More Swift Boat Vets stuff
New information contradicts one of the Swift Boat Vet’s claims. He has said there was no gunfire. However, the paperwork states there was constant gunfire.
Funny how the WaPo got right on that and, to my knowledge, hasn’t mentioned the Cambodia thing. Oh, that liberal media.
August 19th, 2004 at 11:06 am
Except that it doesn’t contradict it. His reports say that they were fired at several times that day. He says he doesn’t remember there being any enemy fire around the mine explosion. He also said that if the story about enemy fire was why he got is Bronze Star that day, he doesn’t deserve it. Sounds pretty clear cut and consistant to me.
August 19th, 2004 at 11:28 am
Sorry, Phelps, but that’s a bit thin. Thurlow earned his Bronze Star in the same incident as Kerry earned his Silver Star, and both of their citations claim gunfire. Sounds to me like he is trying post-hoc justifications.
And in any case, Kerry’s story is corroborated by that of the guy he pulled from the water.
August 19th, 2004 at 9:37 pm
Tom: Thurlow didn’t apply for a medal. Someone else wrote the citation, and Thurlow thinks the language in the citation was based on Kerry’s after-action report.
In other words, Kerry said there was gunfire. The swift vets say there wasn’t. To prove his case, Kerry is citing documents… based on Kerry’s own after-action report.