Wow. How did I ever miss that?
Still can't believe Kerry's boat fled! No surprise though at that fact. Just amazed that it eluded me till now.
Four boats on patrol, one boat hits a mine, people get blown into the water. NO OTHER ENEMY FIRE from anywhere. Two of the boats start picking people out of the water, Kerry fled the area in his boat.
When he noticed that there was no fire coming from the banks, Kerry comes back with his boat and picks up Rassuass (or whatever his name is). Other boats pick up other guys out of the water.
Kerry turns in paperwork that says that there was "heavy enemy fire coming from the banks for 3 miles along the river, from both sides of the river, and Kerry risked his life to save Rassass, and got a boo-boo (bruise) on his arm".
So Kerry got a Silver Star and another Purple Hart.
This is about the 4th time I've posted this but Mark Levin had a vet named Chenowith on his show. He watched the 3 boat go up in the air in front of him. Kerry's boat took off down the river. His boat and another boat stayed by the 3 boat. He said that from his vantage point 14 ft in the air, at no time was there enemy fire from the banks. That was including the time that Kerry just beat him to Rassman. He had already picked up 2 other people. I think he made the point about his high vantage point because Rassman was "bobbing" in the water and was not in a good position to judge if there was enemy fire.
If anyone who listened to Mark is around, I'd appreciate any additions. ( or corrections. )