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The Last Battle of Vietnam
The American Thinker ^ | November 13th, 2004 | Russ Vaughn

Posted on 11/13/2004 12:04:13 PM PST by Horatio Gates

The Last Battle of Vietnam

It never occurred to me, ever before,
That our Navy would win the Vietnam War.
When they took to their boats in this year of elections,
With the mission of making some major corrections
I shared their belief, John should not be elected,
And their view overdue, truth should be resurrected.
Yet I questioned the course they’d set themselves for,
Knowing how John was loved by the media whore.

Ignored and dismissed by the media queens
Being shrewd, savvy sailors they still found the means
To reach out to the people, to open their eyes
To a phony John Kerry and his war story lies.
With their very first ad, they torpedoed his boat,
A Cambodian Christmas would no longer float.
His heroics unraveled, his stories fell flat,
Especially that one ‘bout his magical hat.

John called on his lawyers and media whores,
And threatened the Swiftees with vile legal wars.
But these warriors kept charging back into the fire,
And made the folks wonder, “Is Kerry a Liar?”
Till the question of whether he’s telling the truth
Was still in their minds in the election day booth.
So the brave Swiftees gave us what we’d not had before,
They gave us our victory in the Vietnam War.

Those brave, stalwart sailors, falsely labeled as liars,
Stood firm and stood tall, kept directing their fires,
Steadfast, unrelenting, they served once again,
And defeated John Kerry, these honorable men.
All Vets can take pride, yes all, not just some,
That we won the last battle of Vietnam.
It took far too long to bring an end to our war
But we did, November Second, Two Thousand Four.

To our Brothers, forever, on that long black Wall,
You’ve been vindicated now, one and all.

Russ Vaughn 2d Bn, 327th Parachute Infantry Regiment 101st Airborne Division Vietnam 65-66

Russ Vaughn is the Poet Laureate of The American Thinker


TOPICS: Editorial; Foreign Affairs; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: election2004; kerry; kerrydefeat; patriot; poem; poetry; swiftboats; swiftboatvets; vietnam
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To: shotokan; Calpernia; radu; vetvetdoug; risk; Jimmy Valentine's brother; kristinn

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Long, Long ago...


JOHN KERRY
HILLARY RODHAM
BILL CLINTON and
JANE FONDA...


...all agreed with our Communist Terrorist Enemy HO CHI MINH's Hanoi Radio lyingly telling the world that there wasn't a single Communist North Vietnamese Army Soldier invading a then Free South Vietnam.


Or was there..?


See:

There Wasn't a Single Communist North Vietnmese Army Soldier inside a then Free South Vietnam

http://www.Freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1278933/posts

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21 posted on 11/13/2004 1:37:06 PM PST by ALOHA RONNIE ("ALOHA RONNIE" Guyer/Veteran-"WE WERE SOLDIERS" Battle of IA DRANG-1965 http://www.lzxray.com)
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To: shotokan

Thanks for the thread.

---USN 63-67 - SFP2(DV). Honorable Discharge - Earned. (0 addendums, amendments, re-writes, pardons).


22 posted on 11/13/2004 1:51:16 PM PST by Diver Dave (Stay Prayed Up)
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To: shotokan

Printed, and going up on our A.L. Post bulletin board


23 posted on 11/13/2004 2:00:14 PM PST by clyde260 (Public Enemy #1: Network News!)
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To: JOE43270

I will be sending it out to my mail lists next week.

What a great poem by a man who served in Nam.


24 posted on 11/13/2004 2:04:29 PM PST by Grampa Dave (FNC/ABCNNBCBS & the MSM fishwraps are the Rathering Fraudcasters of America!)
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To: shotokan; All

Someone should take Kerry to court to remove him from office, seeing as he aided and conforted the enemy..


25 posted on 11/13/2004 2:09:05 PM PST by 1stFreedom
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To: shotokan

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The First Battle of the Vietnam War =


The Battle of IA DRANG-1965

(Photos)
http://www.lzxray.com/guyer_set1.htm
http://www.lzxray.com/guyer_set2.htm
http://www.lzxray.com/guyer_set3.htm
http://www.lzxray.com/guyer_collection.htm

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26 posted on 11/13/2004 2:09:13 PM PST by ALOHA RONNIE ("ALOHA RONNIE" Guyer/Veteran-"WE WERE SOLDIERS" Battle of IA DRANG-1965 http://www.lzxray.com)
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To: ArmyBratCutie

great poem. thanks


27 posted on 11/13/2004 2:09:55 PM PST by OldCorps
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To: JOE43270

I pinged some big pingers, and they will respond when they are on the board again.


