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From: Zinger@BadS0Sad.com
On 7/1/2022 8:57 AM, Onomatopoeia *BOOM*! wrote:
> On Thu, 30 Jun 2022 17:16:45 -0500, in talk.politics.guns Zinger
> wrote:
>
>> Why weren't you in country Sonny. Bless your Brother and may he
>> always have a good tail wind.
>
> I didn't say one way or the other about being "in country". If I did,
> then doing so would have been called an "appeal to authority".
>
> If you drove a pig in 'Nam, then you're likely an Aussie. I know we
> technically had them; however, they were mostly an Oz show... seems
> like the Aussies had a squadron of them based at Vung Tau or Nui Dat.nn
Nope...WO on an Aardvark. General Dynamics.
>
> My point, however, was that Kerry's medals were all legally awarded by
> the Navy.
Actually his commanding officer stated at the investigation that the
recommendations were not written by command authority. But the row it
would raise in the Jewish community would be horrific. Please note that
his discharge was released many years later when he had attained Senator
Heinzes seat.
Now, whether or not you think they should have been isn't
> important to me. I wasn't with him and, I suspect, neither were you.
> (Further, I strongly suspect that neither were the "Swift Boat
> Veterans".)
Then Kerry must have been on Swiftboat with no crew.
4 months in country with 2 of them spent getting kicked off of a
destroyer. A ship that is always shorthanded?
>
> I don't like Kerry's politics. If he's going to make a big public
> show of throwing his medals over the fence, then he should leave 'em
> there. *If* I were a veteran of the Vietnam war, I would never
> advertise it. My hero is Tim O'Brian.
Who dat?
>
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