Posted on 10/11/2004 8:40:30 AM PDT by Melinda
Midnight in South Vietnam, and the river is black. Past the rice paddies and shacks, small fires are burning by the shoreline as Lt. John H. Davis' 50-foot aluminum swift boat -- PCF 19 -- makes its routine patrol through the reeds. In a split second, rocket fire shatters the silence, and through a plume of oily smoke, the boat sinks to the river's bottom. "My whole crew lost their lives that night. I was the only one who survived," Lt. Davis says. Lt. Davis, now 62, lost his left eye. The bones in both legs were shattered. But the scars of war are nothing compared to the demons that wake him from his sleep, leaving him drenched in sweat and trembling with fear. "My latest nightmare was that I was pulling my crew out of the water. When it came to the last body, it was me." Lt. Davis has come to Washington at his own expense, along with 89 other Swift Boat Veterans for Truth, to tape the eighth 60-second TV spot questioning Sen. John Kerry's fitness to be commander in chief.....
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Good news! Their ads ARE effective! Good article, thanks for posting it.
az
Bravo! for the determination of these vets.
Dyslexic Swifties Untie!
I just read the book, Unfit for Command, more than ever I am astonished that Kerry has come this far in the campaign.
It is scary to me that folks listen to the glibness of the speaker rather than the content of the speech.
The Swifties are still accepting donations.
"Success flourishes only in perseverance -- ceaseless, restless perseverance." Manfred von Richthofen (The Red Barron)
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