[MPJackal]

"Bush on the other hand was in the Texas Air National Guard. It would be like me trading war stories with an Indianapolis survivor."

My point still stands. Bush has never said he was a hero. He joined the National Guard. The National Guard did and still does get activated. The thing that probably really kept him from going to Vietnam is that the aircraft he was qualifies on was obsolete.

Kerry continues to wrap himself in his self proclaimed heroism. Any good he did in Vietnam, and I question that, he threw away with his actions after the war. You can not separate them. You can not pretend they did not happen. And those actions border on Treason. LT Calley and/or his men may well have done heroic things prior to the My Lai Massacre. That act alone wiped out everything else they ever did.

[MJM59]

Touche' on the Kerry anti-war statements. Once I heard them, I did want to vomit. You do not turn your back and say crap like that when your guys are still fighting and dying.

Bringing up My-Lai, my father in law a Marine GySgt who received two Purple Hearts from action in VietNam and Korea, and a man I greatly respect once told me that he could understand Calley's actions because you never really knew just who the bad guys were.

Not sure if I am totally sold on the obsolete plane explanation. While it is true that it was an old plane, he always could have qualified on a up to date plane and flown in active duty service if he had chosen to do so. He just did not want to go to VietNam.

[Chapita]

bttt

[Kadric]

Actually the F-102 was active in Vietnam until 1970.

The one question that comes to mind about this thread is that I read the first 300 posts without anyone asking if it was possible that these are reconstructed records. The storage center had a fire in the early 70's and are still trying to reconstruct records. If by some chance some of Kerry's records were among those destoyed would the reconstucted records require the SoN's signitures?