October 04, 2004

DEAN ESMAY INTERVIEWS Swift Boat vet Van Odell. Quotable:
DW: A couple of your group's members claim to have had their statements distorted by papers such as the Boston Globe. Have you experienced anything like that with any press you've talked to?

VO: The distortion that I have seen is that they say that my claims are unsubstantiated, specifically to the March 13th incident, even though we've got 10 other eyewitnesses who tell the same story I do. I have also been taken to task as a liar by the New York Times and the Washington Post by journalists who've never talked to me ..

DW: What do you say to those who say that because you were not on Lt. Kerry's boat, you did not serve with him?

VO: .. our boats served in combat together, we went on missions together, we knew each other intimately and fought together. This is like saying Major Reno and Captain Benteen did not serve with General Custer because they did not ride on the same horse with him.

But there's lots more. Posted by Greg Ransom