Originally posted by demaw1
I have been invited to a meeting next week. This meeting is not just for vets but most are...It is to discuss whys to support the vets who have come out against kerrys vietnam record.. They and I guess I do also,believe the news media and dems are going to be vindictive and untruthfull about them.
OK go ahead and support these guys, you'll just look silly, or worse, in the end.
Here's a little info on Larry Thurlow of Swift Vets 'fame'. He's the one who states in that new rag out that they weren't under fire the day Kerry's actions got recognised.
See, Mr. Thurlow got a Bronz Star himself in that action.
This is hitting the media today...
In newspaper interviews and a best-selling book, Larry Thurlow, who commanded a Navy Swift boat alongside Kerry in Vietnam, has strongly disputed Kerry's claim that the Massachusetts Democrat's boat came under fire during a mission in Viet Cong-controlled territory on March 13, 1969. Kerry won a Bronze Star for his actions that day.
But Thurlow's military records, portions of which were released yesterday to The Washington Post under the Freedom of Information Act, contain several references to "enemy small arms and automatic weapons fire" directed at "all units" of the five-boat flotilla. Thurlow won his own Bronze Star that day, and the citation praises him for providing assistance to a damaged Swift boat "despite enemy bullets flying about him."
As one of five Swift boat skippers who led the raid up the Bay Hap River, Thurlow was a direct participant in the disputed events. He is also a leading member of Swift Boat Veterans for Truth, a public advocacy group of Vietnam veterans dismayed by Kerry's subsequent antiwar activities, which has aired a controversial television advertisement attacking his war record.
more here:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A13267-2004Aug18.html
