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Kerry declined a request from the Globe to sign a waiver authorizing the release of military documents that are covered under the Privacy Act and that might shed more light on the extent of the treatment Kerry needed as a result of the wounds . I operated in every river , in every canal , and every off-shore patrol area in the 4th Corps area , from Cambodia all the way around to the Bo De River . He arrived in-country with a strong anti-Vietnam War bias and a self-serving determination to build a foundation for his political future . The Columella Project , organized by the Escuela Politecnica Superior of the University of Santiago de Compostela , comes from the ADAPT initiative of the European Social Fund of the European Union . " We stayed quiet and low because we did not want to illuminate ourselves at that point , " Kerry explained . Four days after Kerry took his third hit of shrapnel , Commodore Charles F. Horne , an administrative official and commander of the coastal squadron in which Kerry served , forwarded a request on Kerry 's behalf to the Navy Bureau of Personnel asking that Kerry be reassigned to " duty as a personal aide in Boston , New York , or Washington , D.C. " Soon afterwards Kerry was transferred to Cam Ranh Bay to await further orders , and within a month he had been reassigned as a personal aide and flag lieutenant to Rear Admiral Walter F. Schlech , Jr. with the Military Sea Transportation Service based in Brooklyn , New York . " One of the mission 's support helicopters had been hit by small-arms fire during the trip up the Bo De and the rest had returned with it to their base to refuel and get the damage inspected .