Posted on 8/26/2004, 5:47:14 PM by Cableguy
March 13, 1969 1. On March 13, 1969, did you wound yourself in the hip with a rice grenade?
2. Why was the above wound reported to the Navy for a Purple Heart as coming from a water mine?
3. On March 13, 1969, did you suffer a contusion (minor) (i.e., bruise) on your arm, as opposed to a bleeding wounded arm?
4. Did you claim your third Purple Heart and leave Vietnam eight months early on the basis of this bruise?
5. On March 13, 1969, did the boats other than yours stay behind and come to the aid of PCF 3?
6. Did your boat initially leave the kill zone on March 13th ‑‑ rather than going to PCF 3's aid?
7. Why, how long, and how far were you gone?
8. When you came back, was the Chenoweth boat also proceeding to rescue Rassmann?
9. Was there fire when you returned? Why was no one and nothing hit in the 75‑yard canal for the one and one-half hour period?
10. Do you admit the damage to the boats occurred the day before, on March 12, 1969, as described on page 304 of Tour Of Duty?
11. Did you prepare the after-action report of March 13, 1969?
12. Why does the report say there was 5,000 meters of fire from both banks?
Sampan Incident
13. Did your boat, PCF 44, take under fire a sampan on January 20, 1969 that had a family of four aboard?
14. Did you kill a father and child and rescue a mother and child on that day?
15. Did you prepare and submit to the Navy a report saying that there were five VC probably killed on the boat, omitting the child, and describing the mother and baby as captured in action?
16. Why did you do this?
17. Did you receive gratulatory messages on the January 20th incident? Why did you not return them?
Christmas In Cambodia
18. Were you on an illegal mission to Cambodia on December 24, 1968 and December 25, 1968?
19. Were you in Cambodia on Christmas Day and Christmas Eve 1968? Where? Why? How did you get there? Who was with you?
20. Did you testify in the Senate (1986), write an article (1979), and otherwise state on many occasions that you had spent Christmas Day and Christmas Eve 1968 illegally in Cambodia and that it was "seared" forever in your soul? Why did you make up this story?
21. If you claim to have ever been in Cambodia, where was it? When was it? How did you get there?
Purple Heart #1
22. Do you know William Schachte, Grant Hibbard, or Dr. Louis Letson?
23. Did you see any hostile fire on December 2, 1968 while on the skimmer?
24. Is there anyone who definitely saw hostile fire?
25. Do you know who was on the skimmer?
26. Did you have a tiny piece of shrapnel?
27. Did Grant Hibbard deny your request for a Purple Heart?
28. How did you get this Purple Heart? From whom? Where are the hostile fire report and casualty report on December 2, 1968?
29. Why was a Purple Heart issued only after Hibbard, Schachte, et al. left?
War Crimes
30. Did you burn hooches and kill animals?
Post-Vietnam
31. Did you visit representatives of the North Vietnamese or the Viet Cong in Paris in the spring of 1970?
32. Were you a naval officer on reserve status?
33. Did you visit the North Vietnamese and Viet Cong in Paris on other occasions, including the summer of 1971?
34. Were you ever present in the spring of 1971 or in November of 1971 when Scott Camil proposed assassination of U.S. Senators?
35. Was Scott Camil with you at the Dick Cavett Show debate? Did you seek to invite him on stage?
War Crimes Charge
36. Do you believe that war crimes were committed in Vietnam "on a day-to-day basis with the full awareness of officers of all levels of command?"
37. If so, what were they? If not, why did you so state?
38. Do you believe that the officers commanding you in Vietnam were war criminals, like Lt. Calley, when judged by the Law Of War? Why did you say this?
39. Do you apologize for your war crimes charges? Were any of them false? Did any of your VVAW fellows make false war crimes charges?
40. Why is your picture hanging in the war crimes section of the War Museum in Ho Chi Minh City?
General
41. Did you leave Vietnam 243 days early on the basis of three Purple Hearts?
42. Were any of the Purple Hearts questionable? Did you lose any duty time on Purple Heart #1 or Purple Heart #2?
43. Does your campaign biography, Tour Of Duty, contain inaccuracies? What are they?
44. Did you join the Navy only after a student deferment for Paris was denied?
45. Did you join Swift Boats, as you said in 1970, because you wanted to be close enough to report on the war but not be actually in it?
46. Do you have any apologies for any action in Vietnam? Which action?
Answer? Or Answer HONESTLY? With Kerry you have to clarify.
It would amuse me greatly if all of these questions came up at the presidential debates.
I doubt if he will belly up to the bar, and act like a man instead of a generic limosine liberal. He is highly dishonest, so don't expect anything other than something his travesty of a campaign might feel would benefit him.
He may continue to try and use the Viet Nam scenario to keep the attention off his real worry --- his senate record which clearly shows what and who he is. A far-left Marxist, military hater, blame-America-first anti-American, an appeaser, an internationalist, totally unreliable and untrustworthy. Did I leave anything out???
He has MUCH to hide, and nothing to advertise.
I don't know the answer to this, but maybe Kerry can answer it.
I'm waiting on my copy of the book. My questions is if they were under fire why was 1) the only damage caused by a mine and 2) was no one hurt by the gun fire?
Inquiring minds and all that.
Did the Communist Party USA pay for your trip to Paris, as it did other members of VVAW?
Bump! I'm not holding my breath waiting for John F*ckin' to level with us about Vietnam.
BTTT
Ping a linger ling!
Assassination plot? Wow ... and the plot thickens
Assassination plot? Wow ... and the plot thickens
47. Why do you refuse to authorize release of your full service record to the media?
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