More Tall Tales From 'The 'Nam?'
From James Taranto's OpinionJournal:
Another Seared--Seared--Memory
From a John Kerry speech commemorating Martin Luther King Day, Jan. 20, 2003:
"I remember well April 1968--I was serving in Vietnam -- a place of violence -- when the news reports brought home to me and my crewmates the violence back home -- and the tragic news that one of the bullets flying that terrible spring took the life of [Dr. King]."
In fact, Kerry did not go to Vietnam until November 1968.
posted by Mike at 8/25/2004 03:27:00 PM
1 Comments:
Research helps.
Navy personnel got the Vietnam Service Ribbon for serving on ships patroling the coast of Vietnam.
Kerry's ship even went into the Gulf of Tonkin.
It is common to say they were "serving in Vietnam."
Kerry did not state that he was "in-country."
He served in Vietnam from February of 1968.
Your facts are simply wrong.
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