The timeline in "Unfit for Command" for John Kerry's deployment on the USS Gridley doesn't match the ship's operations as listed in Kerry's Fitness Reports. "Unfit for Command"'s timeline indicates that Gridley departed Vietnam January 2, 1968 and, travelling via Australia, returned to Long Beach on June 8. Missing from this account is an additional period of Gulf of Tonkin SAR duty in the time period April 1 - May 5, 1968. This information appears in Kerry's Fitness Report for the period of March 23 - July 20, 1968. Regarding kerry's MLK assassination story, I believe that it's possible for...
