I had a good friend who served in Viet Nam and was on one of those PT boats. His stories were very similar to Apocolypse Now...heads on poles and belts of ears ...Remember the body count? Westmoreland and company. Every night on the news we saw the body counts...The officers would encourage proof of kills....By the way , my friend came back a very different and wierd person. Other friends never came back.

What I can't figure out is why Kerry volunteered to go. He must have known all this stuff was going on and most likely was against the policies involved before volunteering. Perhaps he went just to set things up for the protest after his 4 months of service???