Posted on 08/22/2004 10:47:16 AM PDT by MaryT
On Feb 28, 1969, I was officer in charge of PCF-23, one of three Swift boats - including Kerry's PCF-94 and Lt. j.g. Donald Droz's PCF-43 - that carried Vietnamese Regional and Popular Force troops and a Navy demolition team up the Dong Cung, a narrow tributary of the Bay Hap River, to conduct a sweep of the area.
Ambushes were a virtual certainty, and that day was no exception.
The Viet Cong in the area had come to expect that the heavily loaded boats would lumber on past an ambush, firing at the entrenched attackers, beaching upstream and putting troops ashore to sweep back down on the ambush site. Often, they were long gone by the time the troops got there.
The first time we took fire - the usual rockets and automatic weapons - Kerry ordered a "turn 90" and the three boats roared in on the ambush. It worked.
Meanwhile, Kerry ordered our boat to head upstream with his, leaving Droz's boat at the first site.
IT happened again, another ambush. And again, Kerry ordered the turn maneuver, and again it worked.
Then-Capt. and now retired Rear Adm. Roy Hoffmann, the task force commander, fired off a message congratulating the three Swift boats, saying at one point that the tactic of charging the ambushes was a "whining example of completely overwhelming the enemy" and that it "may be the most efficacious method of dealing with small numbers of ambushers."
Hoffman has become a leading critic of Kerry's and now says that what the boats did on that day demonstrated Kerry's inclination to be impulsive to a fault.
Our decision to use that tactic under the right circumstances was not impulsive but was the result of discussions well beforehand and a mutual agreement of all three boat officers.
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Mary, Mary, Mary... You're way too funny. Why don't you Democrats clean your own doorstep? [There's a lot of garbage, there, and it will take a while, but ya gotta start some time.]
Definitely seems like Kerry devised this plan.
They did that already...
My mother made ZOT post to me... once.
It is time we demand our leaders win elections without degrading what is true and good in their contenders character. John Kerry is the kind of Military Leader that Hollywood makes movies about.
Mutiny on the bounty?
You... DEMAND?
You're in no position to demand anything little troll!
But not Kerry. He had a home theatre set up in his home and showed the 8mms to every date he brought home.
He never left Viet Nam and won't let anyone else put it behind them.
Knock it off.
NOw run along back to your own site and leave us alone to have an adult conversation.
I'm sorry; won't happen again. Thanks for the warning. Don't remember what I said... Thanks for the warning. (((Gulp)))
Oh, stop it! Yer crackin me up!
Okay, in this case, it would have to be an autobiography, wouldn't it? Let's see, who is known for their autobiogs? Well, there's Ghandi, Will Rogers, Ben Franklin, Ray Charles, Teddy Roosevelt, Mark Twain, Miss Jane Pittman--you get the picture.
Also noted for their autobiogs: Hitler, Kurt Cobain, the Klintons, Kweisi Mfume, Frances Farmer, Jimmy Carter, etc., etc.,
What's the difference, you ask? NONE OF THEM TOOK THEIR VERY OWN CAMERAS ALONG WITH THE INTENT OF USING THE FOOTAGE IN A RUN FOR THE PRESIDENCY. AND SUPERVISING RE-TAKES, FERCRYINOUTLOUD. Where is your brain, girl?
Mary T thanks for providing the platform and an excellent reason for Freepers to donate to Swiftboatsvet.com.
Every donation we make to Swiftvets.com will drive lunatic libs like you into a deeper depression combined with your lunatic behavior.
To really Zot MaryT, donate to the Swiftvets.com:
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