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T H R E E THE PURPLE HEART HUNTER “Many took exception to the Purple Hearts awarded to Kerry. His ‘wounds’ were suspect, so insignificant as to not be worthy of the award of such a medal. That Kerry would seek the Purple Heart for such ‘wounds’ is a mockery of the intent of the Purple Heart and an abridgement of the valor of those to whom the Purple Heart had been awarded with justification.” WILLIAM FRANKE Swift Boat veteran A normal tour of duty in Vietnam was at least one year for all personnel. Many sailors, like Tom Wright...

HUMAN EVENTS has obtained a copy of a scorching new television advertisement addressing Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry's record in Vietnam that has been produced by Swift Boat Veterans for the Truth. The group is a non-partisan "527" organization whose membership is limited to former military officers and enlisted men who served in Vietnam on Navy Swift Boats or affiliated commands. The group says, "Senator Kerry misrepresented his own actions and those of his fellow officers and men." Swift Boat Veterans for Truth is chaired by Rear Admiral Roy Hoffman, USN (ret), and includes on its steering committee John O'Neill,...

Click onto this video/audio file from the Vietnam vets opposed to Sen. John Kerry. It takes a bit of time to download but is well worth it. Use the arrows at the right to navigate through the presentation. click on source URL above or cut & paste this to your browser: http://www.scaryjohnkerry.com/vietnam.htm

The Gallup Poll goes on at length about how Americans view Kerry more favorably on this or that index (“strong leader,” “cares about people like me,” etc. etc.) as a result of the Democratic convention, but then Gallup reluctantly admits that among likely voters, a much more significant population, the results are the opposite: Kerry lost ground, on all indicia, during the convention. Now, since likely voters are certainly a higher-IQ contingent than people who don’t bother to vote, what that means is that Kerry only gained in esteem among low-IQ folks who are too ignorant, lazy, or indifferent to...

The more this campaign continues, the more one cannot suppress the nagging suspicion that John Kerry had something to do with the Vietnam War. The latest piece of evidence came in his epic acceptance speech, in which he said, "I defended this country as a young man, and I will defend it as president." It's a clever line because it has two possible meanings. He could mean that his service in Vietnam defended America. Not a common view on the left, which often regarded the war as a chance to test exotic weapons on equally exotic people. Perhaps he means...

WASHINGTON – Two of John Kerry's Purple Hearts were for self-inflicted wounds, charges a new book by two of the presidential candidate's Vietnam comrades. In "Unfit for Command," scheduled for release Aug. 15, John O'Neill, who took over Kerry's swift-boat command, and his co-author Jerome Corsi say two of Kerry's three Purple Heart decorations resulted from self-inflicted wounds, not suffered under enemy fire, according to the DrudgeReport. All three of Kerry's Purple Hearts were for minor injuries, not requiring a single hour of hospitalization, as O'Neill has previously explained. The book reportedly relates how Kerry turned the tragic death of...

John Kerry served in Vietnam.  And I couldn't care less.  I was born in 1984, over eight years after the end of the Vietnam War. The fact that John Kerry served in the Navy on a swift boat for four months means little to me, beyond the fact that I'm grateful for the service of any veteran -- even if that service was clearly an excuse to bulk up a resume.  John Kerry was anti-war before he ever set foot in Vietnam, so the idea that he became pacifistic only after seeing the horrors of war is baloney. In 1966,...

Unfit for Command is at #3. The 9/11 Commission Report is #2 and General Tommy Franks book is at #1.

Unfit for Command : Swift Boat Veterans Speak Out Against John Kerry

Matt Drudge sez he's breakin' the embargo on the new Kerry-Lied book "Unfit for Command" by John O'Neil... Looks like this is a job for Sandy Berger!!

A veterans group seeking to deeply discredit Democrat John Kerry's military service will charge in the new bombshell book UNFIT FOR COMMAND: Two of John Kerry's three Purple Heart decorations resulted from self-inflicted wounds, not suffered under enemy fire. All three of Kerry's Purple Hearts were for minor injuries, not requiring a single hour of hospitalization. A "fanny wound" was the highlight of Kerry's much touted "no man left behind" Bronze Star. Kerry turned the tragic death of a father and small child in a Vietnamese fishing boat into an act of "heroism" by filing a false report on the...

A Vietnam veterans group opposing Sen. John Kerry's bid for the White House is gearing up for a Washington, D.C., rally with a fund-raising dinner this month. Vietnam Vets for the Truth says it represents a majority of veterans of the war who contend the Democratic nominee is unfit to be commander in chief. Earlier this year, the group reported that a museum in Ho Chi Minh City, the former Saigon, honors Kerry as an anti-war activist with a photograph of him being greeted by the general secretary of the Communist Party, Comrade Do Muoi, in July 1993. Recently, it...

IT DIDN’T matter that John Kerry gave an impassioned acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention Thursday night, or that it contained substance. Every moment of it was tainted by his super-sized immodesty about his four months of military service in Vietnam. It was an exploitation that is completely within his rights as an honorably discharged veteran. But it contrasts vividly with the discomfort other war heroes such as George H. W. Bush, Bob Dole and John McCain displayed when their military service was trumpeted during their campaigns for the Presidency. In this sense, Kerry managed to turn his one...

Boston, Mass. — Some of John Kerry's fellow Swift Boat veterans — the ones who were not on stage with him at the Democratic National Convention Thursday night — are questioning the account of Kerry's Vietnam service as presented in a nine-minute biographical video played at the convention. In particular, the film portrayed an incident in which Kerry, in command of a Swift Boat, rescued Army Green Beret Jim Rassman during a fight on a river in South Vietnam. The film graphically illustrated the incident, in which a group of Swift Boats, including Kerry's, came under attack on March 13,...

Veterans who served with Kerry are publishing this book exposing his phony credentials and slander of Vietnam veterans

Democrats capped Sen. John Kerry's presidential nomination last night by showing a Hollywood-produced movie of his life, featuring amateur film clips and testaments about his service in Vietnam as commander of a Navy river patrol boat.     But a group of former sailors who served with Mr. Kerry are telling a different story. Rather than depicting Mr. Kerry as a war hero, they are quoted in a new book accusing him of exaggerating and falsifying his experiences.     The group says that of 23 crew members photographed with Mr. Kerry more than 30 years ago in Vietnam, only one supports his presidential...

XXXXX DRUDGE REPORT XXXXX THU JULY 29, 2004 10:24:25 ET XXXXX KERRY WAR COMRADES PREPARE BATTLE -- AGAINST KERRY Capped by Kerry's primetime speech to accept the Democratic Party's nomination, Thursday's program will include appearances and remarks by Kerry's Swift Boat crewmates, the Kerry-Edwards campaign announced in a press release this morning. But a group of veterans will soon try to convince a nation how what is presented on the convention stage tonight -- may not be the full story: "Only 2 of John Kerry's 23 fellow Swift boat commanders from Coastal Division 11 support his candidacy today." A new...

I know many people have seen this quote...but I believe it deserves a thread of its own that can be referenced, ping'ed, commented on, forwarded in emails, pointed to and referenced during the upcoming campaign. This quote was made at a press conference by Rear Admiral Roy Hoffman, USN (retired) who is the chairman of Swift Boat Veterans for Truth, on May 4, 2004. "I do not believe John Kerry is fit to be Commander-in-Chief of the armed forces of the United States. This is not a political issue. It is a matter of his judgment, truthfulness, reliability, loyalty and...