The picture to the left is the ORIGINAL cover of John Kerry's book THE NEW SOLDIER. John Kerry's friends, the so called Vietnam Veterans Against the War were mocking the famous Iwo Jima scene photographed during the Second World War (notice the inverted flag). 6,825 American boys died in WWII to plant that flag on Iwo Jima. Kerry wrote THE NEW SOLDIER soon after returning from Vietnam. The book is out of print. Kerry will not allow the publisher to reprint it. There's is one used copy of the book available at Amazon.com going for $2,475.00. But you can read the whole book online, complete with pictures, for free here. To make an informed decision on November 2nd, you need to have all the facts.
In the Epilogue to THE NEW SOLDIER, Kerry writes:
"And so a New Soldier has returned to America, to a nation torn apart by the killing we were asked to do. But, unlike veterans of other wars and some of this one, the New Soldier does not accept the old myths. We will not quickly join those who march on Veteran's Day waving small flags, calling to memory those thousands who died for the 'greater glory of the United States'.... We will not readily join the American Legion and the Veterans of Foreign Wars.... We will not uphold traditions which decorously memorialize that which was base and grim...."
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