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| A letter from a NAM Vet |
| 2004-05-07 |
| I believe a lot of us feel the same way. Mr Kerry will NOT be my next CIC. Won’t vote for Kerry Tuesday, May 4, 2004 Since being in the military is not a criteria to become the president of the United States, why all the hoopla about who served? National Guard or U.S. Navy is not the issue. Both Mr. Kerry and President Bush are American patriots who wish to represent our great nation in their own way. No issue here as the American voters make that decision. My issue with Sen. John Kerry is his disrespect to me and millions of my Vietnam brothers. As a former U.S. Naval Officer who led men in battle, to testify at a Senate Foreign Relations Committee in 1971 about atrocities committed by American soldiers in Vietnam was a slap in the face to all who served in that "police action." More than 58,000 of my brothers on the Wall and more than 1,900 of my MIA/POW brothers that the U.S. government has abandoned there is my issue. Mr. Kerry, my captain in Vietnam aboard the USS BEXAR APA-237 was Capt. Forrest S. Petersen. Captain "Pete" passed on Dec. 8, 1990, and is honored in Arlington National Cemetery. Check out this great American patriot and then tell me again about your association with Hanoi Jane and what a Vietnam hero you are. When you threw your (which turned out they were someone else’s you borrowed) three Purple Hearts, a Bronze Star and Vietnam Service Medals over the White House fence in the 1970s — which you gallantly deserved — you turned my stomach and millions of my fellow Vietnam veterans’. Where was your head at then, Mr. Kerry? In 1971, Vietnam heroes like John McCain and Edward Hubbard were being beaten daily in North Vietnamese prison camps and thousands of your Vietnam brothers were still fighting there. I, for one, cannot vote for a man of your caliber to lead my great country. JAY L. GARRETT HANOVER Thank you Brother for telling it like it is! |
| Posted by:Bill Nelson |
| #1 And Honor Capt. Peterson, too. Moment of silence. Rest in Peace, Peterson. |
| Posted by: Steve from Relto 2004-05-07 11:25:11 AM |