The first wound - to his arm - was described in a document that Kerry has not released to the public, but has been shown to reporters at campaign headquarters. Kerry’s records briefly describe shrapnel wounds to his arm and thigh for the first two Purple Hearts, but they don’t detail the severity of the wounds. Kerry leapt ashore, chased and killed the man. According to the records, an enemy soldier holding a loaded rocket launcher sprang up within 10 feet of Kerry’s boat and fled. Kerry ordered his units to turn into the ambush and sent men ashore after the enemy. 28, 1969, Kerry’s craft and two other boats came under heavy fire from the riverbanks. “Involved in several enemy initiated fire fights, including an ambush during the Christmas truce, he effectively suppressed enemy fire and is unofficially credited with 20 enemy killed in action.” George Elliott, Kerry’s commanding officer. “He frequently exhibited a high sense of imagination and judgment in planning operations against the enemy in the Mekong Delta,” wrote Lt. His most harrowing experience came during the nearly five months he spent commanding a swiftboat, a 50-foot-long craft that could operate at high speeds in the rough waters of Vietnam’s tributaries. Kerry’s lowest marks were the equivalent of average - in military bearing, reliability and initiative.
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