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Aug. 20th, 2004 03:24 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
theweaselking"Swift Boat Veterans For Truth" speaker who insists that John Kerry is lying and was never under fire's records show that he won a Bronze Star that very same day - for heroism UNDER FIRE.
The newly obtained records of Larry Thurlow show that he, like Kerry, won a Bronze Star for the same engagement and that Thurlow's citation said he came under "constant small arms fire," the newspaper reported Thursday.
Thurlow, also like Kerry, commanded a Navy Swift boat during the war. Thurlow swore in an affidavit last month that Kerry was "not under fire" when he rescued Lt. James Rassmann from the Bay Hap River.
Thurlow's records, obtained by the Post under the Freedom of Information Act, include references to "enemy small arms and automatic weapons fire" directed at all five boats in the flotilla that day. In his Bronze Star citation, Thurlow is praised for helping a damaged Swift boat "despite enemy bullets flying about him."
Kerry has described how his boat came under fire from the river banks after a mine explosion disabled another U.S. Swift boat. Kerry and members of his crew say the firing continued as Kerry leaned over to fish out Rassman, who was blown overboard in another explosion.
Thurlow described Kerry's Bronze Star citation as "totally fabricated," saying "I never heard a shot."
"This casts doubt on anybody's awards," he said. "It is sickening and disgusting."
Thurlow said he lost his Bronze Star citation more than 20 years ago. He said he would not authorize release of his military records because he feared the Kerry campaign would discredit him. [Emphasis mine]
Members of Kerry's crew have said Kerry is telling the truth. Rassman said he has vivid memories of enemies firing at him from both banks.
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So, and let's get this straight, the guy with the political axe to grind has been on TV swearing up and down that he was never under fire and that Kerry is lying about it - despite the rest of the witnesses, including the rescued soldier, disagreeing, and despite the purple hearts awarded - and now it's shown that he himself was awarded a medal for gallantry under fire, due to ALL the reports (including his) at the time saying he was under fire, and he's been trying to keep that a secret to keep the people he's been lying about from proving that he's lying about them?
Just remember, people, if it's a damaging allegation and paid for by Bush, the record consistently shows that not only is it NOT TRUE, but that the people putting it out know that and are relying on you to not question it and relying on it to distract you from issues that actually matter.
The newly obtained records of Larry Thurlow show that he, like Kerry, won a Bronze Star for the same engagement and that Thurlow's citation said he came under "constant small arms fire," the newspaper reported Thursday.
Thurlow, also like Kerry, commanded a Navy Swift boat during the war. Thurlow swore in an affidavit last month that Kerry was "not under fire" when he rescued Lt. James Rassmann from the Bay Hap River.
Thurlow's records, obtained by the Post under the Freedom of Information Act, include references to "enemy small arms and automatic weapons fire" directed at all five boats in the flotilla that day. In his Bronze Star citation, Thurlow is praised for helping a damaged Swift boat "despite enemy bullets flying about him."
Kerry has described how his boat came under fire from the river banks after a mine explosion disabled another U.S. Swift boat. Kerry and members of his crew say the firing continued as Kerry leaned over to fish out Rassman, who was blown overboard in another explosion.
Thurlow described Kerry's Bronze Star citation as "totally fabricated," saying "I never heard a shot."
"This casts doubt on anybody's awards," he said. "It is sickening and disgusting."
Thurlow said he lost his Bronze Star citation more than 20 years ago. He said he would not authorize release of his military records because he feared the Kerry campaign would discredit him. [Emphasis mine]
Members of Kerry's crew have said Kerry is telling the truth. Rassman said he has vivid memories of enemies firing at him from both banks.
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So, and let's get this straight, the guy with the political axe to grind has been on TV swearing up and down that he was never under fire and that Kerry is lying about it - despite the rest of the witnesses, including the rescued soldier, disagreeing, and despite the purple hearts awarded - and now it's shown that he himself was awarded a medal for gallantry under fire, due to ALL the reports (including his) at the time saying he was under fire, and he's been trying to keep that a secret to keep the people he's been lying about from proving that he's lying about them?
Just remember, people, if it's a damaging allegation and paid for by Bush, the record consistently shows that not only is it NOT TRUE, but that the people putting it out know that and are relying on you to not question it and relying on it to distract you from issues that actually matter.