28 posted on 11/13/2004 2:35:20 PM PST by Grampa Dave (FNC/ABCNNBCBS & the MSM fishwraps are the Rathering Fraudcasters of America!)
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To: JDoutrider

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NEVER FORGET


JOHN KERRY = Enemy of Vietnam Vets

http://www.TheAlamoFILM.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1320


...and of Free People everywhere.


...Still..!!!



NEVER FORGET

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29 posted on 11/13/2004 2:50:00 PM PST by ALOHA RONNIE ("ALOHA RONNIE" Guyer/Veteran-"WE WERE SOLDIERS" Battle of IA DRANG-1965 http://www.lzxray.com)
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To: shotokan

These heros came through for America again !


30 posted on 11/13/2004 2:51:47 PM PST by af_vet_1981
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

'The Last Battle of Vietnam'
(poetry Ping.)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1279237/posts


31 posted on 11/13/2004 2:52:57 PM PST by Fred Nerks (Aren't we all glad that john kerry isn't president?)
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To: shotokan; Chieftain; Naomi4

What a terrific poem.
My liberal friends amaze me with their perspectives:
1) Kerry is a hero because he was anti-war at a time when they were anti-war.
2) He was honorable because he "didn't want soldiers to die" and "we were losing"
3) He was just a young kid who didn't know any better.
4) The swfitboat vets are just "picking on details and no one can really know what happened"

The liberals are not changing their tune.

The Swiftees have hit the Snake in the head with a shovel...but the Snake is still in the field!


32 posted on 11/13/2004 3:01:32 PM PST by Recovering Ex-hippie (End of an era.....Arafat is dead!)
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To: ALOHA RONNIE

Thank's for those links. I'd been to lzxray.com before but not those particular pages. Tomorrow is the 39th anniversary of LZ Xray day 1. No better time to say thanks for your service.


33 posted on 11/13/2004 4:17:20 PM PST by Horatio Gates
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To: Grampa Dave
THANKS FOR THE PING

34 posted on 11/13/2004 4:24:43 PM PST by Smartass (BUSH & CHENEY to 2008 Si vis pacem, para bellum - Por el dedo de Dios se escribió)
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To: shotokan

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November 14, 1965 =

IA DRANG S-1 Personnel Clerk RONNIE GUYER, standing in front of the PLEI ME Special Forces Camp awaiting Air Assault into the Valley of Death known as the IA DRANG

(3rd Photo Down)
http://www.lzxray.com/guyer_set1.htm

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35 posted on 11/13/2004 4:32:31 PM PST by ALOHA RONNIE ("ALOHA RONNIE" Guyer/Veteran-"WE WERE SOLDIERS" Battle of IA DRANG-1965 http://www.lzxray.com)
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To: dansangel

Drive-by BUMP


36 posted on 11/13/2004 4:35:03 PM PST by dansangel (Thank you Veterans past and present!)
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To: dansangel
I'll call your drive-by bump and raise you one!

Great poems, dead on!

37 posted on 11/13/2004 4:52:28 PM PST by TexasCowboy (Texan by birth, citizen of Jesusland by the Grace of God)
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To: Grampa Dave; Bob J; Mata-Sherry; SAR_dude; floriduh voter; dorben; gatorman; Fearless Flyers; ...

FRiends: "The Last Battle of Vietnam" is a great poem you must read.........PING!


38 posted on 11/13/2004 5:00:36 PM PST by JulieRNR21 (We Love Ya....Dubya!)
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To: Chieftain

Thanks for the ping......I've sent it all over the internet......BUMP


39 posted on 11/13/2004 5:01:41 PM PST by JulieRNR21 (We Love Ya....Dubya!)
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To: JulieRNR21
THANKS FOR THE PING

40 posted on 11/13/2004 5:12:31 PM PST by Smartass (BUSH & CHENEY to 2008 Si vis pacem, para bellum - Por el dedo de Dios se escribió)
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