Read it again. The VC was about to kill all of them with one
press of the finger. Kerry had no choice and shot him dead.
He ran the boat up on the beach, apparently because what
the VC was firing couldn't work if too close to the target.

Here's the official record in PDF format.

http://www.johnkerry.com/about/Silver_Star.pdf

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"SAIL LOCO" wrote in message
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You obviously haven't read the actual account of the situation,
nor listened to his fellow sailors. They don't give out Silver Stars
just because.

Excuse me, but I read the account written by one of Kerry's swift boat
crew.
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