SwiftVets.com

[GenrXr]

Both Lance and Versace were warriors no doubt, but Versace was the person I was originally asking about. He was the bar set for everyone that came after him. And we need to focus on the fact that POWS thought of those that came before them to draw strength from while captive and then a fellow American named John Kerry would side with the enemy and use propoganda to break their spirit.
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"An activist is the person who cleans up the water, not the one claiming its dirty."
"All that is necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to stand by and do nothing." Edmund Burke (1729-1797), Founder of Conservative Philosophy

[BC]

This site may be what your looking for I hope.

http://www.pownetwork.org/bios/v/v017.htm

[JROTC]

Mr. GenrXr,

Thank you for your research efforts! I have many thoughts after the reading that I'd like to comment on, but only one comes to mind now - damn
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"It is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it" - General Douglas MacArthur

[rmeals]

Don't forget Bud Day and James Stockdale - they are also POWs who received the Medal of Honor. BTW - I had the honor of talking with several of the Navy POWs soon after they were released - I will never forget it.

The following is a letter to Joe Scarborough and John O'Neil from Medal of Honor Recipient and former POW Colonel Bud Day. It probably has already been seen on this forum but I thought it worth copying and posting again. I grew up in Iowa and respect Bud Day who is the most decorated Iowa veteran.

Dear Joe: The major issue in the Swiftboat stories is, and always has been, what John Kerry did in 1971 after he returned from Vietnam.
Kerry cast a long dark shadow over all Vietnam Veterans with his outright perjury before the Senate concerning atrocities in Vietnam. His stories to the Senate committee were absolute lies.. fabrications.. perjury.. fantasies, with NO substance. That dark shadow has defamed the entire Vietnam War veteran population, and gave "Aid and Comfort" to our enemies..the Vietnamese Communists. Kerry's stories were outright fabrications, and were intended for political gain with the radical left..McGovern, Teddy and Bobby Kennedy followers, Jane Fonda, Tom Hayden, and the radical left who fantasized that George McGovern was going to be elected in 1972. Little wonder that returning soldiers from Vietnam were spit upon and castigated as "baby killers". A returned war hero said so.
Kerry cut a dashing figure as a war hero, lots of medals, and returned home because of multiple war wounds..even a silver star. His Senate testimony confirmed what every hippie had been chanting on the streets.."Hey hey LBJ..How many kids did you kill today"????? He obviously was running for political office in 1971.
Until Lt. John O' Neil, himself a Swifboat commander, spoke out before the 1972 elections against Kerry's outright deceptions, there was no one from the Swiftboat scene that could contradict Kerry's self serving lies.
I was a POW of the Vietnamese in Hanoi in 1971, and I am aware that the testimony of John Kerry, the actions of Jane Fonda and Tom Hayden, and the radical left; all caused the commies to conclude that if they hung on..they would win. North Vietnamese General Bui Tin commented that every day the Communist leadership listened to world news over the radio to follow the growth of the anti-war movement. Visits to Hanoi by Jane Fonda and Ramsey Clark gave them confidence to hold in the face of battlefield reverses. The guts of it was that propaganda from the anti-war group was part of their combat strategy.
While the Commies were hanging on, innumerable U.S. Soldiers, Sailors, Marines and Air Foce members were being killed in combat. Every battle wound to Americans after Kerry's misdirected testimony is related to Kerry's untruthfulness. John Kerry contributed to every one of these deaths with his lies about U.S. atrocities in Vietnam. He likewise defamed the U.S. with our allies and supporters.
His conduct also extended the imprisonment of the Vietnam Prisoners of War, of which I was one. I am certain of at least one POW death after his testimony, which might have been prevented with an earlier release of the POWs.
My friend and room mate Senator John S. McCain denounced the Swiftboat video by John O'Neil. I have a different take on the Swiftboat tape and disagree with my good friend John.
John Kerry opened up his character as a war hero reporting for duty to the country with a hand salute...and his band of brothers..of which he was the chief hero. Most of his convention speech was about John Kerry..Vietnam hero, and his band of brothers. John Kerry's character is not only fair game, it is the primary issue. He wants to use Bill Clinton's "is", as an answer to his lack of character.
The issue is trust. Can anyone trust John Kerry?? "Never lie, cheat or steal" is the West Point motto. When a witness perjures himself at trial, the judge notes that his testimony lacks crediblity. Should we elect a known proven liar to lead us in wartime??
I draw a direct comparison of General Benedict Arnold of the Revolutionary War, to Lieutenant John Kerry. Both went off to war, fought, and then turned against their country. General Arnold crossed over to the British for money and position. John Kerry crossed over to the Vietnamese with his assistance to the anti-war movement, and his direct liason with the Vietnamese diplomats in Paris. His reward. Political gain. Senator..United States.
His record as a Senator for twenty years has been pitiful. Conjure up, if you will, one major bill that he has sponsored.
John Kerry for President? Ridiculous. Unthinkable. Unbelievable. Outrageous.
Col. Geo. "Bud" Day Medal of Honor Vietnam POW 1967-1973 USMC- USA- USA Attorney 1949-2004
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fighting steel

[Cazador]

Hello,

Versace's story -- read as a commercial -- would be a powerful reminder of what a real war hero is all about and what it meant to a fellow POW hearing him sing "God Bless America" at the top of his lungs from his isolation box.

Just a thought.

These stories are just what needs to be seared into the foreheads of everyone.

The contrasts between these men and Kerry are so stark and very revealing.

Cazador

[shadowy]

These are the stories of the free and the brave, the men who bought us the freedom we've enjoyed all our lives. We cannot repay them, though we will be eternally grateful. But we can make a beginning at repaying those whose contempt for them and their cause was spewed on returning Vietnam vets and is being spewed today by the very same venomous turncoats and their fellow travellers.
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It's downright brilliant the way he's reserving his devastating intellect to spring it on us at exactly the right moment.