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John Kerry placed in the Congressional Record on January 28, 1998 the eulogy he gave (apparently) at the funeral of a former swiftboat companion. He describes what could be an entirely different version of the Rassman falling in the river/mine exploding story. Then again it could be a completely different incident or something he made up. * * *  the Congressional Record (.pdf files: first page, second page) — Those with time and better research skills can check this out further.

 You be the judge if Sen. Kerry or his cast of crew can be trusted to tell the truth.... October 27, 1996,  business columnist David Warsh wrote for the Boston Globe about discrepancies in recent accounts of the day Kerry won the Silver Star. He quoted Sen. Kerry's former crewmate during an interview, Tom Belodeau,  as saying, "You know, I shot that guy. He jumped up, he looked right at me, I looked at him. You could tell he was trying to decide whether to shoot or not. I expected the guy on Kerry's boat with the twin 50s...