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[riverChief]

everyone knew, especially during SEALORDS that you didnt leave the boat. Kerry left the boat and got a Silver Star for it. He should have been courts martialed. for those that dont know our sop, as soon as someone leaves the boat, the boat is defenseless, if they catch fire from the beach the cannot return fire because of friendlies on the beach.kerry actually endangered his boat and his crew with his stupid stunt
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srved on pcf 58 in early 69 and took it for refit and picked up the 40 boat and went to seafloat

[The bandit]

[DougReese]

[The bandit]

[DougReese]

[quote="The bandit]
Kerry had a real bright idea: because the troops were in the stern they would be out of harms way from fire coming from the front. Seem's old Kerry forgot about the potential of the VC firing from the other side of the
canal right into the stern of his Swift, where firing at the troops onboard would be like "shooting fish in a barrel." Kerry's bright mind doesn't seem to differentiate between small 40-100 foot wide canals with major wide rivers.
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So you know the type of weapons the VC had, as opposed to what the South Vietnmese soldiers had? And add to that the weapons Kerry's Swift had on the back.

And then there was the other two Swifts that were a short distance from Kerry's boat, with all their firepower.

"Fish in a barrel"? Hardly.

But that's OK. Spend inordinate amounts of time tracking down information that you feel is going to uncover some sort of wide conspiracy between the Swifts, advisors, UDT people & South Vietnamese. Oh, and let's not forget the VC, but then you can't really believe what those commies have to say, can you?

Doug

[ASPB]

[quote="DougReese"][quote="The bandit]
Kerry had a real bright idea: because the troops were in the stern they would be out of harms way from fire coming from the front. Seem's old Kerry forgot about the potential of the VC firing from the other side of the
canal right into the stern of his Swift, where firing at the troops onboard would be like "shooting fish in a barrel." Kerry's bright mind doesn't seem to differentiate between small 40-100 foot wide canals with major wide rivers.

[LewWaters]

The Liberal elite don't have rules, remember? Only us peons, according to them.

[DevilDon]

I can't wait, this will be good. Puleeeeeeze respond Doug.

[jalexson]

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[DougReese]

[DougReese]

[DougReese]

[quote="ASPB"]

[The bandit]

DougReese wrote:
> And for what it's worth, there were no mines on the beach. The Swifts had
> never been up this particular canal, so there'd be no reason for the VC to
> mine anything.

They were on the same canal a day earlier, doesn't that count?

Straight from Kerry's site:

27 FEB 1969 Bay Hap River
On an evening patrol with two other swiftboats, PCFs 23 and 43, about 26 miles south of Ca Mu, the patrol took heavy fire, including five rockets. Three rockets narrowly missed Kerry's boat, and exploded on the opposite bank. Another rocket exploded near PCF 94, and the fifth exploded near PCF 23, wounding a crewmember on that boat. The boats suppressed the fire and withdrew. During the battle, a sailor on Kerry's boat, Crewmember/Trainee Michael J. Givens was shot in the upper right arm. Givens injuries were not serious and he was sent to the 79th field hospital in Can Tho.

28 FEB 1969 Bay Hap River
Three PCFs were traveling up the Bay Hap River with 70 South Vietnamese Militia investigating an area where the boats were ambushed the previous night. During the patrol, the boats came under heavy fore from the shore. Kerry, serving as the Officer in Tactical Command of the mission, ordered the units to turn toward the fire and beach. As the boats approached shore, more than 20 Viet Cong troops stood up and ran. They were quickly overrun when the Marines troops reached the shore. While the Militia searched the area, PCFs 23 and 94 left to investigate another site where an Army advisor reported gunshots. Returning from the site, a B-40 rocket exploded close to PCF94, blowing out one of the windows. Kerry again ordered the units to turn into the fire and charge the ambush site. PCF 94 landed in the center of ambush and a man jumped up holding a B-40 rocket launcher and started to run. The forward M-60 gunner on PCF94 wounded him in the leg as Kerry jumped off the boat and chased him inland behind a hooch and shot him. Marines swept the area, and received fire from snipers and small arms that was suppressed with the assistance of mortars and gunfire from the swiftboats. The landing parties found vast stores of rice, ammunition and clothing. The boats were fired on one additional time as they were heading back down the river. The site of the second ambush was believed to be a major Viet Cong supply point. Kerry received the Silver Star for this operation.

[DougReese]