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Originally posted by lendaddy
Oh tech, I would be cautious about putting alot of faith in that one. The entire thing is based on the wording in the citation saying they were under enemy fire, right? Well, I give you two guesses on who wrote the citation
My thought exactly.

Furthermore, the article states;
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But Thurlow's military records, portions of which were released yesterday to The Washington Post under the Freedom of Information Act, contain several references to "enemy small arms and automatic weapons fire" directed at "all units" of the five-boat flotilla.
That could mean: "We experienced no "enemy small arms and automatic weapons fire" directed at "all units"

. ..hey, there's reference to. . .

That article was clearly written to muddy the issue, in hopes people will just throw-up their hands and say "it's all too complicated."


. . oh, and why no hits on the boats; IF they took fire?
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