[sport]

But he did serve in Vietnam I heard.

[MasterGunner01]

I had heard rumors of that Viet Nam service also. It was not clear which side Kerry was fighting and the mystery continues to this day. Based on his actions after his return to ConUS, he must have fought for the VC and NVA while being paid by the US Navy. That was a pretty neat trick. Since Lurch won't sign a Standard Form 180 to release his records of service, we still don't know whether he was thrown out of the US Navy with other than a Good Conduct Discharge.