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t r u t h o u t | Statement
Veterans for Kerry
Monday 18 October 2004
John Kerry gives a speech at a 1972 peace rally in Bryant Park, NYC.
(Photo: George Butler)
Phillip Butler, Vietnam veteran, says:
"I was a prisoner of war in Vietnam for almost eight years. I was a career naval aviator, and I support John Kerry for President. Kerry is a leader with proven courage, integrity, intelligence, and commitment. He served with distinction in the Vietnam war. After returning home he saw how our great nation was misled by our leaders' destructive policies, resulting in a monumental national tragedy. It took great personal integrity and special courage to testify before Congress, and to face his fellow veterans, many of whom were, and still are, in denial about the truth about that war.
"Some former Vietnam POW's have said their treatment was affected by Kerry's testimony in the Senate in 1971. I was there, in the same cells and camps with those men. No information on John Kerry ever came to us during those years, and his actions had no effect on our treatment, or on the length of the war.
"John Kerry did the right thing then, as he will now. That's why I support him for President of the United States."
We veterans support the Butler statement, and urge the election of the Kerry-Edwards ticket:
William K. Stewart
Ed Foley
Lawrence Ferlinghetti
Bill Dallmann
Nick Alaga
Peter C. Worden
John Pomkinson
Victor Henry
Winston Elstob
Colleen Anderson
John Miller
Bill Kaplan
Richard Miller
Dan Turner
Ed Jarvis
Howard Brunn
Russell Czarnecki
Earl R. Cauley
Ken Dursa
Jean Stallings
Jeff Whitmore
Frank Ledesma
Ken Armstrong
Abe Hernandez
Rolland Fletcher
Jeffrey Phillips
Steve Bradford
Barbara Nelson
Gordon Smith
Ralph Nonella
Jamie N. Fox
Jerry Eppler
Steve B. Fox
Ed Leeper
Timothy C. Kretch
Robert Downey
Robert C. Hoskinson
Chuck Carter
Mary Jane Grace
Pete Monteforte
Bob Holtrop
Randy McKendry
William F. Griffith
Seraphino H. Bianchini
Bill Hunt
Richard Bailey
Robert Gwinn
John Kimber
Ed McKean
Eric Bernhart
Dan J. Williams
Vaughn McIlrath
Larry Bordan
Harvey Kuffner
Ron Swan
Charles Schafer
Nick Sousa
A.W. Beam
Michael Willey
Doug De Young
Carl Pohlhammer
Nick Alaga
John Pomkinson
David Wright
Kelly O'Brien
Michael Bobay
Sallie A. Savage
Pam Bridges
. . . a partial list
Veterans for Kerry, Box 621, Monterey, CA 93942
t r u t h o u t | Statement
Veterans for Kerry
Monday 18 October 2004
John Kerry gives a speech at a 1972 peace rally in Bryant Park, NYC.
(Photo: George Butler)
Phillip Butler, Vietnam veteran, says:
"I was a prisoner of war in Vietnam for almost eight years. I was a career naval aviator, and I support John Kerry for President. Kerry is a leader with proven courage, integrity, intelligence, and commitment. He served with distinction in the Vietnam war. After returning home he saw how our great nation was misled by our leaders' destructive policies, resulting in a monumental national tragedy. It took great personal integrity and special courage to testify before Congress, and to face his fellow veterans, many of whom were, and still are, in denial about the truth about that war.
"Some former Vietnam POW's have said their treatment was affected by Kerry's testimony in the Senate in 1971. I was there, in the same cells and camps with those men. No information on John Kerry ever came to us during those years, and his actions had no effect on our treatment, or on the length of the war.
"John Kerry did the right thing then, as he will now. That's why I support him for President of the United States."
We veterans support the Butler statement, and urge the election of the Kerry-Edwards ticket:
William K. Stewart
Ed Foley
Lawrence Ferlinghetti
Bill Dallmann
Nick Alaga
Peter C. Worden
John Pomkinson
Victor Henry
Winston Elstob
Colleen Anderson
John Miller
Bill Kaplan
Richard Miller
Dan Turner
Ed Jarvis
Howard Brunn
Russell Czarnecki
Earl R. Cauley
Ken Dursa
Jean Stallings
Jeff Whitmore
Frank Ledesma
Ken Armstrong
Abe Hernandez
Rolland Fletcher
Jeffrey Phillips
Steve Bradford
Barbara Nelson
Gordon Smith
Ralph Nonella
Jamie N. Fox
Jerry Eppler
Steve B. Fox
Ed Leeper
Timothy C. Kretch
Robert Downey
Robert C. Hoskinson
Chuck Carter
Mary Jane Grace
Pete Monteforte
Bob Holtrop
Randy McKendry
William F. Griffith
Seraphino H. Bianchini
Bill Hunt
Richard Bailey
Robert Gwinn
John Kimber
Ed McKean
Eric Bernhart
Dan J. Williams
Vaughn McIlrath
Larry Bordan
Harvey Kuffner
Ron Swan
Charles Schafer
Nick Sousa
A.W. Beam
Michael Willey
Doug De Young
Carl Pohlhammer
Nick Alaga
John Pomkinson
David Wright
Kelly O'Brien
Michael Bobay
Sallie A. Savage
Pam Bridges
. . . a partial list
Veterans for Kerry, Box 621, Monterey, CA 93942