Lonewolf

Russian trole work is so hard


quote=1ProudAmerican]"MR. PRESIDENT" !!!

"Russian spy"...

yeah, and the black donkeyman got the NPP ... about as worthless as Kerry's medals.

"this is probably the most dishonest d********g thing you have posted"...THANK YOU, just doin' my job !!![/quote]

Wm. E. Smith

I believed the boat crew when they testified, republican or democrat, it dont matter when you are in the field or harms way, i still believe the boat crew, they were there, you and i were not.
Kerry is a piece of s_ _ t to me ! WES🇺🇸
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permafrost Loc: Minnesota

Wm... You did not read what I posted did you. Or you simply missed this part...



But every enlisted man who was with Mr. Kerry on various boats when he won Purple Hearts and Silver and Bronze Stars says he deserved them. All praise his courage and back his candidacy. "I was there for two of the Purple Hearts and the Bronze and Silver Stars, and he earned every one of them," said Delbert Sandusky, in a typical comment. "He saved our lives."

Hadenough

Mr President!!!!🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

Wm. E. Smith

No sir, i dont remember it that way.
I remember seeing four men who served with kerry in vietnam on the TV.
They said that after hearing him speak about his service in southeast asia, and being with him there, that the missions he spoke of didnt happen.
I remember watching that on TV.
They said he was not even on parts of the mekong delta that he claimed he was.
They were very credible.
They all did their full tours of duty except the guys hurt or wounded.
I dont remember anything that you're talking about, except coming from kerry, and he is not someone i would believe.
And look what he is doing now, un-officially, that is not good for our country or our leader.
He has entitlement not deserved.
I have no respect for him, he is as bad as those walking around in military dress acting like they serve, when they dont.
He is a l*****t, AKA, socialist/c*******t.

permafrost Loc: Minnesota

They sound like more of the right wing recruited liars used for the swift boat crusade..

I posted what was official, not a group of rumors and wishes..

SinnieK

John Kerry is just like McCain they are the branches of the poison tree.

John Illinois

I ran River Patrol Boats in Viet Nam. If you read his website during the 2004 P**********l Campaign, There were many things he claimed that were either impossible with a Swift Boat, or Court Martial offenses. It seemed that every time the Swift Boat Vets challenged one of his statements, it would simply disappear from the website. Remember that he only spent 3 months in Viet Nam. He was assigned to not just one, but 3 different commands in country. Moving personnel between commands was not all that easy, unlike here in CONUS. If you look at where he went, first the farthest northern command, then the one furthest south away from them, then back to a far north command, it is obvious that they soon realized he'd get their guys k**led, and they got rid of him as soon as they could.

permafrost Loc: Minnesota

John, I do not think Kerry was ever in country... I only find the gridley and swift boats..

Tour of duty on the USS Gridley
Kerry's first tour of duty was as an ensign on the guided missile frigate USS Gridley, beginning June 8, 1967.[2] On February 9, 1968, the Gridley set sail for a Western Pacific deployment. The next day, Kerry requested duty in Vietnam, listing as his first preference a position as the commander of a Fast Patrol Craft (PCF), also known as a "Swift boat." These 50-foot boats have aluminum hulls and have little or no armor, but are heavily armed and rely on speed. "I didn't really want to get involved in the war," Kerry said in a book of Vietnam reminiscences published in 1986. "When I signed up for the swift boats, they had very little to do with the war. They were engaged in coastal patrolling and that's what I thought I was going to be doing."[3] However, Kerry's second choice of billet was in a river patrol boat, or PBR, squadron, which at the time was performing the more dangerous river duty.[4]

The Gridley traveled to several places, including Wellington in New Zealand, Subic Bay in the Philippines, and the Gulf of Tonkin off North Vietnam. The executive officer of the Gridley has described the deployment: "We deployed from San Diego to the Vietnam theatre in early 1968 after only a six-month turnaround and spent most of a four month deployment on rescue station in the Gulf of Tonkin, standing by to pick up downed aviators. It was a fairly grueling tour of duty. Our helicopter was shot up trying to rescue a downed pilot and the door gunner was k**led. The crew performed well and John Kerry's performance in all aspects of his duty was outstanding."[5] The ship departed for the U.S. on May 27, 1968, and returned to port at Long Beach, California on June 6. Ten days after returning, on June 16, Kerry was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant, junior grade. On June 20, he left the Gridley for special Swift boat training at the Naval Amphibious Base in C****ado.

