Kerry aides call for ‘smears’ on war record to be withdrawn

JOHN KERRY’s campaign team yesterday called for a book which contains “proven falsehoods” about the presidential candidate’s Vietnam war record to be taken off the shelves.

Unfit for Command, written by a former US sailor who served in Vietnam, alleges that Mr Kerry lied to win his war medals.

It also claims that the former Swift Boat captain, who hopes to oust George W Bush from the White House in November, won a silver star for bravery by shooting a lone, fleeing teenage Viet Cong soldier in the back.