Kerry's comment - Please Explain
 

I keep hearing this, over and over, and it makes absolutely no sense to me.

Kerry was in Nam 4.5 months.

Yet, he claims "two tours."

HOW??????

...A Three Hour tour...

http://www.byrum.org/audio/gilligan.gif

well I'm guessing, but 1 tour = 3 months, was on his second tour, and when he got his 3rd purple heart that's a ticket home.

who really cares, at least he went

One tour is one complete time period (at that time, 12-13 months) in theater.

This is what's so confusing.

Yes, he went. So did I. Had JohnnyBoy gone Infantry, instead of dingys, he wouldn't have had anyone covering him, with all those purple hearts in such a short period.

Nope. He'd been labled "Bad Luck" to be near.

I DO know that no "grunt" would ever walk around, in the bush, holding his 16 by the grip, barrel down. THAT, to us, stood out like a sore thumb. He was just an asshole before that pix was introduced. Then he got the "BS" label.

I think Kerry knew that if he stayed over there much longer his own guys were gonna frag his ass, so he got the fuck out of Dodge. :ak47: :helpme