John F. Kerry gave the middle finger to a Vietnam veteran at the Vietnam
Memorial Wall on Memorial Day morning.

Ted Sampley, a former Green Beret who served two full tours in Vietnam (Kerry
served only 4 months), spotted Kerry and his Secret Service detail at about
9:00 a.m. Monday morning at the Wall. Sampley walked up to Kerry, extended his
hand and said, "Senator, I am Ted Sampley, the head of Vietnam Veterans Against
John Kerry, and I am here to escort you away from the Wall because you do not
belong here."

At that point a Secret Service officer told Sampley to back away from Kerry.
Sampley moved about 6 feet away and opened his jacket to reveal a HANOI JOHN
T-shirt.

Kerry then began talking to a group of schoolchildren. Sampley then showed the
T-shirt to the children and said, "Kerry does not belong at the Wall because he
betrayed the brave soldiers who fought in Vietnam."

Just then Kerry - in front of the school children, other visitors and Secret
Service agents - brazenly 'flashed the bird' at Sampley.