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Posted on 09/01/2004 5:24:48 PM PDT by IM4TRUTH
Columbus swift boat vet angry about letter
By LINDA HALSTEAD-ACHARYA Of The Gazette Staff
COLUMBUS - Swift boat veteran Bob Anderson of Columbus is ticked.
It bothers him that Sen. John Kerry's swift boat history has become such a political hot potato. But he's even more irritated that his name was included - without his permission - on a letter used to discredit Kerry.
"I'm pretty nonpolitical," the 56-year-old Anderson said Tuesday. So, when he found out last week that his name was one of about 300 signed on a letter questioning Kerry's service, he was "flabbergasted."
"It's kind of like stealing my identity," said Anderson, who spent a year on a swift boat as an engine man and gunner.
Ask the right questions, like: why would they do something so unnecessary and so stupid?
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That's what I'm wondering. Bob Anderson isn't exactly a unique name.
I'd like to see a copy of that letter -
Could there possibly be two Bob Andersons and Kerry's people know it?
Who says that Bob Anderson wasn't bought off....? Just look at the VC soldier story...WHO PAID FOR THAT?
http://swift1.he.net/~swiftvet/article.php?story=20040629220813790
he was not one of the original signers. different Bob?
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Relax, "Bob Anderson" is a pretty common name, it is possible there are two men with the same name who served in Vietnam....wait and see.
I have real trouble believing the VC story at all...what are the chances?
You don't need to pay the communist Vietnamese to say nice things about Kerry. He's a national hero over there.
"I can't seem to get a response when I reply to their e-mail," Wedge said.
"They come back undeliverable."
Really? Undeliverable? Something smell fishy.
One things little funny from the article -
""This is the fourth or fifth time someone has called me or e-mailed me in regard to signing this damn letter,"
"I can't seem to get a response when I reply to their e-mail," Wedge said.
"They come back undeliverable."
Why would the Swiftvets send out a request to sign the letter in an e-mail with an undeliverable return address ?
Bob Anderson's name is not in the book, Unfit for Command. The book has a copy of the letter that went out to Kerry in May.
A Tom Anderson in mentioned on page 48. Regarding Christmas in Cambodia, 1968 "... Commander of River Division 531, in charge of PBRs, confirmed that there were no Swiftes anywhere in the area and that they would have been stopped had they appeared."
I wonder what Mr. Anderson means by his name being "signed to" a letter. As others pointed out, it would be helpful to see the letter he is objecting to.
There's no Bob Anderson listed as a signer in Appendix A of "Unfit for Command" (where they reproduce the original letter) nor in the cross-reference.
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