Please press the link to read the article.
Here's how Hollywood has portrayed Vietnam
Veterans.
Check out these two links:
Learn about, and become part
of the 'WELCOME HOME' to all Vietnam Veterans. Please press this next link for details.
"WELCOME HOME" VIETNAM VETERANS SONG
50,000 Names
There are teddy bears & high school rings
&
old photographs that mamas bring
That daddies with their young boys, playing ball.
There's combat boots that he used
to wear,
When he was sent over there.
There's 50,000 names carved in the wall
There's cigarettes, & there's cans of beer
& notes that
say I miss you dear
& children who don't say anything at all.
There's purple hearts and packs of gum
fatherless
daughters and fatherless sons
& there's 50,000 names carved in the wall
They come from all across this land
In pickup trucks and mini
vans
Searching for a boy from long ago
They scan the wall and find his name
The teardrops fall like pouring rain
&
silently they leave a gift and go
There's stars of David & rosary beads
& crucifixion figurines
&
flowers of all colors large and small
There's a Boy Scout badge and a merit pin
Little American flags waving in the
wind
& there's 50,000 names carved in the wall.
as Sung by George Jones
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HOLLYWOOD VIETNAM WAR NEWS:
Oliver Stone recruits Bruce Willis for My Lai massacre film
DID YOU KNOW THIS PATRIOTIC EVENT TOOK PLACE...? A Large
Number Of Vietnam Veterans Were Involved. PRESS HERE FOR
DETAILS.
On March 27, 2007,
based on the communication strengths of the internet, an estimated 30,000 patriotic Americans from around the nation, came
through an east coast snow and ice storm to stand together at the War Memorials for World War II, the Korea War and the Vietnam
War. These proud American flag-wavers stood, and still stand together in full support of America's men and women
in military uniforms around the world.
Read the American Legion Magazine's article about the
March 17, 2007 Gathering of Eagles. (See pictures.)
Webmaster & Disabled
Vet Jack Cunningham Battles A Corrupt Law Firm And The Powerful State Officials, Who Are Protecting Them: The Veteran's Evidence
- The Law Firm's Own Contact, Invoices, Supreme Court & Superior Court Filed Documents, Statements, Letters, Certifications,
etc. Please PRESS HERE For Details And Evidence.
"Gathering
of Eagles" is an act of love by thousands of veterans who choose to honor the sacrifice of the fallen by guarding
the memorials from those who would desecrate them on March 17th in a “peaceful” anti-war rally in Washington D.C.
Why are the two teenage Marines in the below picture eyes
closed?
My dear
sister recently met a Vietnam Vet ...
UNITED STATES MARINES IN VIETNAM
"Support Your Troops By Supporting Their
Benefits"
"Cut Benefits for Vets."
Veterans' Disability Benefits Commission Set Up By Leaders of Congress
DISABLED VIETNAM VETERAN NEEDS YOUR
HELP. PRESS HERE
HOLLYWOOD TRIVIA QUESTION: The below actual Plot Line belongs to what
hit movie?
"A mentally unstable Vietnam
war vet, when abused with a small town's police force, begins a one man war with it."
 PLEASE PRESS THE ABOVE PICTURE
FOR AN UPDATE ON THE MARINE.
WHETHER INTENTIONAL OR NOT...
Back
in April 1971, as John Kerry was appearing on television talk shows around America condemning his brother and sister Vietnam
vets for being Baby-Killers and Village-Burners, he was helping cover up the Duc Duc Refugee Village Massacre.
http://www.capveterans.com/the_duc_duc_resettlement_village
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TODAY'S BRAVE AND HONORABLE MILITARY
IS TOMORROW'S VETERANS
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Veterans, veterans' families, veterans' friends and appreciative Americans
will be marching in Washington Dc in April 2006. Learn the details of the March at its official website: http://www.millionvetmarch2006.com
After learning the details, I just created a map and forum for those who want to learn what veterans, family,
friends and appreciative Americans plan on attending the March from your town, city and state. (Get organized early.)
VETERANS
MARCH IN WASHINGTON DC APRIL 2006
(link) http://www.frappr.com/veteransmarchinwashingtondcapril2006
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Why don't some politicians
and government officials think PTSD is a real disability?
PTSD is called a disability
for a reason.
Whether intentional or not... For a government agency or government official to exacerbate and/or
take advantage of the disability of honorable veterans is a disgrace and should be a crime.
United States Navy's BLUE
ANGELS
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Subject: The Veteran
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Some veterans bear visible signs of their service: a missing limb, a jagged
scar, a certain look in the eye.
·
Others may carry the evidence inside them: a pin holding a bone together,
a piece of shrapnel in the leg – or perhaps another sort of inner steel: the soul’s alloy forged in the refinery
of adversity.
·
Except in parades, however, the men and women who have kept America
safe wear no badge or emblem.
·
You can’t tell a vet just by looking.
·
What is a vet?
·
He is the cop on the beat who spent six months in Saudi
Arabia sweating two gallons a day making sure the armored personnel carriers did not run
out of fuel.
·
He is the barroom loudmouth, dumber than five wooden planks, whose overgrown
frat-boy behavior is outweighed a hundred times in the cosmic scales by four hours of exquisite bravery near the 38th
parallel.
·
She – or – he is the nurse who fought against futility and went
to sleep sobbing every night for two solid years in Da Nang.
·
He is the POW who went away one person and came back another – or
did not come back at all.
·
He is the Parris Island Drill Instructor who has never seen combat –
but has saved countless lives by turning slouchy, no-account rednecks and gang members into Marines, and teaching them to
watch each other’s backs.
·
He is the carrier pilot landing on a rolling, pitching, heaving flight deck
during a rainsquall in the pitch-black night of the Tonkin Gulf.
·
He is the parade-riding Legionnaire who pins on his ribbons and medals with
a prosthetic hand.
·
He is the career quartermaster (Army Supply Corps) who watches the ribbons
and medals pass him by.
·
He is the Army Ranger who scaled the cliffs at Normandy or who
humps endless miles of burning sand for three days with no sleep or food and very little water to designate targets for laser
guided bombs or swims through a disease infested swamp and crawls over poisonous snakes under the cover of darkness to conduct
intelligence on a foreign government hostile to our own and our cherished way of life.
·
He is the three anonymous heroes in The Tomb of the Unknowns, whose presence
at the Arlington National Cemetery
must forever preserve the memory of all the anonymous heroes whose valor dies unrecognized with them on the battlefield or
in the ocean’s deep.
·
He is the old guy bagging groceries at the supermarket – palsied now
and aggravatingly slow – who helped liberate a Nazi death comp and who wishes all day long that his wife were still
alive to hold him when the nightmares come.
·
He is an ordinary and yet an extraordinary human being – a person
who offered some of his life’s most vital years in the service of his country, and who sacrificed his ambitions so others
would not have to sacrifice theirs.
·
He is soldier, sailor or Marine with a sword against the darkness, and he
is nothing more than the finest, greatest testimony on behalf of the finest, greatest nation ever known.
·
He or she, are the sailors of the aircraft carriers who averaged 19 years
of age, and the skilled pilots who flew from and landed on a pitching deck.
·
He is the soldier or Marine who went from firefight to firefight in Iraq,
fighting the enemy, the sandstorms, the snakes and spiders, without the luxury of a shower for a month.
·
He or she are those who made the supreme sacrifice who we remember this
day.
·
So remember, each time you see someone who has served our country, just
lean over and say Thank You. That’s all most people need, and in most cases it will mean more than
any medals they could have been awarded or were awarded.
·
Two little words that mean a lot, “THANK YOU.”
· THINK ABOUT IT....
Author: Jack Cunningham
PLEASE CHECKOUT OTHER STATIONARY
FOR THE ABOVE "DEAR VIETNAM VETERAN" LETTER.
JANE FONDA
AND JOHN KERRY WORKING FOR AMERICA'S ENEMY TOGETHER
A MESSAGE
FROM JANE FONDA ABOUT HER VIETNAM TRIP
WHAT
DID JANE FONDA REALLY DO (In Short)
GOD BLESS AMERICA
Subject: A
MUST READ
I received the attached article from a friend (who received it from
a friend, etc.). Don't know who the author is, and it is a shame, because he/she should get credit for a great
thought provoking piece of work. Regardless of your political beliefs, or how you feel about whether or not we
(the U.S.) should ever have gotten in to this war with Iraq, or how you feel about the President of the United States.
The bottom line is that we are committed to this war - like it or not - and we need to support the President, our troops
and every effort required to defeat terrorism. The piece is a bit lengthy, but well worth the time to read it.
I found this great PTSD article on a military
base. It was in a FAMILY MAGAZINE for American troops.
PTSD does not only hit our military men
and women. It impacts a great number of Americans, who never left home...
Child abuse, elderly abuse, marital abuse,
street crime victims (rape), etc. are some of the biggest sufferers.
Understanding PTSD is a great way from keeping
it from passing down through generations.
A "PRO SE" PTSD VIETNAM
VET WINS A LEGAL MALPRACTICE CASE AGAINST A VICE-CHAIRMAN OF
ATTORNEY ETHICS.
"If I had my life all over again, I'd still be honored to serve
in the American Military during the Vietnam War. I'm proud to have served with such a honored group of American men
and women."
Jack Cunningham, Marine Corps
Combined Action Program (CAP)
Vietnam 1970 - 71
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There is a larger picture of Jane Fonda's Memorial, below
on this webpage.
