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In 1968-69, Lieutenant Jr. Grade John Forbes Kerry wrote after-action reports. They are part of the official record. It is highly likely that several of them are "embellished," shall we say. What typewriter might Kerry have used to phony up, I mean embellish, his reports? Please bring us a picture of the machine. Could this one be a possiblility?

CNSNews.com) - Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry's 1971 testimony to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee reveals that the then anti-war activist admitted to writing many of the battle reports during his four months of combat in Vietnam. Kerry told the committee on April 22, 1971, "...I can recall often sending in the spot reports which we made after each mission..." Kerry also said that many in the military had "a tendency to report what they want to report and see what they want to see." Kerry's comments about the battle reports came in response to a question from then...

Schachte said that there was no after action report on the first Purple Heart incident, because there was no hostile fire. This time the Navy "documentation" backs up the Swift Vets. No hostile fire = No After Action Report No After Action Report = No hostile fire So if there was no After Action Report, it means that there was no hostile fire, and Kerry fradulently got the 1st Purple Heart. Kerry claims that he was the OinC (Officer in charge) with two other enlisted men. If Kerry was the OinC on the mission as he claimed he was, and...

Did John Kerry write the after-action report for the March 13, 1969, incident for which he was awarded the Bronze Star? Is that after-action report true or false? These are the two fundamental questions at the core of a dispute between two sets of Vietnam veterans who were there that day and who now tell dramatically differing stories. In an ironic twist, the anti-Vietnam War testimony Kerry himself delivered in the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on April 22, 1971 is now casting at least some doubt on Kerry's claims that he did not write the March 13, 1969, report, but...

Lack of documented proof hasn't stopped critics from questioning John Kerry’s medals After a month of charges and countercharges about John Kerry's record in Vietnam, his critics have not come up with documented proof to back up their primary charges. It's a tangled case of conflicting memories, and lingering questions. There's a new challenge from Adm. William Schachte (USN, ret.), who contributed to two Bush campaigns. Schachte raises questions about Kerry's first Purple Heart. "I was in command of those missions and I was in the boat that night," he says. In an interview with NBC News, Schachte claims Kerry...

Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry's 1971 testimony to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee reveals that the then anti-war activist admitted to writing many of the battle reports during his four months of combat in Vietnam. Click on source URL to read Kerry's own words.

Wednesday, August 25, 2004 - WASHINGTON -- A Navy report filed five days after a disputed incident in Vietnam supports John Kerry's version and contradicts critics who say the Democratic presidential nominee never came under enemy gunfire when he won two medals. The Navy task force overseeing Kerry's swift-boat squadron reported his group of boats being fired on during the March 13, 1969, incident. Some of Kerry's critics, including several men who were on other boats that day, say there was no enemy gunfire during the incident that won Kerry a Bronze Star and his third Purple Heart. The March...

Kerry, in 1971, Admitted Writing Combat Reports By Marc Morano CNSNews.com Senior Staff Writer August 26, 2004 (CNSNews.com) - Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry's 1971 testimony to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee reveals that the then anti-war activist admitted to writing many of the battle reports during his four months of combat in Vietnam. Kerry told the committee on April 22, 1971, "...I can recall often sending in the spot reports which we made after each mission..." Kerry also said that many in the military had "a tendency to report what they want to report and see what they want...