Kerry's request for Vietnam Duty Came at Highest Intensity of Fighting

[markses]

First, thanks to trumad for posting this snipped photo of Kerry's request for duty in Vietnam. One particularly striking thing about the request is its date: February 10, 1968. As most of us know, February 10, 1968 came at the height of the Tet Offensive, which had begun a little less than two weeks early. The ground combat throughout the month of February was intense, and on February 10, the Citadel at Hue was still occupied by PAVN troops, with Marines fighting and dying in numbers in vicious street battles. Significant fighting was still going on all over the country, from I Corps (where the Marines were settling into the siege of Khe Sanh), through the Central Highlands and coastal region, and down into the Delta. While the initial NLF push had been staunched in Saigon, fighting still raged in Cholon and Gia Dinh, and the city was far from secure.

In the midst of the chaos of the Tet Offensive, Kerry requests to be sent into the country? At the worst moment of the fighting, Kerry requests to be thrown to the "front"? I just wanted to lay out the situation here, since I haven't seen the significance of the date mentioned on the news or anywhere else. It is important to understand context here, and I think it tells us something about Kerry's character.

[hexola]

1. WOW! WOW! I mean just WOW!

Thanks for pointing this out...

[blm]

2. But, sources say he was only trying to pad his resume to look good

for when he ran for office.

Gee....how can they be so wrong?

Seriously, I think Kerry was well aware that he had a privileged life and would do his utmost to put himself in the same shoes that other young men of nonprivilege wore. His parents also instilled in him a great sense of duty and responsibility to his country and to humanity in general.

[markses]

3. It definitely says something about duty

n/t

[seabeyond]

4. thank you for pointing this out

yes

[bryant69]

5. Good catch

This needs to be trumpeted. President Bush and Senator Kerry were both children of privilege, but where one shirked even the limited duties he accepted, the other sought to due his duty. Kind of like Goofus and Gallant.

Bryant
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[Bandit]

6. Kind of like the situation right now

America is in the worst situation since ?? Hell I don't know when it has been this bad with respect to the rest of the world. Senator Kerry is again throwing himself into the fray at the worst time so he can try and help America in it's time of great need. Kerry is indeed a true American Hero of the greatest sort. Who in their right mind would want to be president now with the entire world hating America. Like Jon Stewart said last night, "Things have to be really bad to have Canada mad at us" "It is like Mr. Rogers throwing rocks at us." "How could we possibly get Canada mad at us?"