WENT TO SEE THE BIG BLACK WALL
TODAY
GOD BLESS
AMERICA TONIGHT
(turn on your speakers)
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A
PIECE OF FORGOTTEN AMERICAN HISTORY
THE
BATTLE OF MINISINK .
HOSPITAL
ROCK
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A honorable, disabled Vietnam (Army) Veteran's driveway after recent flooding.
Now, he's forced to walk a half mile to another road, just to get in his car. Even emergency vehicles have the
same problem, yet politicians do NOT answer his letters. Please help him...
Please press a subject below to visit its webpage.
A few years back, I wrote
to a good number of American Celebrities asking for support for American Hospitalized Veterans. Sadly, most did not
even return a response. However, those celebrities, who did send something back, more than made up for those, who
did not...
Recently, I came across pictures of two of the
American Celebrities who did, and I want to share their pictures with you. http://home.earthlink.net/~americans_who_lived_as_peasants/id20.html
It's nice to know who your friends are.
Jack http://www.CapVeterans.com
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NEWSWEEK
SCORES A BIG ONE FOR THE TERRORISTS
"There is... a deep anti-military bias in the
media. One that begins from the premise that the military must be lying, and that American projection of power around
the world must be wrong. I think that that is a hangover from Vietnam, and I think it's very dangerous."
--
Terry Moran, Chief ABC White House Correspondent, http://www.hughhewitt.com/
"In 1982, the public perception of a Vietnam
vet was Sylvester Stallone's film character RAMBO, a mentally disturbed and thoroughly fictionalized ex-soldier."
VETS WHO MADE A
DIFFERENCE
AGENT ORANGE IMPORTANT
INFORMATION
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PLEASE PRESS HERE TO
LEARN A LIST OF AMERICAN CELEBRITIES, WHO REALLY DO CARE ABOUT
AMERICA'S VETERANS AND CURRENT MILITARY
PLEASE
PRESS HERE FOR A MUST READ BY ALL PATRIOTIC AMERICANS
PLEASE PRESS THE BELOW
LIFE MAGAZINE COVER TO LEARN ABOUT THE VIETNAM UNIT THAT HAD
THE NICKNAME "THE PEACE CORPS VOLUNTEERS WITH
RIFLES."
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The poem listed on the below website is the
"Dear Vietnam Veteran" Letter.
International War Veterans' Poetry Archives
JACK CUNNINGHAM
United States Marine Corps
Phu Da, Vietnam
1970 - 1971
FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO BELIEVE
THAT JANE FONDA IS A NATIONAL HERO, AND FOR THOSE OF YOU
WHO DON'T BELIEVE SHE IS, PLEASE PRESS THE BELOW LINK:
PLEASE PRESS
THE LINK TO LEARN ABOUT THE DUC DUC RESETTLEMENT VILLAGE
MASSACRE
SURRENDER WAS
NEVER AN OPTION
The Vietnam War Experiences of a Proud
Vietnam Vet.
DO YOU HAVE A CLOSE RELATIVE BURIED IN A VETERANS CEMETERY... HOW WOULD YOU FEEL IF THIS
WAS YOUR FATHER'S GRAVE?
DON'T OUR VETERANS
DESERVE BETTER THAN FLOODED GRAVES.
This article from the New York Post is for everyone to read.
As more truth comes out about the Vietnam War, the less the Liberal/Leftist version would be remembered as the sole source
of information on the war.
Learn the story behind the below T-Shirt...
We need to get organized to stop Jane Fonda's new try at American Influence.
Threats of violence only boosters the stereo-typical image, we are trying to remake with the truth...
Rambo's gone for good!
Let us not be judged based on few...
THIS IS MY TOWN is a recent Country-Western hit. I like to think that America is my town.
WE ARE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER.
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----- Original Message -----
Check out the Viet-Myths website. We're another group
working on trying to get the truth out on the Vietnam War.
Regards,
Mike Benge,
Former VN POW '68-73
Examining the Myths of the Vietnam War
A Conference,
under the auspices of The RADIX Foundation,
which
took place at Simmons College,
300 The Fenway, Boston MA, 26-29 July 2004
"The Vietnam War was mis-reported by the Media, mis-recorded by the Historians, mis-taught in
our schools and mis-applied in addressing policy decisions.
MMMM should replace UUUU as our recognition symbol."
Stephen Sherman
http://www.viet-myths.net/OSession01.htm
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PLEASE
HELP THIS HEALTH CLINIC AND HEALTH PROJECT IN VIETNAM
DEDICATED
TO THE VICTIMS
OF 9-11
(Both Living and Dead)
THE MESSAGE OF 9-11
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It wasn't Jane's fault. It
was because her former husbands made her do it.
(SHE MUST BE TRYING TO
MAKE A COMEBACK.
SHE THINKS AMERICANS ARE STUPID...)
"The willingness with which our young people are likely
to serve in any war, no matter how justified, shall be directly proportional to how they perceive the Veterans of earlier
wars were treated and appreciated by their nation!"
-- George Washington
"A man good enough to shed his blood for his country, is good enough
to receive a square deal afterwards . . ."
-- Theodore Roosevelt
WHAT HAPPENED IN VIETNAM ON MARCH
29, 1971 THIRTY-FOUR YEARS AGO
The United States Military taught us many things,
but never taught us
how to give-up and quit.
HOW YOU SAY IT IS
MOST IMPORTANT..
YOUR OPINION: HOW YOU SAY IT...
IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN WHAT YOU SAY
http://home.earthlink.net/~american_families/id23.html
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MEDAL OF HONOR
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(Please press Miguel's name to link to his Citation.)
These events are open to all Veterans, their Families, their
Friends and all appreciative Americans...
These are the latest VFW State Service Officers. They are VFW
employees, who help veterans obtain their Veteran Benefits from the Federal Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).
Call your state VFW Representative. Find out what your benefits are.
Please pass on to one of the newer veterans
or the older veterans...
WE ARE ALL IN
THIS TOGETHER...
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PLEASE PRESS THE DOCTOR
DONOHUE ARTICLE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT POST TRAUMATIC STRESS
DISORDER (PTSD).
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Please PRESS the
below link for the details of a Honorable Vietnam Veteran's PTSD Discrimination case.
I strongly feel the below CARE PACKAGES are extrememly important... Make it a family project, where your children learn about America from you...
HAVE YOUR GROUPS, SCHOOLS, CHURCHES, CORPORATIONS, FRIENDS, AND
RELATIVES GET IN-TOUCH WITH:
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OPERATION GRATITUDE (SM) - Copyright © 2004 Operation Gratitude (SM)- Carolyn
Blashek. 16444 Refugio Road; Encino, California 91436 USA fax: 818-789-0563 email: cblashek@aol.com
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----- Original Message -----
Sent: Monday, February 28, 2005 2:14 PM
Lizzy Lulu is 11 years old. She is like most pre-teen girls who love music,
cell phones and cool clothes, but she is quite a unique young girl. Lizzy has Cystic Fibrosis and Juvenile Rheumatoid
Arthritis. Like many kids with serious health problems, she has a wish, but her wishes these days are not for
herself.
After hearing that the troops in Iraq need AA batteries for their hand held entertainment
devices and other battery powered items, she started a campaign to send 1,000,000 AA batteries to Iraq by July 4th, 2005.
To learn more about Lizzy and her special project, please click the following link.
Please support this amazing project and be sure to pass this email along
to everyone in your address book.
Thank you.
Bob Parker
Our Batteries (Lizzy Lulu's) will be donated to Operation Gratitude. They are a non-profit organization that ship "care packages" to the troops serving in Iraq
and other remote parts of the world.
Below is another great opportunity to feel proud
of our American Military as well as yourself. The sergeant has a simple request...
My name is Sgt. Lamar Price. I am currently with the 278th. Regimental Combat Team at Camp
Caldwell Iraq. I am writing to ask you for help with a project I am trying to start here.
A few weeks ago the 278th. opened a school in the area near here. I became
aware that a lot of the children did not have shoes and were going to school barefoot in 50 degree weather. I am asking
people to mail one pair of children's shoes to my address in Iraq. They can be any size boys or girls. They do
not have to be new just serviceable. I will then collect them and give to our patrols and convoys to pass out.
My address is
Sgt. Lamar Price
RHHT278RCT PLT7
Camp Caldwell Iraq
APO AEO 09374
A number of caring Americans on my mailing lists have asked, if Sgt. Lamar Price's request is legitimate.
Based on the internet sources, where I found his above request, I would proudly say yes. During the Vietnam War,
CAP Marines did the same thing. (Be part of the solution in Iraq.)
Sussex,
NJ
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Monday, February 28, 2005 3:16 PM
Subject: Re: Responses: My name is Sgt. Lamar Price.
Jack,
Is this on the up and up? If so I will
put in my bulletin to 25000. Knights of Columbus members I represent.
Get back to me ASAP.
MIKE
POWER MEMORIAL ACADEMY
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Monday, February 28, 2005 9:17 AM
Subject: RE: Sgt. Lamar Price (from boortz.com/boortz)
yes it is true. click here:
http://boortz.com/nuze/200502/02182005.html#shoes
Net Dog
HAVE YOUR GROUPS, SCHOOLS, CHURCHES, CORPORATIONS, FRIENDS,
RELATIVES GET IN-TOUCH WITH:
OPERATION GRATITUDE (SM) - Copyright © 2004 Operation Gratitude (SM)- Carolyn
Blashek. 16444 Refugio Road; Encino, California 91436 USA fax: 818-789-0563 email: cblashek@aol.com
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The United States Military taught us many things,
but never taught us
how to give-up and quit.
