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“I tried to fight the change—not because we wanted to stay in
An Thoi and be shot at, but because we didn’t want to have to
move and resettle again,” Kerry noted. “Our mail was already
lost, and the trip back against the monsoon seas promised to be
nothing but a *****. It was just that.”18
THE REAL REASON KERRY WAS REASSIGNED
When they got to An Thoi, Kerry continued to object to his placement
in this dangerous assignment against his will, so much so that
he was given routine offshore patrols not involving any possibility of
action until Coastal Division 11 could figure out a way to get rid of
him. Within a week, Kerry was transferred to Coastal Division 13,
headquartered near the former French resort town of Vung Tau. While
Coastal Division 13 had been involved in substantial action, it was
less than what Kerry avoided by his transfer. What his fellow Swiftees
concluded was that Kerry had a very high regard for his own wellbeing
and very little nerve for facing serious combat.