https://freerepublic.com/tag/closetocambodia/ en-us Sat, 27 May 2006 17:22:00 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1639360/posts Kerry Pressing Swiftboat Case, Long After Loss By KATE ZERNIKE John Kerry starts by showing the entry in a log he kept from 1969: "Feb 12: 0800 run to Cambodia." He moves on to the photographs: his boat leaving the base at Ha Tien, Vietnam; the harbor; the mountains fading frame by frame as the boat heads north; the special operations team the boat was ferrying across the border; the men reading maps and setting off flares. "They gave me a hat," Mr. Kerry says. "I have the hat to this day," he declares, rising to pull it from his... New York Times https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1639360/posts#comment Sat, 27 May 2006 17:22:00 GMT