To: Shermy
Kerry paniced when the #3 boat struck a mine. He gunned his engine and struck an underwater obstacle, probably the fishing weir. The boats impact with the underwater obstacle knocked Rassman off the boat and into the water.
In his after action report, Kerry feared the consequences should he say he struck the fishing weir with his boat so he blamed the damage to his boat as being from a near miss from a mine.
5 posted on
08/26/2004 4:41:58 PM PDT by
fso301
To: fso301
Kerry paniced when the #3 boat struck a mine. He gunned his engine and struck an underwater obstacle, probably the fishing weir. The boats impact with the underwater obstacle knocked Rassman off the boat and into the water. I hadn't thought about the weir. You're right, that's a good possibility.
I don't think weir throw shrapnel though...
15 posted on
08/26/2004 4:48:12 PM PDT by
Shermy
(Teresa's bailed out!)
To: fso301
he blamed the damage to his boat as being from a near miss from a mine. Can't be a weir or a near miss of a mine because he claimed he got 'shrapnel' (also known as rice) in his 'leg' (also known as butt.)
18 posted on
08/26/2004 4:49:04 PM PDT by
tsmith130
(Making one's enemies suffer is currently an under-valued activity.)
To: fso301
He gunned his engine (while fleeing like a coward away from what he believed to be enemy fire upon hearing the mine detionation on Boat #3) and struck an underwater obstacle
To: fso301
Kerry paniced when the #3 boat struck a mine. He gunned his engine and struck an underwater obstacle, probably the fishing weir. The boats impact with the underwater obstacle knocked Rassman off the boat and into the water. In his after action report, Kerry feared the consequences should he say he struck the fishing weir with his boat so he blamed the damage to his boat as being from a near miss from a mine.
And there's still the third variation, told by Kerry himself and entered into the Congressional record, in which he says Rassmann fell overboard when Kerry initiated a sharp turn to starboard - no mention of either a mine or an object.
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