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Excellent report, Thanks for posting it
bttt
The truth be told - ALL officers in Vietnam were awarded at the MINIMUM a Bronze Star thereby trashing the medal's worth won by truly deserving military members.
The Army awarded the Bronze Star to most soldiers that received the Combat Infantry Badge.
The military version of "grade inflation"
Great find bump.
Great report, thanks for the info
BTTT
John offered that a picture of the boat; taken the day before showed the windows were blown out etc.
Of course, Alan was unable to grasp; hear/see/understand the 'truth' of what O'Neil was explaining; and so Alan concluded precisely where he began; in the misrepresentation of the story.
I hope the audience, otherwise - ' got it'.
The only people who could doubt the truthfulness of John O'Neil; are those who areobviously 'blind to the truth'; period. And we know who they are. . .
(These people would/could see a lie - in the face of a baby; no doubt about it. . .if it could work for them.)
BTTT!
The NYT should run a correction. Regardless of their politics, this requires a correction for their readers.
It's amazing how those who read solely the MSM reporting of it come away with a different idea of how the events unfolded then those who actually read the reports.
Makes sense.
Have to admit, I have never read the NYTs version.
But what is contained here is what I've always thought happened. Even the WaPo agrees with the SBVT version and not the NYTs. It also fits the spot reports if you adjust for Kerry's lies. If you look at the little map the CO drew up on the spot report it makes sense. The way it was written up was decidely misleading in my mind.
I still question the battle damage for the 94 boat. It would not have been the tow boat. There is no way they repaired that kind of damage at the LST, it had to go up to An Thoi and be fixed by the USS Krishna ARL-38 or by the local boat yards. There will be records of that. And they should be available via FOI.
--A mine detonated under PCF 3 and units were taken under small arms fire several times during the operation
This sentence really says it all. While at first glance it may appear to indicate there was small arms fire when PCF 3 was hit, that is clearly not what it says! Instead this sentence summarizes the extent of enemy contact during the SEA LORDS operation and clearly lists two events-1. a mine detonating under PCF 3 and 2. Sporadic small arms fire during the course of the SEA LORD operation [not at the mine detonation]
Again thanks for the research, this is clearly 'documentation' that supports rather than refutes the Swifties.
Great job!
Good work to all concerned.
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Five boats clustered in the river for 90 minutes. If charlie was in the area he sure as hell wasn't doing much. Five targets for 90 minutes should have drawn a lot of attention. The fact that they didn't speaks volumes. Add to that the fact that Kerry's boat was the only one to cut and run after the first mine explosion, and you have to ask yourself how this adds up to a Bronze Star for Kerry.
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Bill O'Reilly said today on radio that the truth would never be found and the whole thing should be forgotten. He predicted (again!) that it will soon be forgotten. Well, once again his alligator mouth has got his canary ass in trouble. He should stick to exposing all-white proms.
Why anyone would read Jayson Blair's NYT is beyond me - they are all liars and waterboys for the Kerry campaign.