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What Happened in Kerry's Vietnam Battles?
ABC News ^
| Oct. 14, 2004
| ANDREW MORSE
Posted on 10/14/2004 3:52:00 PM PDT by blogblogginaway
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To: blogblogginaway
Democratic presidential candidate Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., relaxes with his puppy V.C., while stationed in the Mekong Delta in 1969, during the Vietnam War. Kerry named his "lucky charms" as his most prized possession _ his wedding ring, his dog tags andAP Photo/Courtesy of John Kerry
Underlining and bold is mine. Photo from the site. Caption is as it appears there.
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posted on
10/14/2004 3:56:15 PM PDT
by
Mike Fieschko
("Ted Kennedy is the conservative Senator from Massachusetts.")
To: blogblogginaway
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posted on
10/14/2004 3:58:41 PM PDT
by
dennisw
(Gd - against Amelek for all generations.)
To: Mike Fieschko
Sure is awfully while for someone 10 degrees north of the equator.
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posted on
10/14/2004 3:58:53 PM PDT
by
ProudVet77
(W stands for Winner)
To: ProudVet77
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posted on
10/14/2004 4:00:42 PM PDT
by
ProudVet77
(W stands for Winner)
To: blogblogginaway
Back to a time 35 years ago in a country racked with war to find out from villagers about one incident on a river that is "seared" into the memories like nothing else. For 35 years, they have waited in the hopes that an ABC news crew would come there and interview them. Of course, airing this segment leaves others little time to verify the accuracy of any report. Thirty-five years ago, I was twenty-seven and remember events, but not well enough to construct elaborate details about them. And I was not living in a country in the throes of war.
Am I being overly suspicious of ABC?
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posted on
10/14/2004 4:01:19 PM PDT
by
Winston7000
(Near Chicago)
To: blogblogginaway
They dispute the swiftboat claims.
To: blogblogginaway
Democratic presidential candidate Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., relaxes with his puppy V.C., while stationed in the Mekong Delta in 1969, during the Vietnam War. Kerry named his "lucky charms" as his most prized possession _ his wedding ring, his dog tags andAP Photo/Courtesy of John Kerry Hummmm? He didn't marry his 1st heiress until 1970 --- they Honeymooned in Paris visiting the Viet Cong as I recall.
What's up?
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10/14/2004 4:02:57 PM PDT
by
Ditto
( No trees were killed in sending this message, but billions of electrons were inconvenienced.)
To: blogblogginaway
Kerry was in Vietnam? I didn't know...
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posted on
10/14/2004 4:03:01 PM PDT
by
Thom Pain
(Quisling - from Vidkun Quisling (1887-1945), a synonym for "traitor")
To: blogblogginaway
Nightline traveled to Vietnam and found a number of witnesses who have never been heard from before, and who have no particular ax to grind for or against Kerry.
Both ABC and the communist government of Viet Nam would like to see Hanoi John elected. This is hardly nonpartisan.
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10/14/2004 4:05:35 PM PDT
by
R. Scott
(Humanity i love you because when you're hard up you pawn your Intelligence to buy a drink.)
To: blogblogginaway
So, now we are to believe VC over our own. I think this type of thing is what the media was doing during the Viet Nam war and now they are at it again. It just makes me sick to think that our own media has sunk so low as to take the enemy's (past and present) words over our own brave heroes who have and are now fighting.
To: Ditto
Hummmm? He didn't marry his 1st heiress until 1970 --- they Honeymooned in Paris visiting the Viet Cong as I recall. What's up?
Accurate timelines don't seem to be a RAT strongsuit.
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10/14/2004 4:06:00 PM PDT
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JayNorth
To: badpacifist
Thank you ABC for spending the money and resources to wsend a crew to Vietnam and find these villagers that remember the VERY DAY that Kerry served as an American War Hero.
ABC, could you PLEASE spend an equal amount of resources in getting Kerry to sign Form 180 and get his military records released so that th epublic can see for themselves what a traitor Kerry is?
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posted on
10/14/2004 4:06:21 PM PDT
by
Viet-Boat-Rider
(((KERRY IS A NARCISSISTIC LIAR, GOLDBRICKER, AND TRAITOR!)))
To: blogblogginaway
If there was "intense" small arms fire directed at the boats (which I assume were close in to shore), wouldn't there have been some evidence in the form of bullet holes etc. left? Wonder if any maintenance records exist?
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10/14/2004 4:07:25 PM PDT
by
al44
To: blogblogginaway
His was a stay that lingers today in his life. Veni Vidi Vaci I came. I saw. I had to take penicillin.
To: JayNorth; Ditto
Kerry named his "lucky charms" as his most prized possession _ his wedding ringThey've already changed the caption. No more "wedding ring."
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10/14/2004 4:10:41 PM PDT
by
angkor
To: Mike Fieschko
The Vietnamese government initially rejected Nightline's request to visit the village, saying they did not want to somehow influence the U.S. presidential election. Once Nightline explained that the intention was to simply find out what the Vietnamese people remember and think of what happened there, permission was granted.
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Yeah, right thats the ticket. With my girlfriend morgan fairchild.....
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posted on
10/14/2004 4:10:51 PM PDT
by
fooman
(Get real with Kim Jung Mentally Ill about proliferation)
To: fooman
ABC wouldn't have coached these "witnesses" or paid them or anything.
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posted on
10/14/2004 4:12:07 PM PDT
by
RightthinkinAmerican
(I oil, lube, service & remotely operate the Republican attack machine!)
To: Ditto
I think it means those items are his "lucky charms" now, notwithstanding the quote is accompanied by a photo from 1969. I doubt anyone was interviewing him in 1969 about those types of things.
To: Thom Pain
Oh yes, he was there, albeit briefly.
He was on a boat or something.
It's a little know fact and probably will not be a factor in the election.
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