known that its launch point had been kerry's boat.

[Bob]

I wonder if Kerry has any stories about epileptic prostitutes that he encountered in the RVN?

Not that I know of but he has stories of Olongapo in "Tour of Duty" -- complete with bloated corpses floating in the river and starving women on the streets with their babies who were dying of malnutrition.

That sure doesn't sound anything like the Olongapo that I remember. Methinks that kerry made this crap up while he was at the O Club over at the NAS. I seriously doubt he ever saw Olongapo.