[Steven W.]

yes this is a hit from the Kerry campaign - they gave reporter the doc they wanted him to find (and which Kerry had written the officer up for, behind his back & unbeknownst to him)

Listen here - half way down the page on the right

Gardner came back from DC with a situation report (SITREP) from the Navy archives for the incident with the sampan. Kerry declared there were 4 enemy who "jumped off the boat and ran ashore" in addition to those KIA. He also declared the small boat (30' long canoe like) had 5500 LBS of contraband (meaning the weight of a good size automobile).

Some enterprising blogger might follow the Compost example and file for other relevant docs via FOIA:

The Post filed an independent request for the documents with the National Personnel Records Center in St. Louis, which is the central repository for veterans' records. The documents were faxed to The Post by officials at the records center yesterday.

[rolling_stone]

Some enterprising blogger might follow the Compost example and file for other relevant docs via FOIA:

The Post filed an independent request for the documents with the National Personnel Records Center in St. Louis, which is the central repository for veterans' records. The documents were faxed to The Post by officials at the records center yesterday.

[VOA]

yes this is a hit from the Kerry campaign - they gave reporter the doc they wanted
him to find (and which Kerry had written the officer up for, behind his back &
unbeknownst to him)

Poor Kerry. You'd think your Swiftboat buddies would appreciate a good fib (told without
their knowledge, as they wouldn't have that Kerry gift for word-craft)...so that
it would be a "more medals the merrier!".

What a bunch of peon ingrates!
(I'm sure that's Kerry's thought!)
(end sarcasm)

[Elkiejg]

The Post filed an independent request for the documents with the National Personnel Records Center in St. Louis, which is the central repository for veterans' records. The documents were faxed to The Post by officials at the records center yesterday.

Well then, why can't we all file a request for Kerry's records??