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ATTN : ABC CBS CNN FOX NBC William B. Rood was not actually ON Kerry's boat.
68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub

Posted on 08/22/2004 3:25:29 PM PDT by 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub

Short and to the point for the media

How come when Swift Boat Vets speak you shut them up with

"Where you ON Kerry's boat?"

And then attack them.

So have you attacked William B. Rood also because he was not ON Kerry's boat.?


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To: Steven W.; ALOHA RONNIE; Ragtime Cowgirl; mhking; Vets_Husband_and_Wife; ...

Thanks for posting the link. Here's what's inside:

Precise Truth
Saturday, August 21, 2004

Rood Analysis: "ambush" scenario would not warrant Kerry citation
Kerry's Silver Star incident is supposed to be told with such bravado you'd think Rood could come up with something more colorful to justify its awarding. An ambush without much action and a couple-few if any more fleeing, if even that's to be believed, or even minor activity described as being from the other side of the river aside ...

Here is how Kerry's citation describes the incident (Unfit for Command pages 81-82):


On a request from U.S. Army advisors ashore, Lieutenant (junior grade) KERRY ordered PCFs 94 and 23 further up river to suppress enemy sniper fire. After proceeding approximately eight hundred yards, the boats were again taken under fire from a heavily foliated area and B-40 rocket exploded close aboard PCF 94, with utter disregard for his own safety and the enemy rockets, he again ordered a charge on the enemy, beached his boat only ten feet from the VC rocket position, and personally led a landing party ashore in pursuit of the enemy. Upon sweeping the area in an immediate search uncovered an enemy rest and supply area which was destroyed. The extraordinary daring and personal courage of Lieutenant (junior grade) KERRY in attacking a numerically superior force in the face of intense fire were responsible for the highly successful mission.

Here is Rood's recollection (and remember he ain't answering any questions!):


As we headed for the riverbank, I remember seeing a loaded B-40 launcher pointed at the boats. It wasn't fired as two men jumped up from their spider holes.
...
We called Droz's boat up to assist us, and Kerry, followed by one member of his crew, jumped ashore and chased a VC behind a hooch—a thatched hut—maybe 15 yards inland from the ambush site.
...
Not long after that, Kerry returned, reporting that he had killed the man he chased behind the hooch. He also had picked up a loaded B-40 rocket launcher, which we took back to our base in An Thoi after the operation.

As to be expected, since Kerry recorded all the "highlights" of his 3 month exploits in combat, the Tribune even includes a photograph of Kerry with the loaded rocket launcher.

That's what Rood says. It was a LOADED ROCKET LAUNCHER, presumably the same which he previously confirmed "wasn't fired."

That's important because it means nothing Rood can testify to was used against Kerry in his "attacking a numerically superior force in the face of intense fire" after a "B-40 rocket exploded close aboard PCF 94", as his Silver Star states that he was rewarded for.

As for other "action", Rood asserts merely "the man Kerry chased was not the "lone" attacker at that site, as O'Neill suggests. There were others who fled. There was also firing from the tree line well behind the spider holes and at one point, from the opposite riverbank as well. It was not the work of just one attacker."

The only description he can provide is that "two men jumped up from their spider" before Kerry "chased a VC". The fact Kerry shot the wounded kid in the back or whether or not he wore a loincloth remains irrelevant. What is clear from even Rood's statement is that nothing which has been described involved "attacking a numerically superior force in the face of intense fire" which Kerry's report of the incident suggested he should have been so rewarded.

Where are the rocket attacks Kerry's ambush citation speaks of ?

One last point of interest - there may be some deception involved on the part of the Chicago Tribune because the document they have produced (as directed to by the Kerry campaign and referenced below) and depicted as an "After Action Report" actually appears to be the follow-up from headquarters, the "Congratulatory message" Rood speaks of in his article as received "from our task force headquarters in Cam Ranh Bay."

That is not the same as the After Action report which Kerry would have filed and the likely source of the exaggerations, which even Rood has not testified to, which would warrant the description Kerry was supposedly so cited for, exactly as the SwiftVets have always indicated would likely be discovered ... if Kerry would only release all of his military records!


61 posted on 08/22/2004 5:36:04 PM PDT by JLO
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To: JLO

JLo, you get the Dick Tracey award today!


62 posted on 08/22/2004 5:42:09 PM PDT by Chieftain (Support the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth and expose Hanoi John's FRAUD!)
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To: 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub

CNN just claimed that he was on Kerrys boat. Why dont I believe them????


63 posted on 08/22/2004 6:16:20 PM PDT by Coroner
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To: Coroner; The Sailor; kjfine; Old Sarge; USAF_TSgt; darkwing104; txradioguy; Long Cut; Jet Jaguar; ..

"CNN just claimed that he was on Kerrys boat. Why dont I believe them????"

Brand New Media Lies PING

Coroner wrote:

CNN must be reading the thread

and "inventing" stories. LOL


64 posted on 08/22/2004 6:20:22 PM PDT by 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub (Hanoi Jane and Hanoi Kerry sitting in a tree, sitting in a tree F-R-E-N-C-H-I-N-G)
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To: 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub
THANKS FOR   THE PING!


