How many anti-Kerry vets served WITH him...

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Like under his command or in his unit? I know there is on CO he had who gave him stellar reviews but now recants that stuff since he is a repub.

But how many of these anti Kerry vets actually served with him at the same time in the same unit?

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1. All of those on his crew are publicly supporting him as far as I can tell

Kerry was in the military (and on active duty in the Pacific) many more months than just the 4 months he was captain of the Swift boat in Vietnam, so there are certainly some who would not support him out of the hundreds he was in service with during his entire military service. But his actual crew on the Vietnam Swift Boat apparently supports him 100%.

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2. In the email floating around only 1 guy served with Kerry

here is his quote:

"My name is Steve Gardner. I served in 1966 and 1967 on my first tour of duty in Vietnam on Swift boats, and I did my second tour in '68 and '69, involved with John Kerry in the last 2 1/2 months of my tour. The John Kerry that I know is not the John Kerry that everybody else is portraying. I served alongside him and behind him, five feet away from him in a gun tub, and watched as he made indecisive moves with our boat, put our boats in jeopardy, put our crews in jeopardy... if a man like that can't handle that 6-man crew boat, how can you expect him to be our Commander-in-Chief?"

— Steven Gardner

please send people to snopes for this story.

http://www.snopes.com/politics/kerry/swift.asp

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3. At least that surly looking cat is a democrat.....

I find it odd how many of these guys who never even knew him come out of the woodwork to blast him and yet the folks who DID know him have nothing but positive things to say....