Adopt An American Veteran
Sent: Friday, January 14, 2005 7:29 PM
Subject: Vietnam vets to get 'true homecoming'
----- Original Message -----
This is a WorldNetDaily printer-friendly version of the article which follows.
To view
this item online, visit http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=42373
Friday, January 14, 2005
Vietnam
vets to get 'true homecoming'
Grand-scale,
weeklong event with 100,000 to say thank you
Posted: January 14, 2005
1:00 a.m. Eastern
© 2005 WorldNetDaily.com
On the 30th anniversary of the end of the war, Vietnam veterans will be given the "homecoming celebration they never received"
at a conference organizers hope will draw 100,000 people.
Vietnam veterans memorial in Washington, D.C. |
"During those three decades, the brave men and women who served in that conflict have never been given the recognition
they deserve for their heroic sacrifices in service to our country," the organizers, Operation Homecoming USA, say in a statement.
"Now, the time for that recognition has come."
The board of directors for the first-ever national event, scheduled for June 13-19 in Branson, Mo., include
entrepreneur and former presidential candidate Ross Perot, chairman emeritus of UPS Stores Jim Amos and NFL Hall of Famer
Jackie Smith.
"By honoring those who answered their country's call during a difficult time in our nation's history, the legacy of duty,
honor and country will be passed on to America's sons and daughters who will be called to serve in the future," the organizers
say. "It's an idea whose time has come."
The weeklong tribute will be capped off by a festival of national acts, including the Oak Ridge Boys, the Fifth
Dimension, the Temptations, the Supremes, the Beach Boys, Creedance Clearwater Revisited, Ann-Margret, Mary Wilson, Tony Orlando,
Les Brown's Band of Renown with Les Brown, Jr., and the Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders.
It also will feature a flyover of every type of aircraft used in the war.
During the week, smaller-scale reunions of veterans will be organized.
Operation Homecoming USA said it "approached a broad spectrum of national and regional experts to provide oversight of
this sensitive project."
The event comes after a presidential election campaign that revisted some of the war's most contentious issues. But the
spotlight on John Kerry's 1972 characterization of Vietnam servicemen as war criminals -- regarded as a major reason why they
were scorned -- brought out many veterans publicly to help set the record straight and defend their honor.
A promotional video on the organizers' website says, "Over 3 million proud men and women served their country. Unfortunately,
in the political debate, the Vietnam veteran was left on the battlefield."
The video says the idea for the conference began as a conversation between two Missouri veterans, Gary Linderer and Steve
Presley.
Speaking at a news conference captured on the video, Amos said putting the event together is "a duty born out of love,
and it is the right thing to do."
"What has remained for more than 30 years has been a hole in the heart of America," he said. "Now is the time for healing.
Now is the time to welcome home the only veterans group that has never been officially welcomed home in American history."
The event, Amos said, will say "Thank you to our fallen brothers and sisters on the other side of that wall. And,
while its been a long time coming, to those Vietnam veterans on this side of the wall, welcome home."
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I WENT TO SEE THE BIG BLACK WALL TODAY
GOD BLESS AMERICA TONIGHT
(turn on your speakers)
Eric Horner's song "WELCOME HOME"
Lee Greenwood as a guest singer
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Local Heroes
December 20, 2004
By Andrew Borene
"I think that there is no greater gift than for a man
to be
willing to risk his life for the freedom of strangers." |
Op-Ed Contributor: Local Heroes
December 20, 2004
By ANDREW BORENE
Minneapolis - IF the Pentagon hopes to start bringing American
troops home from Iraq while also increasing security there, it will have to find a way to do more with less. One approach
could be expanding the Marine Corps combined-action program, an initiative that was successful in Vietnam and has shown early
promise in Iraq.
The concept behind the program is that if American and foreign
troops operate together, each will gain knowledge from the other as to the best way to counter an insurgency. In Vietnam,
platoons were created that combined marines and Vietnamese militia members. The Americans were handpicked, chosen because
they had shown particular respect for the local culture. They were expected to live in the villages they were assigned to
defend, striving to "work themselves out of a job" by training their Vietnamese counterparts in police work and security operations.
The most striking success of the program was a rapid increase in
actionable intelligence. Living in Vietnamese hamlets for months, the marines got a chance to get to know the locals, who
in general had kept a careful neutrality in the war. This helped to humanize the American presence and reduced the passive
support many civilians had been giving to Vietcong guerrillas. For many, their respect for (or fear of) the communist guerrillas
waned, and they broke their silence about intelligence leads.
In the long run, it was one of the few efforts that managed to
win some "hearts and minds" in Vietnam. Unfortunately, the top brass lost interest in the program in the early 1970's and,
well, the rest is history.
Last year, under the leadership of Gen. James Mattis, members of
the First Marine Division in western Iraq began adapting the program to aid poorly trained Iraqi National Guard and police
forces. Although it is too soon to declare success, reports from the military and the news media suggest that Iraqis in the
combined-action program perform better in combat, have higher morale and are considerably more reliable than their regular
Iraqi military counterparts.
Expanding the program would be best accomplished by teaming coalition
troops with Iraqi security troops, or even paramilitary groups as in Vietnam, and placing them in cities along the main supply
routes. This would significantly bolster the coalition's ability to gauge popular sentiment and gather intelligence leads
on the pursuit of enemy leaders. It would also reduce the high profile of the coalition forces.
While the situations in Vietnam and Iraq are not identical, when
it comes to battling insurgents it is always vital to erase their advantages in popular support and local knowledge. A few
good marines learned how to do that during Vietnam; perhaps trying it again in Iraq can bring about a different ending.
Andrew Borene, a law student at the University of Minnesota, was
a first lieutenant with the Marine Expeditionary Force in Iraq. He is an adviser to Operation Truth, a veterans' advocacy
group.
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http://www.CapVeterans.com
Former CAP Marine Tim Duffie tduffie@cinci.rr.com is in contact with Marine Officers of CAP in Iraq. What CAP did in Vietnam is again
working in Iraq! http://home.earthlink.net/~american_families/id5.html
Lets help the Iraqi People directly. Please learn how you
can help the Iraqi People in these CAP Villages. Get involved. Let the Iraqi People learn the truth
of the kindness of the American People.
If the interest to help is there, maybe something
can be started with the right people helping out! During the Vietnam War, packages of needed goods were
sent directly through the U.S. Mail to CAP Marines. The U.S. Navy Corpsmen could always use some family medical
supplies to pass around. However, because of the War on Terrorism and packages, there might be rules in place now.
Sometimes, these villages needed schools. The CAP Marines and Navy Seabees did the
work for free. However, cost of supplies to build and run the school were donated by CAP Marines' families, friends,
former schoolmates, fellow-Church members, etc. I heard of one CAP Navy Corpsman, who paid for one school himself.
During the Vietnam War, few Americans ever heard of CAP Villages.
Each of the American Military Branches had their own Civil Action Programs. Many Americans, who served in Vietnam, had
their own personal Civil Action Programs. (The truth is here on the internet...)
TO KEEP A VILLAGE FREE LIFE Magazine
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TOO EARLY...
MASSACRES: Remember Cambodia and Vietnam.
Taken from the Vietnam War-Almanac .
General Editor; Mr. John S. Bowman
The VC sapper had set fire to a number of villages around Duc Duc; and this actually helped the United States
Marines' helicopters locate the area.
At 0210 Hours, two battalions of the 38th North Vietnamese Army Regiment. reinforced by two VC Sapper battalions,
attacked Duc Duc, a District Headquarters just west of An Hoa, defended by the Vietnamese 412th Regional Forces (RF)Company and the 1123rd
Popular Forces (PF) Platoon with a handful of United States Army advisors.
At 0245 Hours, the 1st Marine Air Wing’s Black Hammer helicopters equipped with infrared observation device
and Xenon searchlight, and two HML-367 AH-1J’s, Launched from Marble Mountain. The cloud ceiling of 600 to 800 feet prevented fixed-wing air support during the night.
The Viet Cong sappers (VC Terrorists) had set fire to a number
of villages around Duc Duc and this actually helped the helicopters locate the area.
For the next four hours, the sea Cobras
helicopter gunships expended 2,800rounds of 20mm cannon and the 64 rockets. As the North Vietnamese Army (NVA) force fell
back, they used boats to cross the Thu Bon River and the Cobras sank six of them.
The Duc Duc Resettlement Village Massacre
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This Letter should
be shared with everyone, who helped get out the word.
Americans on the Internet won this past election over the American News Media.
Individual
Americans again have a voice...
Their
own voice!
Americans Working Together
Jack Cunningham
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This is anti-terrorism at
its best!
This
is good news! What we did in Vietnam is working in Iraq!
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The government has reneged on a contractual promise made to career
military men and women.
 The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has said, "They served their country for at least 20 years with the understanding
that when they retired they and their dependents would receive full free health care for life". The Court also said, "Perhaps
Congress will consider using its legal power to address the moral claims raised by Schism and Reinlie on their own behalf,
and indirectly for other affected retirees".
An operation, called the Brown Bag Project, is underway to remind
the
Congress that they have not acted on the courts suggestion.
