by John Kerry
Cam Ranh Bay, 67–71, 73, 83, 110, 115
Cau Mau Peninsula, 80, 83, 98, 118
Cat Lo, 68, 79, 81–82, 92, 95, 98–99
Chu Lai, 73
Con Sen Island prison, 162–63
Cua Lon River, 82, 83, 98, 102, 105
Da Nang, 57–58, 68
Dong Cung Canal, 103, 106, 303
Dong Tam, 95–97
Duong Keo River, 113
Gulf of Thailand, 72, 73, 75, 82, 83, 98
Gulf of Tonkin, 35, 49, 51, 56–58
Long Tau River, 84, 88
map of, 66
Mekong Delta, 73, 75, 83, 88, 95, 98, 583
Nha Be, 84, 89, 92–94
Phu Quoc Island, 72, 73, 77, 98
Rung Sat Special Zone (RSSZ), 84, 88
Saigon, 93–95
Soi Rap River, 84, 88, 89, 91, 93
South China Sea, 80, 83, 94, 98
Vung Tau, 75, 81
McCain’s service in, 49, 56, 65, 148, 190–91, 194–95, 201, 238, 304
Nicaragua compared with, 163
Nixon and, 125, 132, 133, 190, 194
North’s service in, 183
Nung troops in, 104–7
Operation Market Time in, 61, 81
Operation Rolling Thunder in, 43
Operation Sealords in, 68, 72–73, 76, 79, 101, 105, 108, 115
Operation U-Haul in, 100
Paris Peace Accords and, 136
PBR (Patrol Boat, River) operations in, 52, 84, 86–88, 95, 96
psyops missions in, 101–2, 109
Riverine Force in, 95, 96
Saigon press corps and, 48
Soviet Union and, 195–96
Swift boat (Patrol Craft, Fast) operations in, 52, 61, 113–14, 127
Coastal Division 11, 72, 77, 79, 82, 83, 98, 112
Coastal Division 13, 75, 81
Coastal Division 14, 68
and design of boats, 61, 80, 86
Kerry’s command of, 52, 58, 59, 61–62, 67–109, 124
PCF-44, 72, 73, 84, 88, 98, 300, 306
PCF-57, 73
PCF-94, 98, 99, 101, 105–8, 224, 225, 306, 409
Tet Offensive in, 55–56, 190, 259
tiger cages in, 162, 192, 194
USO shows and, 68–69, 95
Vietnam War POW/MIA issue, 65, 190–201, 238, 272–73, 426
hearings on, 194–95
Ho Chi Minh tomb and, 199–200
McCain’s work on, 194–95, 201, 238, 299, 300
Russia and, 195–96
Sampley and, 194–95
Senate Select Committee on POW/MIA Affairs, 155, 193–201
tiger cages and, 192, 194
visits to Vietnam to investigate, 196–201
Viet-Nam Witness (Fall), 48
Voinovich, George, 401
voting, 325–27, 374
Vung Tau, 75, 81
in map, 66
Wag the Dog, 233
Walinsky, Adam, 116–17, 129
Walker, John Thomas, 20, 170
Wall Street Journal, 304
Walsh, Patrick, 251, 252
Wang Yi, 508
Warm Springs, Ga., 4
Warner, John, 206, 406
Warren, Elizabeth, 407
Warren, Robert Penn, 151
Warren, Setti, 313
Warsh, David, 223–25
Washington, George, 124
Washington Post, 166, 256, 267, 304, 522
Washington Times, 166
Wasser, James, 74, 75, 78–79, 87, 90–92
Watergate scandal, 185, 226, 275, 282
Webster, Daniel, 150, 322
wedge issues, 281, 291, 294
Weicker, Lowell, 153, 362
Weld, William Floyd “Bill,” 203, 211–212, 226–27
in Senate race against Kerry, 211–27, 232, 311, 349
debates in, 220–23, 311
Westmoreland, William, 56
Whitcomb, Giles, 61
White, John, 119
Whitewater controversy, 230, 233
Whitlow, Drew, 74, 75, 78
Whouley, Michael, 143, 239–41, 267, 272, 283
Williams, Ted, 154
Winter, Howie, 141, 217
Winter Hill Gang, 141–42, 217
Winthrop, Angela, 10
Winthrop, Frederick, 10
Winthrop, John, 10
Winthrop, Robby, 14
Winthrop, Serita, 34
women, 581
in Senate, 152
Wonder, Stevie, 27
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, 558
Worcester Cold Storage and Warehouse Company fire, 237
World Affairs Council, 243
World Bank, 119, 419
World Economic Forum, 5
World War I, 25, 42, 45, 84
chemical weapons in, 533, 535
Yale and, 44
World War II, 35, 47, 48–49, 54, 83, 118, 178, 186, 290, 581
Dole’s service in, 404, 405
Kerry’s parents and, 10–11, 42, 44
Normandy landings in, 17, 37, 115, 209
Pearl Harbor attack in, 54, 370
Wright, Jeremiah, 306
Wyden, Ron, 401
Wyeth, Jamie, 25
Xie Zhen Hua, 561, 571
Xi Jinping, 556, 561, 564, 566
Ya’alon, Moshe “Bogie,” 463, 465, 466
Yad Vashem, 446
Yale Daily News, 33–34, 44
Yale University, 7, 21, 23, 43, 68, 116
Kerry at, 8, 21, 23, 26–34, 41, 42–46, 55
World War I and, 44
Yang Jiechi, 561–64
Yanukovych, Viktor, 434–36
Yarrow, Peter, 266–67
Yazidis, 545
Yedinsky, Theo, 264
Yemen, 485
Yost, Commander, 113, 114
Yost, Eddie, 14
YouthBuild, 202–5, 227, 228
Yushchenko, Viktor, 435
Zakim, Lenny, 445
Zaladonis, Bill, 69–71, 74, 77–78, 81
Zardari, Asif, 381–82, 387
Zarif, Javad, 485–87, 496, 499, 500–503, 505–7, 509–10, 514–16, 520–23
Zionist Union, 474
Zumwalt, Elmo, 104, 224–25, 303
Image Credits
The Kerry Family Collection: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 13, 21, 24, 28
The White House: 8
United States Navy: 10, 11, 12
United States Navy via George Butler: 15
AP Images/Henry Griffin: 16
George Butler/Contact Press Images: 17, 18
Office of the Middlesex County District Attorney: 19
John Kerry for Senate: 20
United States House of Representatives: 22
AP Images/Ron Edmond: 23
Lisa Krantz/San Antonio Express: 25
Getty Images/Hector Mata: 26
Justin Wein/C&I Photographers: 27
Susan Young: 29
Pete Souza/The White House: 30, 44
United States Department of State: 31, 32
Glen Johnson/United States Department of State: 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 42, 43, 45
AP Images/Mark Lennihan: 41
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