[Chieftain]

The point I found interesting is what he said about Kerry's boat striking something in the river as he fled and why Rassman was on the bow in the first place.

The chocolate chip cookie line by Rassman is an embellishment (oops, I mean LIE,) made by the Kerry yarn weavers to give credibility to the 'we were blasted by the mine' story.

[stockpirate]

Yes I see that now that I read it.

Sounds bad, he was running away from the fight, returned when there was no fight.