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07/30/2004 Archived Entry: "Swift Boat Veterans vs. Kerry’s Movie"

Posted by steve @ 11:41 AM EST [Link]

CREDIBILITY ON SERVICE: That was quite a little bio film they showed on John Kerry last night, wasn't it? All that blood and guts in The Nam. Well, maybe not. Some Swift Boat captains are questioning some of the details contained in that film, specifically Kerry saving the life of a Green Beret.

The veterans raise two objections to the story. First, they question Kerry's version of events. Second, they question the convention video's portrayal of Kerry's version of events.

First, the video. The film included what appeared to be pictures of the incident itself. But one of Kerry's fellow officers who was involved in the action that day says there is, to his knowledge, no film of what went on. "I can vouch for the fact that there was probably no way that that incident was filmed that day, in the chaos of that moment," says Larry Thurlow, who was, like Kerry, a Navy lieutenant in command of a Swift Boat.

Read on.