Click here to see the details of the Brown Bag Project plan.
Send your letters to the Congress.
Use the Tracking System to record your letters
sent.
Use the Record Book to tell others what you are doing.
USA WEEKEND Magazine Had A Great Article
About American Kindness Over In Iraq
It's great that these personal Civil Action Projects are being highlighted.
There are more things to war than guns, bullets, bombs and terrorism...
Many times, kindness and understanding are the best weapons...
AMERICAN CIVIL ACTIONS IN
VIETNAM
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Change the above Marine's helmet; and he would look like he was
serving in any American war. (His EYES say it all.)
GOD BLESS HIM AND HIS BROTHERS AND SISTERS,
WHO ARE PROTECTING AMERICA TODAY...
He should never be labeled like the Vietnam Veterans before
him.
Jack Cunningham
PTSD
Occurs after exposure to a terrifying
event or ordeal in which grave physical harm occurred or was threatened.
Causes: Violent personal
assaults (physical as well as emotional) such as rape, mugging, child abuse and marital abuse, natural or human-caused
disasters, accidents, terrorist attacks or military combat.
Those likely to develop the condition:
Rescue workers, survivors of terrorism, accidents, rape; the emotional, physical and sexual abused, as well as other
crimes; immigrants fleeing violence in their home countries; survivors of earthquakes, floods, severe hurricanes; and people
who witness traumatic events are among the people who may develop PTSD. Families of victims can also develop the
disorder.
Please PRESS the
below link for the details of a Honorable Veteran's PTSD Discrimination case.
Vietnam Veterans, and Fellow Americans:
There's one more job to finish.
It's time to get Senator John Kerry's Military Records Released...
Lets set things straight...
(READ BELOW)
Jack Cunningham
John Forbes Kerry Timeline
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Our Military is doing a perfect job... We haven't
had a terrorist attack on U.S. soil, since 9-11. God Bless Our Men and Women in Today's American Uniform.
Kerry Says He's Not Ruling Out
Another Run http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20041117/ap_on_go_co/kerry
By MARY DALRYMPLE, Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON - Sen. John Kerry (news - web sites), who has $45 million left from his record-breaking Democratic campaign, hinted
on Tuesday that he may try again for the presidency.
On his first workday back in the Senate since losing his White House
bid, Kerry remained far from the spotlight, granting interviews to hometown reporters and joining the depleted corps of Democrats
as they elected the party's new Senate leaders.
In his first extensive interview since his Nov. 2 defeat, Kerry was
asked by the Fox News affiliate in Boston about running again in 2008 and reminded the questioner that Ohio is still counting
votes from 2004.
He then said, "It is so premature to be thinking about something that
far down the road. What I've said is I'm not opening any doors, I'm not shutting any doors." Kerry added, "If there's a next
time, we'll do a better job. We'll see."
Reflecting on his loss, Kerry said he was not sitting around thinking
about it. "You've got to go on," he said. "Do I find it some mark of failure or distress, the answer is no."
The former presidential nominee described himself as a "fighter,"
and added, "I can envision a lot of years of fight ahead of me."
In an interview with WCVB-TV, Kerry said, "Fifty-thousand votes —
we'd be in a different place, having a different conversation," a reference to Ohio, which decided the race.
The Democrats have no clear front-runner for the 2008 nomination.
Kerry has a distinct financial advantage over any rival based on his fund raising.
Kerry had roughly $45 million left in his primary campaign fund as
of mid-October and could use that as seed money for another presidential bid. In addition, he had about $7 million on hand
in a legal and accounting compliance fund that he could use for legal expenses in a 2008 campaign.
Because Kerry accepted full public financing for the general election
phase of this year's race, he will have to give any of that money that remains back to the government.
During his day in the Senate, Kerry's colleagues thanked him, congratulated
him and wished him well.
"Every time his name was mentioned, there was enthusiastic applause.
Literally, every time his name was mentioned," said Sen. Debbie Stabenow (news, bio, voting record), D-Mich.
Democrats met in a closed-door session to choose their leadership
team for next year in what is certain to be an uphill struggle for the party. Not only did Democrats lose their second straight
presidential election on Nov. 2, but the Republicans increased their numbers in the Senate and the House.
In January, the GOP will control 55 Senate seats to 44 for the Democrats
with one Democratic-leaning independent.
Sen. Joe Lieberman (news - web sites), D-Conn., a former vice presidential candidate who lost in 2000 and
a one-time presidential aspirant who fell short in the 2004 primaries, spoke from experience in offering Kerry words of support.
"He has a lot to be proud of, and I hope he'll find what I did —
that it was great to have the U.S. Senate to come back to," Lieberman said.
Senators predicted that Kerry would find an expanded role as he eased
back into his old job.
"Obviously, he brings some experience, and people are interested in
what he has to say," said Sen. Ben Nelson (news, bio, voting record), D-Neb., pointing out that nearly half the country, if not quite enough
to elect him president, voted for Kerry. President Bush (news - web sites) received 60.5 million votes to Kerry's 57.1 million.
Kerry didn't make any remarks on the Senate's pending legislation
nor did he deliver any speeches at the Democrats' meetings. He met privately with Sen. Tom Daschle, D-S.D., the former Minority
leader who, like Kerry, lost on Nov. 2. Kerry also thanked other Democrats one-by-one for their support.
Kerry got a two-minute standing ovation from his staff, whom he thanked
for giving "your heart, your soul and even your vacation time," one aide said.
The day belonged to another Democrat, Sen. Harry Reid (news, bio, voting record) of Nevada, the party's newly elected leader. Questioned on a range
of issues as he assumed the job, Reid predicted that Kerry will find a role, pointing to the four-term senator's past work
on banking and foreign policy issues.
"Senator Kerry is not a shrinking violet," Reid said. "We are looking
for John Kerry to find what he wants to do. We are sorry that he's not in the White House, but we're glad that he's back on
Capitol Hill."
Kerry also met with his policy staff to talk about health care, energy
and other legislation that might build on themes from his campaign.
Not since George McGovern lost a bid for the presidency in 1972 has
a senator returned to the Senate as a defeated presidential candidate, according to the Senate Historical Office.
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In 2007, Honorable
Vietnam Veterans Will Be Ready For KERRY Again... The next time, he runs for president, John Kerry's full military record
will be exposed. Why didn't a Federal Judge order the release of his military record for this past election...?
(A Federal Judge ordered Bush's military record to be released.)
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Vietnam Veterans Are Vindicated
Finally and Forever!!!
Yesterday’s
(ELECTION DAY) decision made by the American public was a referendum on America itself… I believe this election was
easily the most critical in my lifetime of forty years… America has been fighting a cultural civil war since the late
1960’s, and I’ve had the honor and privilege to live through it… yesterday’s election had our society
as we know it in the
balance…
For those of our veterans’ community who served honorably and have lived
with a terrible burden of charges of unsubstantiated war crimes, of
claims of dereliction of duty, of broad based, excessive
drug use, and the pall of defeat that has hung over their collective heads for thirty
years… the honorable, duty
bound men and women who left their families and lives behind to risk their own persons in a far away land most had never heard
of; and the 58,000 plus members who never came home from the unpopular war in Southeast Asia, have been vindicated by America’s
citizenry once and for all.
With the resounding defeat of Senator John F. Kerry for his bid to become Commander in
Chief of our Armed Forces, America has repudiated
the far Left in this country who seem to believe that the United States
is the root of all evil in the world… America has decided who is contemptible… not the Hollywood elites, nor the
Howard “Deaniacs”…
Michael Moore, who as a 21st century Joseph Goebbels created the propaganda film
"Fahrenheit 911” and was allowed to sit at the most prestigious seat in the democratic party convention next to former
President Jimmy Carter, has been dismissed by the American voters as the real “extremist” in America… NOT
the average American in this nation that believe that marriage should be defined as a union between one man and one woman…
America
also gave France and the other nations in Europe and the rest of the world who have refused to support the US and her allies
in the War on Terror the middle finger!!! Those who will give away the security of the entire civilized world for financial
gain – Germany, Russia, France, and others – will be even more minimized in the affairs of the civilized
world
because of the decision made by American in yesterday’s elections…
We elected a president with the largest
number of affirmative votes in the history of American Politics…we have also sent a clear and concise
message to
our enemies and their willing accomplices, that America has the resolve to do what’s right, regardless of what the world’s
popular consensus might be… the better America prevailed with yesterday’s decision to return President Bush…
Our
enemies and their accomplices will have to face the realization that they will have to endure four more years of attempting
to dig deep enough holes that our Armed Forces and our Intelligence Community cannot
locate them in…
The man
who came home from Vietnam and joined the anti-war movement along with the likes of Hanoi Jane Fonda to publicly work against
his
government and the servicemen and women while the war was still being waged, was not rewarded by giving him the opportunity
to lead this
nation… his actions thirty years ago that he has built his entire political career on the defamation
of American Servicemen was soundly
rejected by America…
The man that made his own service in Vietnam a potential
rally point for much of the first half of his presidential campaign and then later dishonored his own service and the service
of hundreds of thousands of fellow veterans who did their service time honorably, in most cases for YEARS not months, was
told by America that this nation has NOT forgotten
his participation in smearing the good name of America’s veteran
community…
The man who all these years as a Senior United States Senator whose own service record was dubious
at best and not expunged until the Carter Administration’s Amnesty for the Vietnam era draft dodgers allowed for him
to upgrade his Other Than Honorable Discharge to that of Honorable Service Discharge was told by America that he was not acceptable
to be our Commander in Chief nor the single most important leader of the free world…
The man who supported the
treasonous lies of the Winter Soldier Conference in Detroit and mocked the Flag Raising on Iwo Jima with an
anti-war book
that trashed the service of America’s involvement in Vietnam for his own political gain… at the expense of American
POW’s still in captivity… was told once and for all by the American public that his personal actions against our
community have been made
dramatically clear. Does America believe in Michael Moore’s vision of America our do they
believe in President Bush’s views…
The man who spent his early days in politics railing about false atrocities
purportedly being levied against the Vietnamese by the lowly American servicemen, John Kerry will now be thrown onto the trash
heap of history and the demons he helped create for an entire generation of American servicemen and women, have now been vanquished
with his defeat…
HIS views of America’s Armed Forces have been repudiated – completely and forever!!!
