[pabianice]

Was this the mine that launched his dog, VC, into orbit, only to reenter, unharmed, and land on another boat??

[Pete]

That story is actually in the Congressional Record as well from a June 14, 1995 article by Bob Hohler in the Boston Globe entered into the Congressional Record on June 15, 1995 by none other than John McCain.

http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/C?r104:./temp/~r104TiVzFq

Kerry joked about the time a Vietnamese woman nearly gave birth in Whitlow's arms as their boat sped to a medical unit. And he reminded Belodeau of the day a water mine exploded under the boat, catapulting their dog, VC, from the deck of their boat onto a nearby swift boat.

[Redbob]

Could not have been; if the acceleration imparted to the boat was only enough to lift it two feet out of the water, it would only have lifted the dog two feet - not near enough to land on another boat.

Unless of course the dog incident occurred in a parallel universe having different physical laws...

[KarlH]

It seems to be a common Kerry theme, a mine goes off under the boat, lifts it two feet into the air, and something interesting happens. Does the boat never sustain any damage? A mine exploding under an aluminum skinned boat with enough force to lift it two feet out of the water would likely do damage. I guess that is another problem that occurs when you don't think your lies through.