"Tom Cervo" wrote in message
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Well, someone's lying:

Has Thurlow ever claimed his own citation (which he indicates he lost over
20 years ago), which wasafterall written by others, was correct in these
details? Kerry has.

Brooks


"Newly obtained military records of one of Sen. John F. Kerry's most vocal
critics, who has accused the Democratic presidential candidate of lying
about
his wartime record to win medals, contradict his own version of events.

In newspaper interviews and a best-selling book, Larry Thurlow, who
commanded a
Navy Swift boat alongside Kerry in Vietnam, has strongly disputed Kerry's
claim
that the Massachusetts Democrat's boat came under fire during a mission in
Viet
Cong-controlled territory on March 13, 1969. Kerry won a Bronze Star for
his
actions that day.

But Thurlow's military records, portions of which were released yesterday
to
The Washington Post under the Freedom of Information Act, contain several
references to "enemy small arms and automatic weapons fire" directed at
"all
units" of the five-boat flotilla. Thurlow won his own Bronze Star that
day, and
the citation praises him for providing assistance to a damaged Swift boat
"despite enemy bullets flying about him."