SwiftVets.com

The election isn't too far away. The Swiftboat Vets and all the other participants on the website have done a terrific job to date.

Deleted by Admin: Sorry, the whole effort here is to expose John ...

Take a look at this manual. It's not photos but does have a lot of drawings and information.

http://warboats.org/images/pdf/PCF0.pdf

Fiddle with the URL and change PCF0 to PCF1 to get subsequen ...

For those of you who are interested, here is the link to a Navy manual that describes the boat, its equipment, and maintenance requirements. I had seen another post here by some RD's or ET's wonderin ...

Hey Wuzthere2, they liked the Sink Kerry Swiftly draft bumper sticker in Ft Lauderdale. I think you'll be seeing a few around there when they get produced.

There was a whole lot more listed there 18 months ago.

Hey Wing Wiper, I don't know about the different models for the .50 calibers, but I do know they did bake off on the boats and that we and the gunners were trained to clear the round that was in the ...

If memory serves, on the Mark 1 model swiftboat, the twin 50 mount carried 500 rounds per barrel. The aft piggy back 50 mount carried 100 rounds. There were several pre-loaded replacement container ...

For some unknown reason, that website was sanitized of Kerry's presence about 18 months ago. It seemed strange at the time.

Pierre...it seems that your foe got under your skin and he might know it. You can't win the arguement with him.

For your own satisfaction, go to the map of Vietnam.

http://www.nexus.net/~911g ...

To my recollection Tran Hung Dao XI was the only large, organized operation where swiftboats crossed the Cambodian border. The operation occured on the upper Mekong River and included a large number ...

Crew rosters are at www.swiftboats.net

There are no rosters of boatcrews for each day's patrol, only rosters of individuals who served on a particular boat and the general dates of their service. ...

Your question has several parts. When Kerry was operating out of An Thoi, there was a USN repair ship anchored just a little south of Phu Quoc island. Barges were tied along side to give the boats s ...

jalexson...on the day Don Droz was killed, he was not "attempting any stunt". Don had just returned from two weeks R&R in Hawaii with his wife and two month old daughter. His boat was loaded wit ...