A band of anti-Kerry veterans funded by Republican donors--who call
themselves Swift Boat Veterans for Truth--have claimed that Kerry made up
the part about the enemy fire and that he did not deserve the Bronze Star he
won for this incident. Their campaign took a hit yesterday when The
Washington Post disclosed that the military records of Larry Thurlow--a
leader of the anti-Kerry outfit who also won a Bronze Star for actions
during this engagement--contradict Thurlow's claim that there was no enemy
fire at the time. And military records obtained by The Nation's David Corn
provide more evidence that there was enemy fire during this episode.
For more, see Corn's Capital Games:
http://www.thenation.com/capitalgames/index.mhtml?bid=3&pid=1692