Americans
have resoundingly decided that good will triumph over evil, that the world IS in fact, a better place without the likes of
Saddam Hussein, his prison for children, his son’s rape rooms and without his assistance directly and indirectly to
terrorist organizations that make America and the entire world a more dangerous place…
Vietnam veterans had a
significant impact on this election, and their service in Vietnam may not be an issue in American politics ever again…
Yesterday, the American People have decided that it was time to finally say “Welcome Home” to those in our Armed
Forces who served in Vietnam…
In a world that has been upside down for many of them for over three decades…
they woke up today and found the world right side up!!!!
Welcome home brothers and sisters of Vietnam… YOUR victory
yesterday (ELECTION DAY) against those who have spent their lives speaking out against your
honorable service for over
three decades without apology - is better than ANY welcome home parade could ever be!!!
Jeffrey Sharp – Commander
AMVETS
Post 18 – Orange County
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GATHER ROUND
(For The Holidays)
GOD
BLESS AMERICA TONIGHT
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Someday, the Vietnam War will be the most studied war!
Robert
J. Pierce
Born: November 26, 1949
Hometown: Ft. Gaines, Ga.
Killed in Action: Aug. 11, 1970
Unit: Marine Corps
Combined Action Program (CAP)
CAP 2-9-2
The Duc Duc Resettlement Village
Age: 20
Robert was not a baby-killer or a village-burner.
He loved the Vietnamese People in our peasant- farming village.
While on patrol, he died rushing to the aid of another CAP
Marine, who had stepped on a booby-trap.
Robert Pierce believed in the United States. And he believed in what
he was doing, trying to save the Vietnamese peasants of the Duc Duc Resettlement
Village from terrorists.
For Robert, it was not about politics... It was about honor, and what was right!
(Robert Pierce traded patrols with me on the morning of August
11, 1970.)
Jack Cunningham
Robert was my friend. GOD BLESS HIM... (And let him always be remembered as an American Hero.)
The Constitution of the United States of America defines treason as follows:
''Section 3. 1. Treason against the United States shall consist only in levying war against them, or in adhering
to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort. No person shall be convicted of treason unless on the testimony of two
witnesses to the same overt act, or on confession in open court.'' U.S. Constitution, Article III, Section 3. Let's
look at some facts. 1. The Cover Up of Military Records.
It has been widely reported for months, and not contradicted by John Kerry, that he has never signed the Form 180 required
to fully release his military service file for public scrutiny. Various news stories from multiple sources over the
last few months report that somewhere between 31 and more than 100 pages of his records have not been released. See
''Navy Contradicts Kerry on Release of Military Records,'' Marc Morano, CNSNews.com, September 16, 2004. See http://www.cnsnews.com/. The Big Media, openly and completely complicit
in the Kerry campaign, have never demanded that he do so, although the same Big Media have spent the last year parsing every
word of President Bush's service records (George Bush signed Form 180 and fully released his service records years ago, while
running for governor in Texas). The obvious question is: Why does John Kerry
not want to release the rest of his service records? What is in there that he does not want me, or you, or anyone else,
to see? John Kerry will obviously do anything he can to win this election.
If his concealed records would help him, you can bet the farm he would publish them.
Since he keeps them covered up, so to speak, you can bet the farm that they would hurt him, and that he knows it. It's
a pretty simple deduction that he knows releasing them would hurt him even worse than taking the heat for not releasing them.
If releasing the records would help his campaign, he would. If releasing the records would help his campaign, he would
have done so a year ago. What, exactly, is in them? I don't know.
I haven't seen them either. But whatever it is, it can't be good for his election chances. 2.
Kerry's 1971 Direct Ties to North Vietnam According to two new articles
published in World Net Daily on October 26, 2004, ''Discovered Papers: Hanoi Directed Kerry,'' and on October 28, 2004, ''Another
Document Ties Kerry to Hanoi,'' authenticated documents recently found in the Texas Tech University's Vietnam Archive in Lubbock,
Texas, confirm that Kerry made two, and possibly three, direct contacts with Madame Nguyen Thi Binh and the North Vietnamese
Delegation to the Paris Peace Talks in Paris, in he summer of 1971, where she is reported to have instructed him on how he
and the Vietnam Veterans Against The War could ''serve as Hanoi's surrogates in the United States.''
See www.WorldNetDaily.com articles numbered 41106 and 41142. John Kerry returned to the
United States and on July 22, 1971, held a press conference publicly calling on President Nixon to accept the North Vietnamese's
7-point ''Peace Plan''--essentially calling for the surrender of the United States to North Vietnam.
The seven points John Kerry and the North Vietnamese advocated were: 1. The U.S. must agree
to a date certain for total withdrawal of all U.S. and allied forces from South Vietnam. If the date was set in 1971,
North Vietnam would agree to a safe withdrawal of U.S. forces and a release of all POWs. 2.
The U.S. must no longer interfere in the internal affairs of South Vietnam. 3. The North and
South Vietnamese will ''settle the question of Vietnamese armed forces in South Viet Nam in a spirit of national concord.'' 4.
The reunification of North and South Vietnam. 5. That South Vietnam would pursue a ''foreign
policy of peace and neutrality.'' 6. The U.S. would pay reparations for all the losses and
destruction it had caused to the Vietnamese people (North and South). 7. The parties, the United
States and North Vietnam, would ''find agreement on the forms of respect for and international guarantee of the accords that
will be concluded.'' [I have summarized these points for the sake of brevity. Source: Liberation Press
Agency, July 1, 1971, translation by Robert K. Brigham and Le Phuong Anh.]
I.e., the United States would unconditionally withdraw from South Vietnam, and would not interfere with the completely predictable
takeover of South Vietnam by the North Vietnamese communists. In this
press conference, John Kerry advocated that the United States surrender to North Vietnam on the terms and conditions proposed
by North Vietnam, at a time when John Kerry was a reserve officer in the United States Navy, the United States was at war
with North Vietnam, and American POWs were being held and tortured by North Vietnam. This followed just three months
after Kerry's famous congressional testimony in April 1971, when he falsely claimed that American troops in Vietnam, including
himself, had committed war crimes and atrocities on a daily basis, with official sanction.
Men who were POWs at the time, including Senator John McCain, have since reported that John Kerry's congressional testimony
and other anti-war activism was used as propaganda against them by their torturers. See ''Stolen Honor.''
This conduct by John Kerry, which appears to be thoroughly documented and undisputed, clearly appears to give ''aid and comfort''
to an enemy of the United States, in a time of war, and to be prosecutable as treason. 3. The
Crime of Private Diplomacy John Kerry's meetings with Madame Binh
and the North Vietnamese Delegation appear to violate 18 US Code 953, which provides: ''Any citizen of the United States,
wherever he may be, who, without authority of the United States, directly or indirectly commences or carries on any correspondence
or intercourse with any foreign government or any officer or agent thereof, with intent to influence the measures or conduct
of any foreign government or of any officer or agent thereof, in relation to any disputes or controversies with the United
States, or to defeat the measures of the United States, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than three
years, or both.'' I.e., Congress by 18 USC 953 has declared it a crime
for a private citizen to conduct private diplomacy adverse to the public policy and interests of the United States, without
the prior authority of the U.S. Government. And this is exactly what John
Kerry appears to have done--he met with the North Vietnamese Delegation and attempted, in collaboration with an enemy of the
United States, to effect the surrender of the United States to North Vietnam.
His office has denied this, and claimed that he just happened to be taking a honeymoon in Paris when he just happened to drop
in on Madam Nguyen Thi Binh and the North Vietnamese Delegation for a spot of tea and strumpets, sorry, I mean crumpets, or
croissants, perhaps, and a couple of weeks later he just happens to give a highly publicized anti-war press conference
in America calling on President Nixon to accept all seven points of the North Vietnamese surrender demands forthwith - this
explanation doesn't even pass the straight-face test! Just how many honeymooning
couples in Paris that spring just happened to drop in to see Madam Nguyen Thi Binh of the North Vietnamese Delegation to the
Paris Peace Conference, do you think? See ''Kerry's Meeting With Communists
Violated U.S. Law,'' CNS News, May 20, 2004. 4. The Discharge Mysteries
In the New York Sun, October 13, 2004, in an article entitled ''Mystery Surrounds Kerry's Navy Discharge,'' Thomas Lipscomb
describes how unusual circumstances surrounding John Kerry's discharge from the Navy and the reissue--the reissue--of his
medals after Kerry joined the Senate on June 4, 1985, suggest that he received something other than an honorable discharge.
