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

When he approached his draft board for permission to study for a year in Paris, the draft board refused and Kerry decided to enlist in the Navy. The Navy assigned him to the USS Gridley which between December 1966 and July 1968 saw four months of action off the Vietnam coast. In August through November, 1968, Kerry was trained to be the skipper of a patrol boat for Vietnamese rivers. For the next five months, until April of 1969, Kerry was the commanding Lieutenant of a patrol boat in the Mekong Delta. He was wounded slightly on three different occasions and received a Silver Star for bravery. His patrol boat took part in Operation Sealords, mostly scouting out Viet Cong villages and transporting South Vietnamese marines to various destinations up and down narrow rivers covered with heavy foliage on either side. One time Kerry was ordered to destroy a Viet Cong village but disobeyed orders and suggested that the Navy Command simply send in a Psychological Warfare team to be friend the villagers with food, hospital supplies, and better educational facilities.

http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=352185

coldwarvet · Posted: Fri Sep 24, 2004 3:48 pm Post subject:

Very interestingdrip, drip, drip Is their a plumber in the house that can stop all these leaks. Laughing

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manelly · PO3 Joined: 08 Aug 2004 Posts: 294 Location: AZ

This is also in that article :

noc · PO1 Joined: 24 Aug 2004 Posts: 492 Location: Dublin, CA

Kerry said that the United Nations should have control over most of our foreign military operations. "I'm an internationalist. I'd like to see our troops dispersed through the world only at the directive of the United Nations."

Some things never change Rolling Eyes

shelly · Posted: Fri Sep 24, 2004 4:26 pm Post subject:

One World Government

SBD · Admiral Joined: 19 Aug 2004 Posts: 1022

Now 26, he was honorably discharged from the Navy last month but has been laying the groundwork for the race ever since November.

Why would the writer say that he was honorably discharged the previous month? I can only assume that Kerry gave him this wrong information. It is definately not a guess because it is right on the mark with his January release from active duty document on his website.

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Navy_Navy_Navy · Admin Joined: 07 May 2004 Posts: 5777

Hey the One World Government crap was supposed to be some bit conservative conspiracy!

How dare this charlatan usurp this wing-nut cause! Twisted Evil

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