Kerry's Mentor: Black Panther And Phony Vietnam Vet, Al Hubbard

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[ellen_rometsch]

Very interesting; thanks for all the hard work!

[Happy2BMe]

Please ping me when the Tim Russert MTP show with Kerry tape surfaces.

[ezo4]

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[syriacus]

Great thread!!

[Hon]

Posted by Carolinamom on another thread:

From STOLEN VALOR:
Hubbard's falsely claimed "wounds" from his Vietnam service (also proven false) were a rib injury from basketball game in 1956 and a back injury in 1961 during a soccor game. He got a 60% seservice-connected disability rating of 60%, for which he received disability compensation of $163 a month.

[robowombat]

In the NR circa 1971 or 72 there is a through debunking of Mr. Hubbard's Viet-Nam vet credentials. The most that could be said was that it was possible he was part of the air crew on some cargo flights from Clark AFB or Kadena AFB to Da Nang in 1965. The author was, interestingly, a card carrying liberal and through opponent of the VN war who was frozen out of standard liberal rags such as the New Republic to tell his tale.

[Hon]

Thanks. Yeah, the National Review did a number of pieces on the VVAW and Kerry around this time. I believe Buckley even had Kerry on "Firing Line."

The debunking of Hubbard began as soon as he appeared on Meet The Press. Apparently a number of viewers called up NBC to say that the guy was a fraud. As noted above, the DoD says they have no record of Hubbard ever having been in Vietnam.

I've seen it reported that his injury was from playing basketball. It would be nice to find out where he is these days. If he's still with us.

[Tailgunner Joe]

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