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Good questions

Larry J — 8/6/2004 9:17:58 PM (archived)

I don't have definite answers, but a lot of good info is available here.

Swiftboats were a small community. There were 6 men assigned to each boat for a normal tour of 1 year. Some didn't stay that long due to death or injury, and others served multiple tours. The site lists 51 KIA.

According to this, it appears all of the Swiftboats were assigned to one squadron that was divided into 6 Coastal Divisions. There doesn't appear to have been more than a few dozen Swiftboats in the country at any time, so the community was pretty small.

I don't have the names of those 250+ Swiftboat vets who have come out against Kerry, so I can't tell how many of them were there at the same time he was. The ad features several people who were in a photo with Kerry, so they were there at the same time, apparently in the same Coastal Division. Those units operated like fighter squadrons. In a small community like that, everyone knows everyone.

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John Kerry served in Vietnam! - phil - 8/4/2004 6:56:04 PM
- Wow... - Tom Brosz - 8/5/2004 5:41:02 PM
  - Actually, McCain even denounces it............ - Lindy - 8/5/2004 7:54:30 PM
  - Dole lost an arm in service, irrelevant; Kerry serves 4 months - he must be elected - phil - 8/5/2004 5:50:19 PM
    - re: Dole lost THE USE OF an arm in service, And the right want to claim the world is different after 9/11, but only as they say it is...Republicans just up and makeup lies... (n/t) - Chris Vancil - 8/6/2004 3:18:41 PM
- The truth about "Swift Boat Veterans for Truth" - Robert - 8/5/2004 2:40:18 AM
  - What did the little Nazi guy say on "Laugh In"?........ - Publius - 8/5/2004 2:04:58 PM
    - I tried... - Robert - 8/6/2004 6:35:50 PM
  - By your rant stds all Geroge Soros funded info should be tainted (n/t) - p - 8/5/2004 12:27:38 PM
  - BTW... - Tom Brosz - 8/5/2004 3:44:08 AM
    - Sorry about the bad link - Robert - 8/5/2004 8:53:08 PM
  - Fine. I see who's paying for the website. Now, are they telling the truth or not? - Tom Brosz - 8/5/2004 3:02:11 AM
    - You actually need it explained? - Robert - 8/5/2004 8:38:36 PM
      - So once again... - Larry J - 8/6/2004 2:14:44 AM
        
        And again and again - Robert - 8/6/2004 5:36:21 PM
        
        re: And again and again - Tony - 8/6/2004 7:09:25 PM
        
        Swiftboat Vets claim the Boston Globe article is highly inaccurate - Larry J - 8/6/2004 7:56:54 PM
        
        Thanks for the update (n/t) - Tony - 8/6/2004 8:31:02 PM
    - They are not - Donald - 8/5/2004 3:44:31 AM
      - They are bronze star and purple heart vets.. - FrankC - 8/5/2004 6:59:24 PM
      - They say otherwise, and quite frankly, ... - Larry J - 8/5/2004 1:26:55 PM
        
        re: They say otherwise - Tom Brosz - 8/5/2004 4:32:59 PM
        
        Look closely at the ad - Larry J - 8/5/2004 6:11:11 PM
        
        Who were those those guys he showed up in Boston with? (n/t) - Tony - 8/5/2004 9:13:19 PM
        
        re: Who were those those guys he showed up in Boston with? - Larry J - 8/5/2004 11:54:43 PM
        
        Supposedly..... - Tony - 8/6/2004 4:28:39 AM
        
        The boats operated in teams - Larry J - 8/6/2004 1:35:42 PM
        
        Except you are missing the salient point. - Tony - 8/6/2004 3:54:41 PM
        
        Some 254 Swift Boat vets have come out against Kerry - Larry J - 8/6/2004 4:25:12 PM
        
        How many SBVets in that general area at the time? - Tony - 8/6/2004 6:00:01 PM
        
        Good questions - Larry J - 8/6/2004 9:17:58 PM
        
        Kerry's military is record up for grabs - SteveS - 8/6/2004 6:51:00 PM
        
        re: Kerry's military is record up for grabs - Tony - 8/6/2004 7:24:40 PM
        
        Rat catchers - Tom Brosz - 8/6/2004 10:36:17 PM
        
        The past - SteveS - 8/6/2004 11:47:52 PM
        
        re: Kerry's military is record up for grabs - SteveS - 8/6/2004 8:10:07 PM
        
        Something fishy... - Tom Brosz - 8/6/2004 5:42:10 AM
        
        By design - Robert - 8/6/2004 5:44:05 PM
        
        re: By design - Tom Brosz - 8/6/2004 6:26:15 PM
        
        What Tony said - Robert - 8/6/2004 7:10:54 PM
        
        re: By design - Tony - 8/6/2004 6:31:36 PM
      - 3 1/2 months in Nam...As much as Kerry talks about his exploits, I would have thought he did 3 tours... - Scott Evil - 8/5/2004 1:26:03 PM
      - Got anything to back that up? (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 8/5/2004 4:34:46 AM
- Kinda reminds one of what Bush tried to do to McCain. Pretty dirty, isn't it? - Bowser - 8/5/2004 12:28:56 AM
  - Surprise! Dogbreath is ignoring the facts, read again (n/t) - p - 8/5/2004 1:18:48 AM
    - Bigawd, I had the wrong post, pee. I apologize. (n/t) - Bowser - 8/5/2004 1:54:50 AM

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