Some interesting light is being shed on John Kerry's organization Vietnam Veterans Against the War (VVAW).

http://www.wintersoldier.com

and

John Kerry's Radical Past


One of the more interesting documents at wintersoldier.com is the minutes of a VVAW executive meeting where members decided to take down American flags from all VVAW offices.

The VVAW was more about anti-Americanism than being anti-Viet Nam War.

On January 31, 1971, members of Vietnam Veterans Against the War (VVAW) met in a Detroit hotel to document war crimes that they had participated in or witnessed during their combat tours in Vietnam. During the next three days, more than 100 Vietnam veterans and 16 civilians gave anguished, emotional testimony describing hundreds of atrocities against innocent civilians in South Vietnam, including rape, arson, torture, murder, and the shelling or napalming of entire villages. The witnesses stated that these acts were being committed casually and routinely, under orders, as a matter of policy.
This is called the Winter Soldier Investigation. At this 3 day conference, "one of the most shocking quotes comes from Kerry himself, claiming that he had committed war crimes in Vietnam, then suggested he was merely following orders. "

A tale that does not get enough coverage in the media:

It appears that Kerry was also something of an impostor. During a massive rally in front of the U.S. Capitol, a number of veterans threw their medals over a high-wire fence. One was Kerry. Or at least so it appeared.

The section “Busted by the historians” contains an excerpt from Stolen Valor by B. G. Burkett, Glenna Whitley. The key quote: “But years later, after his election to the Senate, Kerry’s medals turned up on the wall of his Capitol Hill office. When a reporter noticed them, Kerry admitted that the medals he had thrown that day were not his.”