The making of the candidates JOHN FORBES KERRY Often tagged as a political opportunist -- aloof, insincere -- he is also a man of courage and charisma, his inner life intense, emotional and filled with the raw experience that shows in the severe lines of his face, the often-haunted look in his eyes.

The Boston Globe | October 6, 1996| | Copyright

Vietnam. The Mekong Delta. February 1969.

US Navy boats glide through rays of sunlight glinting off cobalt waters. Lush green palms and mangroves sway on river banks, and just under them dozens of Viet Cong snipers are dug in deep. John Forbes Kerry, then a 25-year-old skipper of the six-man crew on Patrol Craft Fast 93, is about to be ambushed.

The rattling of machine-gun fire jumps in loud bursts. Volleys of B-40 rockets splash just a few yards away. Then Kerry orders the boat turned directly toward shore, and the front gunner opens fire. The .50-caliber pounding forces an enemy ...

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