Kerry was a young US Navy officer at the time, in his mid-twenties, and the battle in the Mekong river earned him a Silver Star. Through an interpreter, Ban Tam explained that he knew the man Kerry killed, it was his 24-year-old friend and fellow soldier, Ba Thanh. Kerry and Ban Tam shook hands, and Kerry presented one of his commemorative Challenge Coins to Ban Tam. Today I met Vo Ban Tam, a former VC enemy who farms shrimp and crab on the same #Mekong river we once fought over. pic.twitter.com/V4jiKXZuef — John Kerry (@JohnKerry) January 14, 2017Read More

Source: CNN January 15, 2017 15:00 UTC