SwiftVets.com

[vickie]

The Harvard Crimson newspaper followed a youthful Mr Kerry in Boston as he campaigned for Congress for the first time in 1970. In the course of a lengthy article, "John Kerry: A Navy Dove Runs for Congress", published on February 18, the paper reported: "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."

Samuel Goldhaber, the article's author who is now a cardiologist attached to the Harvard School of Medicine, spent 11 hours trailing Mr Kerry and still remembers that the subject of the Paris deferment came up during long conversations about Vietnam.

"I stand by my story," he told The Telegraph. "It was a long time ago, and I was 19 at the time, so it is hard to remember every detail. But I do know this: at no point did Kerry contact either me or the Crimson to dispute anything I had written."

Sen Kerry's campaign headquarters in Washington refused an opportunity to deny the report. Despite repeated telephone calls from The Telegraph, a spokesman refused to comment. Another Democrat official said merely: "In Vietnam, John Kerry proved his patriotism beyond question. Everyone knows that."
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[margie]

I heard about it on the Sean hannity radio show. When he was denied the deferment he enlisted in the Navy.

[larrygj]

After he was refused a deferment for his Paris plans, he joined the Naval Reserves first (p. 198 of Unfit For Command: "February 18, 1966: Kerry enslists in the U.S. Naval Reserves, status 'inactive' after request for deferment is denied." The same sort of service the lefties sneer at in Bush's service to our country.

Larry