Former Swift Boat Commander Backs Kerry on Vietnam
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An American journalist who  commanded a boat alongside John Kerry in Vietnam broke a  35-year silence on Saturday and defended the Democratic  presidential candidate against Republican critics of his  military service and integrity.
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Swift Boat Veterans for Truth, an organization that says it has more than 300 members, created controversy three weeks ago with a TV ad charging that Sen. John Kerry has lied about his military record. The group begins airing a second ad Tuesday in three states. The new ad, called "Sellout," mixes photos and audio from an appearance Kerry, then 27, made before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on April 22, 1971, with comments from Vietnam War veterans who object to the anti-war efforts Kerry made following his return from service in Vietnam.
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John Kerry offers his service in Vietnam as proof that he can keep America safe. But in two TV ads and a best-selling book, an anti-Kerry group has accused the Senator of dishonesty and cowardice during the war.
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The 50-foot Swift boats were easy targets as they plowed through the waterways of the Mekong Delta in packs of three or four, making big waves and thunderous noise when approaching. Former Viet Cong soldier Duong Hoang Sinh remembers them well &#151; the one time he tangled with three Swift boats, the Americans killed all of the insurgents in his unit except for two.
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John Kerry's former crew mates vouch for his Vietnam war heroics in a documentary being released in the midst of a campaign debate about his actions as a swift boat skipper.
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The former president makes his first appearance on behalf of John Kerry since bypass surgery
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FORT WORTH, Texas -- If history and supersititons are replayed, John Kerry can thank the Green Bay Packers. During the past 17 presidential elections, the outcome of the most recent Washington Redskins home
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When John F. Kerry rescued James Rassmann from the Bay Hap River in the jungles of Vietnam in March 1969, neither man could possibly have imagined that the episode would become a much-disputed
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A US officer who fought alongside presidential candidate John Kerry in  Vietnam condemns his critics.
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John Kerry's Vietnam War service records run to multiple medal commendations and a notation of "conspicuous gallantry" in combat. President Bush's file tracks the stateside career of a National Guard test pilot.
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Vietnam veteran who had served with Senator John Kerry in a Swift boat group broke a 35-year silence this weekend to back Mr. Kerry&#39;s version of events from their mission together, and to
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A Vietnam veteran who served with Sen. John Kerry in a swift boat group broke a 35-year silence this weekend to back Kerry&#39;s version of events from one of their missions together and to chastise veterans critical
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The chief critic of John Kerry's military record told President Nixon in 1971 that he had been in Cambodia in a swift boat during the Vietnam War &#151; a claim at odds with his recent statements that he was not.
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An American journalist who  commanded a boat alongside John Kerry in Vietnam broke a  35-year silence on Saturday and defended the Democratic  presidential candidate against Republican critics of his  military service.
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Senator John Kerry's response to the long series of attacks on his Vietnam record may prove pivotal to his hopes for victory in the fall.
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"Kuma War" game lets players re-enact the 1969 Swift boat mission in Vietnam that won Sen. John Kerry a Silver Star.
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The Navy task force overseeing John Kerry's swift boat squadron in Vietnam reported that his group of boats came under enemy fire during a March 13, 1969, incident that three decades later is being challenged by the Democratic presidential nominee's critics.