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.

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"SAIL LOCO" wrote in message
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Kerry on the other hand, has a long history as a senator, he served
honorably in VN, was wounded several times, and received two
medals for bravery.

Truth: Kerry was in Vietnam for 4 months. How did he pull that off? His
medals were for beaching his Swift boat (a real no no) and running ashore
to
shoot a single VC who was already down and half dead from being shot by
the
boats 50 cal. Others have said they don't know why he wasn't court
martialed
for beaching the boat.
S/V Express 30 "Ringmaster"
"No shirt, no skirt, full service"

Jonathan Ganz wrote:
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.


You obviously have never served in the military.

You obviously have no clue.

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"Barfin' Bob" wrote in message
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Jonathan Ganz wrote:
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.


You obviously have never served in the military.

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.
S/V Express 30 "Ringmaster"
"No shirt, no skirt, full service"

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.
S/V Express 30 "Ringmaster"
"No shirt, no skirt, full service"

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.

Nice try. That's the Kerry TV interview version. The crewmember who has come
out has stated the VC was on the ground with no weapon and half dead.
S/V Express 30 "Ringmaster"
"No shirt, no skirt, full service"

I saw the interview. It was not a made-for-TV Kerry moment.
Get the facts straight. Kerry won a Silver Star for his action,
along with getting four other medals. Bu**** got drunk and
missed his physical.

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"SAIL LOCO" wrote in message
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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.

Nice try. That's the Kerry TV interview version. The crewmember who has
come
out has stated the VC was on the ground with no weapon and half dead.
S/V Express 30 "Ringmaster"
"No shirt, no skirt, full service"

I saw the interview. It was not a made-for-TV Kerry moment.
Get the facts straight.

I have my facts straight. I was in Nam and you don't beach Swift boats. I
read the account of the crewmember who told the story in detail and called
Kerry a phony.
S/V Express 30 "Ringmaster"
"No shirt, no skirt, full service"

And, I saw an account on 60 Minutes (I think that was the show);
wherein, three I believe of the crew were interviewed and said he
saved their life. Obviously, you could beach them. Obviously, the
crew and boat were saved. Obviously, he was recognized by the
military for heroics. Obviously, there's no comparison between
Kerry's efforts and service with Bu****'s minimal, sub-standard
service.

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"SAIL LOCO" wrote in message
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I saw the interview. It was not a made-for-TV Kerry moment.
Get the facts straight.

I have my facts straight. I was in Nam and you don't beach Swift boats.
I
read the account of the crewmember who told the story in detail and called
Kerry a phony.
S/V Express 30 "Ringmaster"
"No shirt, no skirt, full service"

They don't give out Silver Stars
just because.


. . . . because the government was honest and fair back then?