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In Vietnam.(John F. Kerry's Vietnam War record)

National Review

| September 13, 2004 | York, Byron | COPYRIGHT 2004 National Review, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

LAST May, when the newly formed group Swift Boat Veterans for Truth first spoke to the press about John Kerry, the men--mostly Kerry's fellow officers from the four months he skippered a Navy Swift boat in Vietnam--seemed divided on the issue of Kerry's war record. Some questioned the medals he was awarded. Others had no desire to cast doubt on his service. But all agreed on one thing: that Kerry had betrayed them when, upon returning from Vietnam, he characterized the American military--and, by extension, the Swift boat veterans themselves--as having committed widespread atrocities in Southeast Asia.

That was then. After their opening news conference, the ...

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