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Have we discussed Hurley and the fact that in Brinkley's book he is quoted as saying that he witnessed atrocities and that when challenged by Tom Pardue (who served in the same unit) he backed off and said it was Brinkley's error?

LewWaters · Posted: Wed Aug 25, 2004 4:50 am Post subject:

Got any links about this? I'd like to save some material on Hurley myself.
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drjohn · Posted: Wed Aug 25, 2004 5:05 am Post subject:

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hanna · Rear Admiral Joined: 07 Aug 2004 Posts: 701

If you are collecting Hurley, here is a quote you will be interested in...
"There were a lot of people protesting that war, some of whom he would agree with and some of whom he would disagree with," said Mr. Hurley, who marched with Mr. Kerry in Washington in 1971. "I don't think he had any control of that. It was the issue that was dominating. Like a lot of other vets coming back, we were angry and frustrated [that] guys were dying in Vietnam for no reason."

http://www.vietnamveteransagainstkerry.com/

kate · Posted: Sun Aug 29, 2004 5:02 am Post subject:

Here's a link to the Pardue challange to Hurley
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=40132

Battalion still 'sullied'
by Kerry aide's claim

Vet says 'atrocity' charge against comrades remains publicly uncorrected despite promise

August 25, 2004 By Art Moore WND 2004 WorldNetDaily.com
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John Hurley, national coordinator of Veterans for John Kerry and a member of the 69th Engineer Battalion in Vietnam, is cited in Douglas Brinkley's "Tour of Duty," which was published earlier this year.

" ... John Hurley had befriended Kerry in early 1970. A veteran of the 69th Engineers operating in the Mekong Delta, Hurley had put in his yearlong tour of duty in 1967-8 and come home distraught and disaffected. What he had seen in Vietnam, including atrocities, had convinced him that U.S. Forces had to get out of Southeast Asia, and fast."

Deeply offended by the allegation, another member of the 69th, Thomas Pardue, conducted an extensive investigation, poring over every available daily report from 1967 to 1971 and interviewing 48 fellow battalion members by e-mail.
"I did not hear a single allegation of an atrocity," he told WorldNetDaily. "It would be impossible for anyone to say there was an atrocity."

Pardue and Hurley both held the rank of 1st lieutenant in the 69th's Company B.
~snip
"My sole goal was to get it corrected," Pardue said. "I didn't want it hanging on the reputations of men who died."
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Me#1You#10 · Site Admin Joined: 06 May 2004 Posts: 6503

So much education to be done...so little time

lucky · Posted: Sun Aug 29, 2004 5:10 am Post subject: OK

me1, I actually believe all we have is time myself.
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