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Posted on 08/27/2004 11:46:14 AM PDT by richardtavor
by The Bandit This document is hereby placed in the Public Domain by its author. Last updated August 16, 2004.
For years now we have been lead to believe that both Sen. Kerry and the Rev. David Alston had served together on the PCF-94 in Vietnam, and therefore, making David Alston an eyewitness to Kerry's actions and heroism. The fact that Sen. Kerry has used a now famous photo of himself together with David Alston and other crewmates while serving on swift boats in Vietnam, left little reason to believe otherwise. As with most anything having to do with Sen. Kerry -- nothing is ever as it first appears to be. There can be little doubt that Sen. Kerry and David Alston wanted people to believe the two served together on the PCF-94 swift boat by some of their recent comments:
The only problem with the above statements is they are deceiving and can be shown to be false.
"I can still see him now, standing in the doorway of the pilothouse, firing his M-16, shouting orders through the smoke and chaos_. Even wounded, or confronting sights no man should ever have to see, he never lost his cool." (David Alston in a speech before the Democratic Convention)
Rev. David Alston says, "When the bullets started to hit the side of the ship, we found out that John Kerry [could] lead. (Kerry for President Campaign Ad that aired early February '04)
"I saw John Kerry's blood on the deck of that boat [PCF-94]." (The Providence Journal, August 1, 2004)
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Anybody know why?
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I don't have time to find the links but this has been looked in to. They did serve together, exact length of time not known, but it was very short.
As I recall, it was thought that Alston was injured more severely than he actually was. He was injured the day before Kerry took command of the #94 boat. It turns out that Alston was only off duty a couple of weeks.
Because there is no solid evidence to support a contention that they were never working on the same boat, and most indications are that Alston did serve under Kerry, on the same boat, for at least a week in 1969.
Plus, the Swiftee's beef is with Kerry, not Alston.
Thanks for the info.
Alston claims that is NOT a war wound on the back of his head. He said it was a skin condition.
To print out and wear as a Campaign Button, go HERE. Feel free to reuse this anywhere you wish...I saw a description of Alston's head wound as a condition in which scar tissue continues to grow after the initial injury, capable of turning a relatively small wound into one gargantuan looking mass.
The only day Alston could have possible seen Kerry's blood on the deck of the Swift Boat would have been Feb. 20, the day Kerry sustained a shrapnel wound in his left thigh. There is very little info about this day even though it caused the most damage to Kerry's body.
In response to Sandusky's comment unless Kerry's ass was still bleeding I doubt he saw any blood as Kerry pulled Rassman back on board.
"I was there when Sen. Kerry got shot, and I've seen his blood on the deck of a swift boat." (Former Crewmate Fred Short, Scripps Howard News Service, July 29, 2004)
I have seen no medical report that indicates kerry ever suffered a gunshot wound.
"John, shot and bleeding, laid down and pulled up Rassmann by his belt." (Former crewmember Del Sandusky, CNN NEWSNIGHT, Aired May 31, 2004)
The sitrep for the Rassman rescue incident lists kerry's injuties as shrapnel in the butt and a "contusion (minor)" (i.e. a slight bruise) on his arm. Again, no gunshot wound is contained in that report.
I thought the WAPO diagram showed Alston manning the turrent guns on PCF-94 on the March 13th, 69 PCF-3 mine incident?
< sarcasm > Sounds like there's a song in there somewhere; kind of like the following:
Then came the day at the bottom of the mine
When a timber cracked and men started cryin'
Miners were prayin' and hearts beat fast
And everybody thought they'd breathed their last, 'cept John
Through the dust and the smoke of this man-made hell
Walked a giant of a man that the miners knew well
Grabbed the saggin' timber and gave out with a groan
And like a giant oak tree, just stood there alone, Big John.
Too bad Tennessee Ernie isn't still around to sing it. < /sarcasm >
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