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Jeff Carrington
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Location: West Simsbury, CT
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Mr Buzzcut-- in re: Send Me (this may be old news to you but here's a quote)
//from Boston Globe, "HEROISM, AND GROWING CONCERN ABOUT WAR
Published on June 16, 2003, author: Michael Kranish, Globe Staff//
Kerry initially hoped to continue his service at a relatively safe distance from most fighting, securing an assignment as "swift boat" skipper. While the 50-foot swift boats cruised the Vietnamese coast a little closer to the action than the Gridley had come, they were still considered relatively safe.
"I didn't really want to get involved in the war," Kerry said in a little-noticed contribution to a book of Vietnam reminiscences published in 1986. "When I signed up for the swift boats, they had very little to do with the war. They were engaged in coastal patrolling and that's what I thought I was going to be doing."
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Well. . . . .the guy never disappoints, does he?? Remarkably consistent phony.
Sorry if this is old news. Can't find it in a thread elsewhere on SBVT. |
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MrBuzzcut
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Joined: 16 Aug 2004
Posts: 33
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| Jeff Carrington wrote: | Mr Buzzcut-- in re: Send Me (this may be old news to you but here's a quote)
//from Boston Globe, "HEROISM, AND GROWING CONCERN ABOUT WAR
Published on June 16, 2003, author: Michael Kranish, Globe Staff//
Kerry initially hoped to continue his service at a relatively safe distance from most fighting, securing an assignment as "swift boat" skipper. While the 50-foot swift boats cruised the Vietnamese coast a little closer to the action than the Gridley had come, they were still considered relatively safe.
"I didn't really want to get involved in the war," Kerry said in a little-noticed contribution to a book of Vietnam reminiscences published in 1986. "When I signed up for the swift boats, they had very little to do with the war. They were engaged in coastal patrolling and that's what I thought I was going to be doing."
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Well. . . . .the guy never disappoints, does he?? Remarkably consistent phony.
Sorry if this is old news. Can't find it in a thread elsewhere on SBVT. |
Yep, that's another gem. |
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