Steve said Kerry wrote up a spot report inflating the kills, calling them Vietcong, said he'd killed them all. Steve said Kerry was down below in the wheelhouse, supposedly checking the radar for approaching boats. Kerry didn't do his job, a constant complaint with him, and a boat surprised them. A man with a child, food, all sorts of stuff they weren't allowing through because the Vietcong up the river would get it all. The man reached for a gun, and Steve shot him, the bullet also killing the child in front of the man. He expected higherups to look into the incident because it shouldn't have happened. They weren't supposed to shoot civilians. All these years he couldn't figure out why there'd been no inquiry, and six weeks ago, found out what Kerry had written in the report, inflating the figures, calling them all Vietcong,and declaring that he'd killed them all. Said he didn't want Kerry as CIC, in charge of his children and grandchildren...perhaps sending them to war. Kerry is dangerous.
I got it wrong...Gardner said the child was behind the man he shot, so one bullet took out both.