Commander of a Swift boat
On November 17, 1968, Kerry reported for duty at Coastal Squadron 1 in Cam Ranh Bay in South Vietnam. Kerry took part in Operation Sea Lords, the brainchild of Admiral Elmo Zumwalt. The goal was to project a U.S. military presence more aggressively into an area that had long been a Viet Cong stronghold. As part of that plan, the Swift boats were assigned to patrol the narrow waterways — inlets, canals, and coves — of the Mekong River delta, to monitor enemy movements, interdict enemy river-based supply lines, invite attack and otherwise draw out hostile forces.

During his tour of duty as an Officer in Charge of Swift boats, Kerry led five-man crews on patrols into enemy-controlled areas. His first command was Swift boat PCF-44, from December 6, 1968, to January 21, 1969, when the crew was disbanded. They were based at Coastal Division 13 at Cat Lo from December 13 to J****** 6. Otherwise, they were stationed at Coastal Division 11 at An Thoi. On January 30, Kerry took charge of PCF-94 and its crew, which he led until he departed An Thoi on March 26 and the crew was disbanded.[6

Wm. E. Smith

John Illinois, you are just one of the many vietnam vets and regardless of your political views or leanings, you will have all of my respect.
My brother in law was on a swift boat in vietnam in 1967 - 1968.
On a night patrol in a narrow part of the delta he was shot across his waist with a russian machine gun, the first man down in that ambush.
The men and women who served in that war did a great job.
The U.S.Navy in swift boats, PBR's and all the like had a very dangerous job.
I salute you john, even though i was Army.
You guys in the Navy are bad ass !
John "fairy" kerry is a disgrace, but him or any other punk, cannot tarnish what you guys did.
My brother in law raced cars and built them before and after his tour, but he wanted to finish his tour even though he was discharged medically for combat wounds.
I hope our country has tried to make up any problems you may have had from your service, you deserve a great deal for it.

SinnieK

John Kerry is just like McCain they both are branches from the poison tree; they only serve their g*******t master and not the American people.

Wm. E. Smith

John McCain is disappointing, from what i know he was a good pilot and endured alot more combat and military life, as well as time as a POW, than kerry did.
But now, they are both working against the U.S.A. and keeping good progress at bay.

SinnieK

McCain turned his back on our POW in Vietnam which is shameful.

John Illinois

I joined the Navy because I didn't want to crawl in the mud with the Army. I found out that everything that was painted grey was not steel. The difference between the brown water Navy and the Army, is the depth and viscosity of the mud. The terror and incoming fire was quite similar. Every patrol was hours of boredom interspaced by moments of sheer terror.The boats we had were not at all like the ones you see on PBS--ours were fiberglass Chris Craft Sea Skiff, with a single 327 Greymarine gas engine. They burned real good when they were shot up. Somebody finally got wise, and put armor plating around the fuel tank. In 2 years, I had 5 go down. Two were due to enemy fire, the other 3 were due to trash in the river making a big hole in the hull. One, I made it back to the tender, but they didn't have any straps in the carrier, so it sank beside the tender; another sank because the Admiral's barge crossed in front of me, and I shut it down. When an Ensign and an Admiral collide, who do you think will win that one? The third one just ran out of gas, and I couldn't keep the hole out of the water any longer. I recently met a guy who flew helicopters in Nam. I told him that I really appreciated it when they flew in and drew the fire away from me. He asked what I did, and I told him. He said that he thought that anyone who would drive a 250 gallon gas tank in a combat zone had to have a couple screws loose. We both agreed that it is amazing what the government can get people to do when you are young and think you are invincible.

teabag09

Which were bought and paid for not earned so shut the &*$% up. I can't tell you what I really want to say to you right now because I'd be banned for life, you low life. Mike