What were the nature of Kerry's wounds,
supposedly from the second mine? Did the wounds inflicted
by the supposed second mine require medical attention, if so, what?
Is there any independent (of Kerry and Rass.) evidence of the second mine?
There was no second mine. The proof of that is the PCF 3 is the only boat that suffered any damage nor was anyone else injured except those on PCF 3. If you look at Kerry's casualty report, Kerry used the wounds to his buttocks as being suffered due to the mine explosion. In fact, that was another incident. The only "wound" Kerry suffered from the mine incident was a contusion on his forearm when he took off.
Kerry would prefer be that the story is that
Rassman was on the second(last) boat in the
right column cuz; That would give Rassman only one motive
to stay part of the time on the bottom of the river...
enemy fire, , instead of the motive of wanting to
avoid being hit by the next boat.