Posted on 08/26/2004 11:17:36 PM PDT by ambrose
ENEMY NEVER WOUNDED KERRY: ADMIRAL
August 27, 2004 -- An officer who served with John Kerry yesterday finally broke his silence about the Swift vets controversy - and said Kerry accidentally wounded himself before requesting his first Purple Heart. In a detailed new account that is certain to fuel the growing controversy, eyewitness William Schachte Jr., a retired rear admiral, told columnist Robert Novak for today's papers that he was "astonished" to hear Kerry's version of the events of Dec. 2, 1968, when Schachte was in command of Kerry aboard a skimmer boat on the Mekong River.
Schachte said that Kerry:
* Wasn't wounded by hostile fire.
* Wasn't even under fire by the enemy.
* "Nicked" himself with a grenade launcher and "requested a Purple Heart" afterward.
(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...
If he does that he is totally finished as a candidate. It would be admitting he lied, is an opportunist, and rode on the back of the anti-war movement to promote his political career. Nope, he's got to ride this out and with more and more MSM finally getting involved he must be seeing the presidency dissolve before his eyes. Besides someone who doesn't have a sincere bone in their body can't issue a sincere apology.
This is blatently false. I am absolutely certain that the enemy hurt his "feelings".
Still waiting for my copy to ship too. I went through Amazon over two weeks ago and still waiting.
I had put it on reserve request at B&N but got tired of waiting there too but yesterday, they called saying it was in.
Guess I'll go get it and have two copies before the shadowy left has it banned.
Its a shame he can't remember the name. Then we would know which enlisted man is lying for sKerry. I think its very typical of sKerry to lie and claim that he was in command on his first combat mission.
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