Vietnam vet springs to Kerry's defense
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Democratic White House hopeful John Kerry's efforts to refute charges that he embellished his Vietnam War record got a boost, as a fellow veteran said some of the accusations were untrue.
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WASHINGTON - A Vietnam veteran who claims Sen. John Kerry lied about being under fire during a Mekong Delta engagement that won Kerry a Bronze Star was under constant fire himself during the same skirmish, according to the man's own medal citation, a newspaper reported...
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New accusations draw out debate over Kerry's service in Vietnam - and may be an acid test of his defenses.
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A commander of a Navy boat alongside John Kerry in Vietnam broke a 35-year silence and defended the Democratic presidential nominee&#39;s war record against attacks by other veterans.
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Though military personnel lean conservative, some support Kerry - or at least a strategy for swift withdrawal.
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Vietnam veterans supporting John Kerry for president made their case Friday in the heart of what was once enemy territory.
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With a mix of passion and dismay, newspaper editorials are weighing in on the furor over John Kerry's service in Vietnam, with many coming to his defense, a few standing behind his critics and others bemoaning the attention to a 30-year-old war rather than today's problems.
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CRAWFORD, Texas  - Democrat John Kerry will  dispatch two fellow Vietnam veterans to President Bush's  secluded Texas ranch on Wednesday to press him to condemn  television advertisements accusing Kerry of lying about his  wartime service.
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WASHINGTON, Aug. 23. - Mr John Kerry won a convincing new recruit yesterday to his battle with Vietnam veterans who accuse him of lying about heroics that won him two of his five medals.
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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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Democrat John Kerry on Thursday lashed out at "the lie that's been put out there" about his Vietnam War service as Republicans and Democrats fiercely debated his military record, sensing a political advantage in keeping the issue alive.
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New TV ads and accusations draw out debate over Kerry&#39;s service in Vietnam - and may be an acid test of his defenses. By Linda Feldmann | Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor.
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A Vietnam veteran who worked with President Bush&#39;s campaign has left over his appearance in a commercial by a group challenging Democratic candidate John Kerry&#39;s
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A wealthy Texan and prolific Republican donor is helping bankroll a television ad assailing Democrat John Kerry's decorated military record in the Vietnam War.
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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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Democratic Senator John Kerry launched an all-out counterattack on fellow Vietnam war veterans who say he embellished his combat record, a key part of his bid for the White House.
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NEW YORK--President Bush may or may not get a &quot;bounce&quot; out of his convention here this week, but one suspects John Kerry is grateful for a respite after weeks of pounding by Vietnam veterans