For brevity, I shall simply refer you to the article at www.nysun.com/pf.php?id=3107. 5. The First Amendment Breach In the last
few months and weeks, John Kerry and the Kerry Campaign have at least twice violated, or attempted to violate, the First Amendment
rights of American citizens, the right of free political speech. In August,
2004, Kerry's lawyers threatened to sue the Swiftboat Veterans for Truth, and any television station that carried their ads,
when the Swiftboat Veterans, men who had served alongside John Kerry in Vietnam, began running te;evosopm ads expressing their
opinion that John Kerry was ''Unfit for Command.'' In October, 2004, Kerry's
lawyers again threatened Sinclair Broadcasting Group, Inc., with lawsuits and retaliation if it ran the documentary, ''Stolen
Honor: Wounds That Never Heal,'' which highlights the testimony of former POWs who describe how their imprisonment was lengthened,
their torture was intensified, and their physical and emotional pain was aggravated, by the aid and comfort John Kerry's anti-war
activism gave to the enemy in the early 1970s. The freedom of speech is
the very second right guaranteed by the First Amendment to the United States Constitution, following only the freedom of religion.
Indeed, modern liberalism kicked itself off with the ''Free Speech Movement'' at Sproul Plaza at UC Berkeley in the 1960s
with loud and often profane demands that nobody interfere with its First Amendment right to speak freely and say anything!
It has come full circle, and the Free Speechers of yesterday are now doing all they can to suppress the free speech of anyone
who disagrees with them today. John Kerry's efforts to suppress the freedom of his political opponents to speak freely
and publicly, while not precisely an act of ''treason,'' is clearly an act in violation of the United States Constitution,
in violation of the First Amendment, and in violation of John Kerry's Senatorial oath to ''protect and defend the Constitution
of the United States.'' This is, in my opinion, a wholly despicable act,
an act beneath contempt, an act that betrays John Kerry's utter and complete disregard of the Constitution which John Kerry
has twice sworn to protect and defend, an act that betrays John Kerry's utter and complete disregard of the Constitution he
will again swear to protect and defend if he is elected president, an illegal act by John Kerry, a presidential aspirant,
a senator, and a lawyer, who of all people should know better. America cannot
afford a president who holds the First Amendment of the Constitution in such deep contempt that he will violate it at will
to get elected. If he does not respect the First Amendment while campaigning for office, I fear the disregard in which
he and his administration may hold it, and any other amendment, if, or while, he holds office.
John Kerry has not been tried for treason. He has not been convicted. He may never be tried, and if he were tried,
he might not be convicted. I cannot predict the future. But he hasn't even been elected, and these circumstances
are already the beginning of the first great scandal of a Kerry presidency: Kerrygate.
The Democratic Party cannot afford to elect a Democrat as President who has committed treason, or who has given aid and comfort
to an enemy of the United States, or who has acted with open disregard of the First Amendment in the conduct of his presidential
campaign; a man who may be subject to removal from the presidency after he takes office, without impeachment, but simply by
a judicial determination that he is disqualified from the presidency by the U.S. Constitution, Article III Section 3, and
by the U.S. Constitution, Amendment 14 Section 3. The Democratic Party
cannot afford to elect this man, not if the Democratic Party wants to remain a credible, respected, and cohesive force in
American life and politics. Not if it wants to survive this election, or a Kerry presidency.
The euphoria of the election will quickly fade in the litigious aftermath of the voting discrepancies, real and imaginary,
and then the lawsuits contesting John Kerry's eligibility to be president at all will come. This will begin one of the
most heated and contentious legal and political battles in American history. And the blood will be on the hands of the
Democratic Party which has nominated and elected a man who appears to have committed treason, to have given aid and comfort
to any enemy of the United States in a time of war, to the presidency. And
if Kerry is removed from office, then the Presidency will fall on the shoulders of John Edwards, a one-term senator from South
Carolina who would not be re-elected to the Senate if he ran again, a trial lawyer who has made himself rich by suing doctors,
a man with no military experience, no international diplomatic experience, no national political experience before this election,
a man whom even John Kerry has called unqualified to be president! And what
if this legal challenge to the legitimacy of a Kerry presidency occurs at a time of great danger to the United States?
In the midst of a war on terrorism? If it disrupts the ability of the administration to conduct that war? What
if the election of such a candidate is, itself, an act of giving aid and comfort to an enemy of the United States?
These are serious questions, and serious issues, about which I see no public discussion, certainly not in the New York Times,
the Los Angeles Times, the Washington Post, the San Francisco Chronicle, or on ABC, CBS, CNN, NBC, MSNBC, or even Fox News.
We are on the verge of an election. John Kerry is still covering
up some of his own service records, and whatever is in them, and the American people deserve to know what he doesn't want
us to know. Where is the ''Peoples' Right to Know'' now? We need to know, before we vote. We don't like
cover-ups. We have called them Watergate. Iran-Contragate. Whitewatergate. Monicagate. They
have brought down some presidents, and humbled others. We may call the next one Kerrygate.
And John Kerry and the Democrats will have no one to blame but themselves.
About the Writer: Raymond
Kraft is a lawyer and writer living and working in Northern California. Raymond receives e-mail at
rskraft@vfr.net
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(Please understand that after pressing the below link,
this video will take a couple of moments to load. Please be prepared for a number of different emotions to surface.
For Vietnam Veterans, the video may actually bring tears. It's a beautiful video; and I THANK those Vietnam Veteran
children, who made the video.)
The Vettz Band is one of Charlie Daniels' opening bands.
I highly recommend that each proud, Vietnam Veteran, family members and friends listen to the Vettz song "GOD BLESS AMERICA TONIGHT." It's free to hear at the link just
below.
Thank you!
Jack
Please Press The Below
Article To Visit With The
Swift Boat Sailors At Their Website.
WHO ARE THE SWIFT BOAT
SAILORS... ?
Afterall, Senator John Kerry makes himself out to be
a hero, who served proudly in this group of very, honorable Vietnam Vets. (He has NEVER released his full
military records.)
A unit of these brave Americans served together with
Marines and Navy Corpsmen of 2nd CAG in Hoi An, Vietnam. (My unit in Vietnam.)
I knew a number of Americans
in Hoi An, who were extremely impressed with the Swiftees' courage. (They did pretty good for a bunch of sailors.)
GOD BLESS THEM ALL, AND
THE POWs OF THE VIETNAM WAR, WHO ARE SERVING ALONG-SIDE THEM TODAY!
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On June 6, 1971, John Kerry described the work of the Swift boats to the Washington Star
as follows:
"We established an American presence in most cases by showing the flag and firing at sampans and villages
along the banks. Those were our instructions, but they seemed so out of line that we finally began to go ashore, against our
orders, and investigate the villages that were supposed to be our targets. We discovered we were butchering a lot of innocent
people, and morale became so low among the officers on those 'swift boats' that we were called back to Saigon for special
instructions from Gen. Abrams. He told us we were doing the right thing. He said our efforts would help win the war in the
long run. That's when I realized I could never remain silent about the realities of the war in Vietnam."
What John Kerry told the Washington Star was a lie.
Contrary to Kerry's claim, our consistent policy was to take every precaution to avoid harming civilians.
On many occasions we did this at the cost of suffering additional casualties ourselves. We have interviewed hundreds of veterans
who served on the Swift Boats or supported them, and there is simply no justification for Kerry's statement. Several members
of our organization addressed the issue of atrocities during our May 4 press conference at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C.
John Kerry also completely misrepresented our meeting with General Abrams and Admiral Zumwalt. Far from being a pep talk for officers distressed by their butchery of civilians, the purpose of this conference
with the two highest-ranking American officers in Vietnam was to announce a new Swift boat mission: to drive the Vietcong
out of the Ca Mau Peninsula. The goal of Operation SeaLords was to dominate the rivers in this area, and to eventually establish
a permanent presence in the Cua Lon River, an effort later named Operation SeaFloat. This was to be done publicly, with the
full participation of the media, to negate the claim of North Vietnamese negotiator Lee Duc Tho that Henry Kissinger could
not legitimately represent South Vietnam because the U.S. did not control these areas.
We succeeded in that mission. We returned to Anthoi and drove the Vietcong out of the region, and soon the
North Vietnamese and Vietcong representatives in Paris returned to the negotiating tables.
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As its dominant tactic in their battle against the war, the antiwar movement successfully demonized Vietnam
veterans by calling a series of "tribunals" or hearings into war crimes. But... they were packed with pretenders and liars
-- historian Guenter Lewy, writing in "America in Vietnam"
John Kerry's lies about the activities of the Swift boats were part of a larger pattern of deception. As a
leader of the Vietnam Veterans Against the War (VVAW), Kerry testified before the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations on
April 22, 1971, telling the Senators and a national audience that American troops "...had personally raped, cut off ears,
cut off heads, taped wires from portable telephones to human genitals and turned up the power, cut off limbs, blown up bodies,
randomly shot at civilians, razed villages in fashion reminiscent of Ghengis Khan, shot cattle and dogs for fun, poisoned
food stocks, and generally ravaged the countryside of South Vietnam..." and accused the U.S. military of committing war crimes
"on a day-to-day basis with the full awareness of officers at all levels of command."
