"OXMORON1" wrote in message
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IBM wrote:

Now that would be interesting.
Ought not simple arithmetic be able to determine whether or not his
commitment was up at the time in question?

Not all that simple, unless he had resigned his commission or had recelved
his
discharge he was still a reserve officer.
So you need to see the records to find out if either had happened.

Actually, his own website is a bit shady on this topic. The service timeline
shows that he requested releases from active duty on 1 March 1970 and was
released from *active* duty the following month, and that is where it ends
( http://www.johnkerry.com/about/john_..._timeline.html ), with no
mention of subsequent reserve service. But in the "records" section of the
site it shows that his request for discharge from the USNR was not accepted
and approved until1978 (
http://www.johnkerry.com/pdf/jkmilse...al_Reserve.pdf )
.. So up front they leave one with the impression he was out free-and-clear
in 1970, but that most assuredly was not the case. There is no question that
he was still a USNR officer when he was pulling his VVAW/Winter Soldier
Investigation stunts in 1971.

Brooks


Rick Clark