clifto wrote:
Tom Betz wrote:
It worked. We routed
the ambush, killing three of the attackers. The troops,

"Vietnamese regional and Popular Force troops and a Navy demolition
team," according to Rood.

led by an Army adviser,

Doug Reese.

No, they weren't led by me. . . . . .

jumped off the boats and began a
sweep, which killed another half-dozen VC, wounded or
captured others and found weapons, blast masks and other
supplies used to stage ambushes.

From other accounts, the boat that PRO-KERRY Army veteran Doug Reese
was on (probably Droz'), NOT Kerry's,

No, not Droz's . . . .

was the first to beach in the
ambush zone. Rood here does nothing to dispel Kerry's implication
that
Kerry was first on the beach. Kerry remained on the boat while the
main fighting was taking place.

The Silver Star citation, based exclusively on Kerry's report, says:

No, it wasn't . . . . . .

I'm beginning to see a pattern.

Doug

"...all units came under intense automatic weapons and small arms
fire from an entrenched enemy force less than fifty feet away.
Unhesitatingly Lieutenant (junior grade) KERRY ordered his boat
to attack as all units opened fire and beached directly in front
of the enemy ambushers. This daring and courageous tactic
surprised
the enemy and succeeded in routing a score of enemy soldiers."