Kerry's charges were based on a VVAW conference called the "Winter Soldier Investigation" -- a leftist propaganda
event funded primarily by Jane Fonda. None of the Winter Soldier "witnesses" Kerry cited were willing to sign affadavits,
and their gruesome stories lacked the names, dates and places that would allow their claims to be tested. Few were willing
to cooperate with military investigators. The Naval Investigative Service found that several of the veterans said to have
given statements at Winter Soldier were in fact imposters using the name of real veterans.
False testimony and exaggerations were primary characteristics of the war crimes disinformation campaign, and also of the VVAW itself. Executive Secretary Al Hubbard, for example, claimed to have been an Air Force
Captain wounded in Vietnam piloting a transport plane. In fact, Hubbard had been a staff sergeant who was not a pilot and
who was never assigned to Vietnam.
John Kerry and the VVAW worked closely with America's wartime enemies, arranged multiple meetings with the
North Vietnamese and Vietcong leadership, and consistently supported their positions. Kerry and his radical comrades also
played a key role in defining the false, damaging image of Vietnam veterans as psychologically disabled alcoholics and addicts,
haunted by the crimes they had been forced to commit in a "racist" war.
Detailed information about the anti-war activities of John Kerry and the VVAW can be found at WinterSoldier.com.
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IT'S ABOUT TIME THE AVERAGE-AMERICAN
HAS A SAY IN HOLLYWOOD
SURRENDER WAS NOT AN OPTION
THE HIGH-WATER MARK OF THE
9/30/2004 PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE
"Without question, we need to disarm Saddam Hussein. He is a brutal, murderous dictator, leading an oppressive
regime ... He presents a particularly grievous threat because he is so consistently prone to miscalculation ... And now he
is miscalculating America's response to his continued deceit and his consistent grasp for weapons of mass destruction
... So the threat of Saddam Hussein with weapons of mass destruction is real" - Sen. John F. Kerry (D, MA), Jan.
23. 2003
The word about John Kerry must
be spread on the internet, because the American News Media is completely behind his lies of 2004; just like the American
News Media was completely behind his lies in 1971.
Please pass the word about John Kerry. If you read some thing
on the internet that moves you about this traitor, please print it off so non-internet Americans will learn the truth.
Today, many Liberal-Democrat Leaders are condemning President Bush on the war, saying that he misled America. Please read the
below "past quotes" from President Bush's most powerful Liberal-Democrat critics...
FORKED TONGUES - SO NOW EVERY ONE OF THESE SAME DEMOCRATS SAY PRESIDENT BUSH LIED--THAT THERE
NEVER WERE ANY WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION AND HE TOOK US TO WAR UNNECESSARILY ?
Did it happen when you, or your children, or your grandchildren
went to college?
Should This Be Allowed To Continue... ?
It's simple. Just make sure your local
Community and State Colleges debate politics in political-related classes, NOT PUSH ONE AGENDA...
Teachers should TEACH; NOT Campaign for their party of choice.
Write or CALL your Local and State Government Officials to
make sure it is NOT happening near you or your children.
GREAT ARTICLE ON POST TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER (PTSD)
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Jack Cunningham (Sussex, NJ) and George Dros (New
York State) are sitting at a table in a Duc Duc Resettlement Village peasant hut near the market place. Our eyes were
shut, because of complete exhaustion. It was July 1970. At the time this picture was taken, the Americans in the
Duc Duc Resettlement Village were not sure whether the CAP Unit would be pulled out of the village or whether it would be
wiped out. The last three months, we had been experiencing some heavy combat. Intelligence reports
were coming in daily that the Communists wanted to punish the village, while the Americans were still there.
By wiping out the Americans in CAP 2-9-2, the communist
terrorists hoped to leave an example to other CAP Villages. With alerts at the highest level, night ambush
responsibilities were 100% watch throughout the night. With two long patrols a day going outside the village, it didn't
leave much time for the eight or so Americans of the CAP Team to sleep.
Around the day this picture was taken, an intelligence
report came in from Marine Division Headquarters in Da Nang that the high Communist Command wanted to speed up President Nixon's
troop pullout from Vietnam. They wanted to embarrass the Americans on a wide-scale and influence the American
People into pressuring a faster troop pullout. The communist plan called for wiping out the Fifth Marines at
the An Hoa Combat Base. It was going to involve thousands of Communist Forces. The Duc
Duc Resettlement Village was on the large Marine Base's perimeter and was said to be the main route for the
Communist attack.
Our orders that night in July 1970 was to set
up in the most well-protected position of our village. Our Cap Unit was expected to hold off the Communist drive
off as long as possible. We were expected to serve as a warning for the Fifth Marines at
the An Hoa Combat Base.
In March 30, 1971, a large
number of regular communist army forces, along with terrorists (VC)
burned much of the Duc Duc Resettlement Village down. Over 250 men, women and children were killed,
wounded and missing. The slaughter was left out of American television news reports. WHY...
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Jack and George were part of the last CAP Team that served in the village.
AROUND MARCH/APRIL 1971, WHAT WAS
GOING ON IN AMERICA?
Please find out on your own what was John Kerry doing?
April 1971 was the month that John Kerry appeared before the
United States Congress and called George and I BABY-KILLERS and VILLAGE BURNERS...
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By Barbara J. Stock
Over 30 years ago they put away their medals and their uniforms. They buried their anger and bitterness
and moved on with their lives--and they waited.
Revisionists are trying to change history, claiming the returning
Viet Nam veterans didn’t suffer all that much when they returned home. All that talk of being labeled animals has been
exaggerated over the years. But the veterans know better. They were there.
On the radio last week, one man related
that he had unpacked the uniform that he wore home from Viet Nam all those years ago. It had not seen the light of day for
over 30 years. He showed it to his children and grandchildren and, for the first time, spoke of the day that he returned home
from war and was spat on, cursed at, and literally had to run a gauntlet of protesters who threw human waste and rotten fruit
on him and his fellow vets. With the words “baby killers” ringing in his ears he was warned by laughing policemen
not to retaliate or he would be arrested. So he ran. The able-bodied helped the wounded as they do on any battlefield because
those on crutches or in wheelchairs were not spared the profanity and bags full of feces that were thrown at them by the raging
anti-war protesters.
This now middle-aged vet went on to tell his family that he had hid in the bathroom at the airport
for over two hours, bewildered and afraid. He wondered if he had landed in some foreign land where Americans were hated. Finally,
he cleaned up the uniform he was still proud to wear as best he could and made his way to his plane, where he suffered more
insults from the passengers. When he got home, he packed up his medals and his dirty uniform, just as it was, and he knew
that one day, he would take it out again and he would have his say. That day has come.
One POW stated that he had never
put a face to the name until he heard the words “Genghis Khan” pronounced only as John Kerry does and suffered
his first flashback to the time he was being tormented by Kerry’s words in a North Vietnamese prison camp.
They
buried their anger and the bitterness --and they waited. Most of them didn’t know who or what would be the signal to
make their move, but they knew they would recognize it when it happened.
On July 29, 2004, it happened. John Forbes
Kerry came to the podium at the Democratic Convention and uttered three words that made many Viet Nam vets skin crawl: “Reporting
for Duty!” At last the time had come for these long-suffering veterans.
The past was staring back at these wrongly
disgraced vets from their television sets. The face it bore was that of John Kerry, the man who had shredded their honor without
a thought and climbed over the bodies of their fallen friends to launch a political career. Kerry had stripped them of their
dignity the day he sat before Congress in his fatigues and portrayed them as “baby killers” and “murderers.”
Kerry did the unspeakable. He had publicly turned on his fellow vets while they were still in harm’s way and American
prisoners were still in the hands of the enemy. Kerry accused them all of being out-of-control animals, killing, raping, and
pillaging Viet Nam at will. The anti-war movement--the protesters--had their hero and he was a Viet Nam War veteran, an officer,
a medal winner, a wounded warrior: John Forbes Kerry.
Many Viet Nam vets buried the memories of their less-than-welcome
homecoming, and John Kerry moved off the national scene. The feelings of betrayal had faded, but they were never resolved.
The unprecedented injustice inflicted on the Viet Nam vets has always lain just under the surface, waiting for a chance to
be uncovered. The war had stolen their youth and innocence and John Kerry stole their dignity and rightful place of honor
in history.
Like an unlanced boil, the anger festered but there was nothing that could ease the pain. These vets didn’t
ask for “forgiveness” because they had done nothing wrong in serving their country. They never asked to be treated
as heroes, just good soldiers. All they have ever wanted was the respect due all the men and women who have worn the uniform
of this country. Being allowed to march in a few parades wasn’t enough. A long over-due memorial was not enough. The
Viet Nam Veterans moveable wall only brought back the suffering as they searched for the names of their fallen friends whose
memory had been defiled and disgraced by people who considered them rampaging killers instead of men who died with honor for
their country.
Now before them stands this man who would be president--this man who holds his service in Viet Nam up
as a badge of honor now that it suits his purposes. This man Kerry brags about his medals and his tiny wounds and demands
the respect they were denied, yet he offers no apologies for what he did to them. “I will be a great leader!”
Kerry proclaims, because of his brief and self-proclaimed valiant service while wearing a uniform--the very same uniform that
they wore and were spat upon because of it.
All across America, soiled uniforms and memories of being shamed and humiliated
have resurfaced and Vietnam vets demand their rightful place in history. John Kerry seems bewildered by the reaction of his
“fellow vets.” He has become defensive and angry because now his service and honor are being questioned. Kerry
seems oblivious to the pain he caused three decades ago when he stole all honor and dignity from those same “fellow
vets” for personal gain. Now he wants to use them again, for the same reason.
