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hanna Rear Admiral
Joined: 07 Aug 2004 Posts: 701
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Posted: Fri Sep 24, 2004 3:41 pm Post subject: Found this,,kind of interesting |
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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.
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coldwarvet Admiral
Joined: 03 Jun 2004 Posts: 1125 Location: Minnetonka, MN
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Posted: Fri Sep 24, 2004 3:48 pm Post subject: |
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Very interestingdrip, drip, drip Is their a plumber in the house that can stop all these leaks. ![Laughing](images/smiles/icon_lol.gif) _________________ Defender of the honor of those in harms way keeping us out of harms way.
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manelly PO3
Joined: 08 Aug 2004 Posts: 294 Location: AZ
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Posted: Fri Sep 24, 2004 4:00 pm Post subject: |
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This is also in that article :
Quote: | He supports a volunteer Army, "if and only if we can create the controls for it. You're going to have to prepare for the possibility of a national emergency, however." 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."
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noc PO1
Joined: 24 Aug 2004 Posts: 492 Location: Dublin, CA
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Posted: Fri Sep 24, 2004 4:06 pm Post subject: |
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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](images/smiles/icon_rolleyes.gif) |
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shelly Seaman Recruit
Joined: 24 Sep 2004 Posts: 17 Location: Austin Tx
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Posted: Fri Sep 24, 2004 4:26 pm Post subject: |
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One World Government |
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SBD Admiral
Joined: 19 Aug 2004 Posts: 1022
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Posted: Fri Sep 24, 2004 6:34 pm Post subject: |
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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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Joined: 07 May 2004 Posts: 5777
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Posted: Sat Sep 25, 2004 12:41 am Post subject: |
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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](images/smiles/icon_twisted.gif) _________________ ~ Echo Juliet ~
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