>On other occasions, Kerry has said he was not actually
>in Cambodia but rather "near" the country. In an
>interview with the Providence Journal-Bulletin that
>appeared in April, 1994, Kerry said "Christmas Eve I
>was up getting shot at somewhere near Cambodia." The
>account of Kerry's service in Douglas Brinkley's Tour
>of Duty says Kerry was on patrol near Cambodia, but
>does not mention him being in the country. "Because
>they were only an hour away from that neighboring
>country," Brinkley writes, "Kerry began reading up on
>Cambodia's history...." Brinkley also quotes from
>Kerry's Vietnam journal, in which Kerry wrote that he
>was "patrolling near the Cambodian line."
>
>...
>
>Finally, another member of Kerry's crew, Jim Wasser,
>who supports Kerry in the presidential race, told the
>Dallas Observer last month that he wasn't sure where
>PCF-44 was at the time in question. "On Christmas in
>1968, we were close [to Cambodia]," Wasser said. "I
>don't know exactly where we were. I didn't have the
>chart. It was easy to get turned around with all the
>rivers around there. But I'll say this: We were the
>farthest inland that night. I know that for sure."
>
>http://www.nationalreview.com/york/york200408101318.asp
>
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