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Article: But was it true? What John Kerry said about the Vietnam War and the men who served in it.
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- National Review
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- February 23, 2004
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IN New Hampshire, Sen. John Kerry claimed victory before a crowd of enthusiastic supporters. Prominently arrayed on the stage with him were veterans, including former Georgia senator Max Cleland, who lost both legs and an arm in Vietnam, and James Rassmann, an Army Special Forces officer in Vietnam whose life Kerry saved. At one point, Kerry thanked his "band of brothers" for supporting him in New Hampshire as they had more than 30 years ago in Vietnam. We proved, he said, that "we still know how to fight for our country."
Kerry served with distinction in Vietnam, as a swift-boat commander; he earned a Silver Star (America's third-highest award for gallantry), a ...