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...speech—a gruff “Reporting for duty!”—Kerry emphasized what has been a defining theme of the convention and his campaign thus far. Alluding repeatedly to his now-familiar personal narrative that included service on a boat in the Mekong River during the Vietnam War—and his subsequent opposition to the unjust war that it contributed to—Kerry portrayed himself as a principled war hero wary of the dangers of armed conflict...
...decorated veteran, honorably discharged after a tour of duty in the Mekong Delta, spoke in fierce terms during his daylong interview with The Crimson’s Samuel Z. Goldhaber...
...cultural label as it is about a voting record," observes Democratic political consultant Anita Dunn. So which Kerry will the country come to see--the one in duck boots, shaped by a Swiss boarding school and Yale secret society? Or the one in sweats and khaki, baptized in the Mekong Delta...
FOUND. Remains that are probably those of CHARLES DEAN, younger brother of Democratic presidential candidate Howard Dean; in central Laos. Dean was 24 when he vanished in 1974 while traveling along the Mekong River...
...presidential candidate Howard Dean, 29 years after he disappeared while traveling in Southeast Asia during the Vietnam War; buried in a rice paddy in central Laos. Charlie Dean, then 24, and Australian companion Neil Sharman were arrested by communist Pathet Lao guerrillas in September 1974 while traveling along the Mekong River. They were apparently executed three months later as suspected spies, although the U.S. and Australian governments maintain they were tourists. The remains have not been officially identified, but members of the Dean family say they recognize items found with the corpse, including a bracelet inscribed with the name...