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Peace · Former Member Joined: 29 Aug 2004 Posts: 6

The Swift Boat (and River Boat) Vietnam vets are finally getting the public recognition they deserve(d) and maybe a movie about them will be made.

Evidently Kerry joined the Swift boats after JFK's example, nothing wrong with that.

Unfortunately he (and others) got mixed up (and literally got mixed up)with war protesting(ers) that sometimes used NVA-VC communist (enemy flags).

Kerry saved an unwounded special forces soldier and got a silver star, maybe if it was a regualr serviceman he would have got a commendation medal or bronze star.

Marine rifle company medics (navy corpsmen) and rifle platoon marines generally got no personal awards or USMC award certificates for their tours and the corpsmen saved many "wounded" marines.

All Marine lawyers and judges in Vietnam got personal awards ( achievement+commendation medals/v's) for their tours.

And, movie-tv actors (playing marines) get USMC award certificates.

Removed by Moderator: Please confine comments to the purpose of the forum, the fitness of John Kerry to lead the country. We are not here to discuss other candidates

Navy_Navy_Navy · Admin Joined: 07 May 2004 Posts: 5777

Moving to the geedunk forum - this is not appropriate for the Thank You Swiftees forum... thanks.
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Peace · Former Member Joined: 29 Aug 2004 Posts: 6

'Welcome back" to me to Vietnam vets means thanks and welcome back home.

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If not anything else, Kerry was probly a good "altar boy".

You do better to keep God and that in mind and something about casting the first stones..