All across America, Viet Nam vets
are smiling. At last, perhaps they can bury their demons. These angry vets are demanding that this man who sentenced them
to being shunned as criminals, tell the world that he was wrong and that he is sorry for what he did to them. Kerry must admit
that he lied about them.
For many, it would still not be enough. Satisfaction and hopefully peace will come when Viet
Nam vets see and hear John F. Kerry give his concession speech the night of November 2, 2004 with the knowledge that it was
their votes that helped defeat him. There are approximately 2.5 million Viet Nam veterans in America and they have not forgotten.
Kerry denied them their rightful place as heroes and they will deny him his dream of the presidency. Angry Viet Nam
veterans, silent for so long, will finally have their say. Payment in full will be delivered to John Kerry on November 2,
2004...
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*What
News Stories Were Covered by the America News Media back in March/April 1971?
In the Vietnamese peasant-farming village, where
I lived (24/7) back in 1970, most of the villagers hated the violence surrounding them everyday... For more
details and pictures about this massacre and details about the Hue City Massacres, please visit this link. (The Duc Duc Resettlement Village was just outside the wire of the Fifth Marines Combat Base at An Hoa. Maps ) http://home.earthlink.net/~ducducvietnamfriends The
men, women and children of my peasant-farming village hated everything to do with war TOO!
All they wanted to do was live normal lives with their families.
In the end, the Vietnamese Communist Army, communist terrorists and their supporters punished the village.
In March 1971, my Duc Duc Resettlement Village was burned to the ground. Nine hundred (900) homes were burned down
and hundreds of men, women and children were murdered, wounded or missing.
Although this slaughter took place, it was not covered by
the American News Media.
*What News Stories Were Covered by the America News Media back in March/April 1971?
Jack Cunningham
Sussex, NY
Attack on Duc Duc Information for HML-167
And HML-367 For date 710329
HML-167 was a US Marine Corps unit in Vietnam HML-367
was a US Marine Corps unit in Vietnam
Primary service involved, US Marine Corps
Quang Nam
Province, I Corps, South Vietnam
Location, Duc Duc
Description: At 0210H two battalions of the 38th NVA Regt
reinforced by two VC sapper battalions,
attacked Duc Duc, a
District Headquarters just west of An Hoa, defended by the
412th RF Company and the 1123d PF Platoon with a handful
of US Army advisors. At 0254H the 1st MAW’s Black Hammer
helicopter patrol, which consisted of a HML-167 UH-1E,
equipped with infrared observation device and a Xenon
searchlight, and two HML-367 AH-1J’s, launched from Marble
Mountain. The cloud
ceiling of 600 to 800 feet prevented
fixed-wing air support during the night. The VC sapper had set
fire to a number of villages around Duc Duc and this actually
helped the helicopters locate the area. For the next fours hours
the Sea Cobras expended 2,800 rounds of 20mm cannon and
64 rockets. As the NVA force fell
back, they used boats to
cross the Thu Bon
River and the Cobras sank six of them
while killing at least four NVA.
Comments. CPT McDonald, Thomas
C, flight leader. LTC
Reese, Clifford E, AH-1J co pilot and gunner.
The source for this information was USMC H 1970-1971
P: 231
(Da Nang was about 20 miles
northeast of Duc Duc. The flames must have been pretty bad, for the helicopter pilots to see it from Da Nang.)
Back in 1971, how could something like
the Duc Duc Resettlement Village Massacre NOT be covered by the American News Media. Just think, if the American
News Media carried this story instead of Kerry's CRAP, where would Vietnam be politically and FREEDOM WISE today...
This is why the Communist Country of
Vietnam considers John Kerry a hero for communism... He has his own wing in a Hanoi Communist Patriots Museum.
Communist Vietnamese honor John Kerry, the war protestor, as a hero in their victory over the United States in
the Vietnam War -- Part II.
On Memorial Day, May 31, 2004, Vietnam Vets for the Truth broke an extraordinary story about a photograph hanging in the Vietnamese Communist War Remnants Museum (formerly known as the "War Crimes Museum") in
Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon). The photograph, displayed in a room dedicated to foreign activists who contributed to the Communist
victory over America in the Vietnam War, shows Senator John Kerry being greeted by Comrade Do Muoi, General Secretary of the
Communist Party of Vietnam. Jeffrey M. Epstein of Vietnam Vets for the Truth acquired the photograph during the Memorial Day
weekend in response to a general request for photographs and records detailing Kerry's activities on behalf of the enemy.
Please let America hear this video.
Please tell your friends about it. http://www.kerryoniraq.com
This video is not about John Kerry's Vietnam War record or what
he did soon after his return from Vietnam. This video is about his more current lies...
John Kerry was for the War with Iraq. During the Democrat primary,
Howard Dean (Who was openly against the war) was kicking Kerry's arse in one state after another. John Kerry FLIP-FLOPPED
to be openly anti-war. Soon after flip-flopping to be Anti-War, Kerry took the lead over Howard Dean.
Hear it all on the video.
Now, John Kerry's back supporting the war... Please enough
is enough. The Democrats made a big mistake by pushing John Kerry to the front of their line. He's
not a good Democrat! He's totally for himself...
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The Vettz Band is one of Charlie Daniels' opening bands.
I highly recommend that each proud, Vietnam Veteran, family members and friends listen to the Vettz song "GOD
BLESS AMERICA TONIGHT."
Thank you!
Jack
Want to see a REAL documentary (not a Michael Moore make-believe) ?
This one is John Kerry...then and now..... actual news footage..in his own words. I urge you to pass this on to your
family, friends and e-mail lists, especially any undecided or potential Kerry voters. If nothing else, it will be fun
listening to them try to defend his flip-flops. This would be funny, if it weren't such a serious matter.
I highly recommend
that every visitor to this website, please visit the below link. You will need your speakers on in order to hear a brief
video.
Hear John Kerry
Confess To War Crimes
Dear Vietnam Veteran,
I know I should have written much sooner.
I can't say why I did not. Out of fear of admitting to myself,
you were there, fighting a war. Or maybe ashamed. Ashamed that I never accepted the things you felt you had to do.
Whatever it is, I know how it must hurt. Believe me when I
say it hurts me more. I have the burden of your hurt plus that of my own. The pain of not being able to show my true feeling
towards you.
I am not writing this for the months you served in Vietnam,
but for the many years, you were left alone with only your brother Veterans. You served proudly and it went unmentioned.
For a long time, I've wanted to express the words. The words
an honorable Veteran needs to hear. For a long time, I've wanted to hold you during your times of pain.
God knows I wanted to. And only He knows why I never found
the courage. I do not remember what I use to say; maybe I do not want to remember.
All I know is I hope that it is not too late to give you those
things now.
For years you tried to be part of my world. Doing everything
to please me, just to be noticed and given a little time and understanding...
I look back and see the demands I placed on your shoulders
when you were young. "Fight your weakness, and always show strength to others around you."
Who was I to make such a demand? I sit here with tears in my
heart; finally admitting to myself the one weakness you must have seen in me and never questioned. My inability to say the
words that I know would have meant so much to you.
"Welcome Home." You served your country honorably.
Please hear these words now, from my heart. Please give me
a chance to be part of your world now. The world I should have been part of long ago.
Love, America
(Author: Jack Cunningham, Sussex, NJ) http://home.earthlink.net/~dearvietnamveteran/
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Please pass the word to your families and friends. The truth about John Kerry must be
heard. Back in 1971, John Kerry betrayed his fellow sailors. Later that same year, he went on to betray all Vietnam
Veterans.
If you feel his betrayal did not impact his fellow veterans for years to come... stay silent.
Otherwise, start getting the truth out!
John Kerry used his fellow veterans... don't let him continue. Please support the
peaceful and honorable rally on September 12, 2004.
Also, Please mention the Washington DC September 12, 2004 Rally in your signature.
The
more Internet-Signatures highlighting the rally, the better the word will get out...
"Please Pass the Word."
Take part in this peaceful and honorable Vietnam Veteran Event.
It is open to family, friends and all appreciative Americans...
Jack Cunningham
Sussex, NJ
Please
press the below link for a free POLL: Was John Kerry Correct In Condemning All Vietnam Vets For His Own Actions
and/or Lack Of Action.
Being
an Officer of the United States Navy, Kerry had responsibility to stop War Crimes or at least report them immediately.
John Kerry waited until
he was under television cameras before he started reporting his war crimes. However, his reported war crimes were found
to be not valid.
POLL: WHO DO YOU WANT AS YOUR
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Dear Jack,
Our
local newspaper just printed an editorial with information concerning a huge celebration for Vietnam veterans next year. They
are calling it "Welcome Home" in hopes of sincerely thanking all those who served during Vietnam. It
reminded me of your letter "Dear Vietnam Veteran." It's going to be held in Branson,
Missouri June 13-19 of next year, 2005. I think they are just getting organized, and they posted an email address
so that people can contact them for more information to help disabled veterans and others attend. I don't know, I just
thought it was something that maybe you could get the word out. Here's the email address info@operationhomecomingusa.com . The article is in the Springfield News-Leader. It's an editorial that was
printed on July 20, and it was written by Paul Wannemacher. I think it's available to read online. Sounds like
any help would be appreciated.
Have a good night,
Rach
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