Want to join in the fun? Click the logo to donate to Swift Boat Veterans for Truth!

65 posted on 08/22/2004 6:22:40 PM PDT by Smartass (BUSH & CHENEY 2004 Si vis pacem, para bellum - Por el dedo de Dios se escribió)
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To: Coroner; 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub


I need a vomit break.


66 posted on 08/22/2004 6:23:58 PM PDT by onyx (JohnKerry -- the standard bearer for the unbearable)
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To: onyx

Don't forget to put in for a Purple Heart! LOL


67 posted on 08/22/2004 6:26:17 PM PDT by 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub (Hanoi Jane and Hanoi Kerry sitting in a tree, sitting in a tree F-R-E-N-C-H-I-N-G)
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To: 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub

BTTT


68 posted on 08/22/2004 6:28:22 PM PDT by Fiddlstix (This Tagline for sale. (Presented by TagLines R US))
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To: 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub

"Dont forget to put in for a purple heart"
Thats so sad! Look what that self-centered, traitorous piece of excrement has done!!


69 posted on 08/22/2004 6:38:35 PM PDT by Coroner
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To: 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub

"Get the rope!"

and start yanking on it, hard. Our Vietnam vets deserve our support.

Thanks for the ping Tonk.


70 posted on 08/22/2004 6:49:15 PM PDT by laurenmarlowe
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To: 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub

THKs...tonk :))


71 posted on 08/22/2004 6:59:04 PM PDT by skinkinthegrass (Just because you're paranoid, doesn't mean they aren't out to get you :)
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To: writer33
The cool morning mist settled over the Cambodian border...Then, he remembered it. He reached in his duffle bag at his side and pulled out his 8mm camera. He jerked the steering, turning the boat around and yelling, "Let's go boys. We're only gonna have one take at this!" :) HA!

sounds like a vinner...when the next installment? :))

72 posted on 08/22/2004 7:04:38 PM PDT by skinkinthegrass (Just because you're paranoid, doesn't mean they aren't out to get you :)
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To: 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub

rood was there! He knows, man! If he says kerry is a big war hero, and the majority of the witnesses disagree, then the majority of Viet Nam Vets are not just the baby killers kerry says they are. They're also liars. The Navy said kerry earned his medals, so it must be true. When a handful of vets say kerry's a war hero, it must be true. When the majority of Vets who witnessed kerry's actions say he's a fraud, it can't be true, because the majority of Vets are delusional, liars, cowards, and baby killers. I'm sure kerry believes all that. He also believe Vets and average Americans are stupid enough to vote for him after all his accusations. He's wrong on all counts.


73 posted on 08/22/2004 7:10:40 PM PDT by BykrBayb (5 minutes of prayer for Terri, every day at 11 am EDT, until she's safe. http://www.terrisfight.org)
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To: skinkinthegrass

Well. You can get sample of that kind of writing here: http://www.whiskeycreekpress.com/books/electivedecisions.shtml

Thanks for the compliments. I really appreciate it.


74 posted on 08/22/2004 7:17:00 PM PDT by writer33 (Try this link: http://www.whiskeycreekpress.com/books/electivedecisions.shtml)
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To: 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub

I "tried" to watch the replay of MTP and I am LIVID.
This damn traitor must be soundly defeated.


75 posted on 08/22/2004 7:22:56 PM PDT by onyx (JohnKerry -- the standard bearer for the unbearable)
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To: taxesareforever

The V on the Silver star is very interesting......


76 posted on 08/22/2004 7:27:16 PM PDT by turbocat
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To: SandRat

Sicilians, the people who invented the "Vendetta" like to say Revenge is a dish best served cold...


77 posted on 08/22/2004 7:30:19 PM PDT by NYCop (Bush, the right choice for real men)
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To: JLO
Where are the rocket attacks that Kerry spoke of?

Why, my dear! How could you ask?

The "rocket attacks" were FUTURE rocket attacks that the VC had most certainly planned IF this particular boy had not been (preemptively killed) by Kerry when he shot the wounded teenager behind the shed!
78 posted on 08/22/2004 7:35:46 PM PDT by Robert A Cook PE (I can only donate monthly, but Kerry's ABBCNNBCBS continue to lie every day!))
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To: NYCop
Interesting FreepName.

Wondering if some of the NY finest's distant NJ cousins of Sicilian heritage will, "unofficially of course," help control and maybe serve a COLD Dish to the RNC protesters. Much the same as their grandfathers did to anyone who tried to mess with the convoy supplies on the docks in WWII.
79 posted on 08/22/2004 7:43:10 PM PDT by SandRat (Duty, Honor, Country. What else needs to be said?)
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To: Steven W.

bump to print...


80 posted on 08/22/2004 7:53:48 PM PDT by rwfromkansas (BYPASS FORCED WEB REGISTRATION! **** http://www.bugmenot.com ****)
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