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flagreen
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From the story;
| Quote: | | On Feb. 28, 1969, a convoy of three American Swift boats came up the river under the command of Lt. John Kerry, arriving at the village of Tran Thoi. |
Was he really in command of all three boats? I thought he was only in command of his own boat? |
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cipher
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| Posted: Fri Oct 15, 2004 1:22 am Post subject: |
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Lt Kerry was OTC (Officer Tactical Command) for that op, which is apparent in the MTSR. He was also CTE (Commander Task Element), who filed the MTSRs cited below. Yes, Kerry wrote the account of his own actions.
The "taste" is basically listed above. If you want to follow along at home, you can read the Market Time SPOT report for 28 Feb 69 here (Thanks again, Navy Wife!):
http://www.swiftboatarchives.com/subnav.tpl
You want documents labled:
281130Z FEB69
281225Z FEB69
281225Z FEB69
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gulf1609
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| Read the article I posted on Halperin (ABC political director) and his family ties to Clinton and Soros. It is under the New ABC Silver Star story thread in this section and also in Geedunk. MUST READ--this is waaay more than bias! This is a coordinated effort and a conflict of interest that ABC has allowed Halperin to remain in this position with his dad and brother working for Soros. |
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I B Squidly
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The germ of the story is an AP story of a reputed survivor of the ambush.
cBS promo'd the story for earlier this week but no-showed.
I can imagine the true translation: Yeah, it was that big nosed didi mou who shot my milbud in the back! |
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Me#1You#10
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