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Originally posted by JackSpratts
"And this statement was made despite the fact Zumwalt had personally pinned a Silver Star on Mr. Kerry."
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February 28, 1969:
"When Kerry's Patrol Craft Fast 94 received a B-40 rocket shot from shore, he hot dogged his craft beaching it in the center of the enemy position. To his surprise, an enemy soldier sprang up from a hole not ten feet from Patrol Craft 94 and fled.
The boat's machine gunner hit and wounded the fleeing Viet Cong as he darted behind a hootch. The twin .50s gunner fired at the Viet Cong. He said he "laid 50 rounds" into the hootch before Kerry leaped from the boat and dashed in to administer a "coup de grace" to the wounded Viet Cong. Kerry returned with the B-40 rocket and launcher.”
"Dan Carr, a Marine who served 14 months in Vietnam, questioned whether such an honor should have been bestowed on a man who killed a retreating and wounded enemy soldier."
wow...what a brave hero.
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that says it all. how convienient the allegedly conflicted admiral is no longer with us.
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the man who had this converstaion with zumwalt, w.scott thompson, is still alive.
why don't you give him a call?