Editing Swift Vets and POWs for Truth (section)

===Book===
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SBVT founder and spokesman [[John O'Neill (Vietnam veteran)|John O'Neill]] and [[Jerome Corsi]] are listed as coauthors of the book ''[[Unfit for Command|Unfit for Command: Swift Boat Veterans Speak Out Against John Kerry]]'', published by [[Regnery Publishing]]. A best-seller upon its release in August 2004,<ref>[https://www.amazon.com/Unfit-Command-Swift-Veterans-Against/dp/0895260174 Amazon.com: Unfit For Command: Swift Boat Veterans Speak Out Against John Kerry (9780895260178): John E. O'Neill, Jerome R. Corsi: Books<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> it criticized Kerry's judgment in battle, his truthfulness, his entitlement to certain medals, and his later anti-war activities. The book was based in part on interviews with veterans who served in or with Kerry's division, and also on biographies of Kerry.<ref>{{cite web|date=2008-08-17|title=Book Details – Unfit for Command|url=http://www.regnery.com/regnery/040809_unfit.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080804002901/http://www.regnery.com/regnery/040809_unfit.html|archive-date=2008-08-04}}</ref> Several members of Kerry's crew stated that O'Neill did not interview them; some veterans who were interviewed asserted that their statements were edited to strip out material favorable to Kerry.<ref>{{cite news|work=New York Times|date=August 20, 2004|title=Friendly Fire: The Birth of an Anti-Kerry Ad|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/08/20/politics/campaign/20swift.html |first1=Kate|last1=Zernike|first2=Jim|last2=Rutenberg |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060524135357/http://www.nytimes.com/2004/08/20/politics/campaign/20swift.html?ei=5090&en=8afa4fded4046b86&ex=1250654400&partner=rssuserland&pagewanted=all&position=|archive-date=May 24, 2006}}</ref> Neither O'Neill nor Corsi had any firsthand knowledge of Kerry's service. O'Neill served on the Swift boats after Kerry left Vietnam, and Corsi never served in Vietnam.

After controversial statements made by Corsi became public, O'Neill denied Corsi's coauthorship of the book, saying that Corsi was "simply an editor and not really any sort of co-author."<ref>"Scarborough Country", ''[[MSNBC]]'', 2004-08-10</ref><ref>"John O'Neill Interview with Wolf Blitzer", ''[[CNN]]'', 2004-08-11.</ref> However, portions of the book<ref name="excerpts">{{cite web|title=Excerpts from Unfit for Command |url=http://www.learnedhand.com/kerryunfit7.htm |access-date=2007-03-29 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20041011192920/http://www.learnedhand.com/kerryunfit7.htm |archive-date=2004-10-11 |url-status=dead }}</ref> contain material also found in articles posted under Corsi's name at a website critical of John Kerry,<ref name="communistshonorkerry">{{cite web|last=Corsi|first=Jerome|title=Communist Vietnamese honor John Kerry, the war protestor, as a hero in their victory over the United States in the Vietnam War –Part II|publisher=WinterSoldier.com|date=2004-07-27|url=http://ice.he.net/~freepnet/kerry/staticpages/index.php?page=20040604194804799|access-date=2007-03-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050324092901/http://ice.he.net/~freepnet/kerry/staticpages/index.php?page=20040604194804799|archive-date=2005-03-24}}</ref><ref name="coordinatingwithenemy">{{cite web|last=Corsi|first=Jerome|title=Coordinating with the enemy: Vietnam Veterans Against the War in Paris and Hanoi|publisher=WinterSoldier.com|date=2004-05-03|url=http://ice.he.net/~freepnet/kerry/staticpages/index.php?page=2004060123330738|access-date=2007-03-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050305152602/http://ice.he.net/~freepnet/kerry/staticpages/index.php?page=2004060123330738|archive-date=2005-03-05}}</ref> and O'Neill is cited in a later book as describing Corsi as helping to write "Unfit for Command", and urging him to back out of media appearances after the controversial comments became public.<ref>"To Set the Record Straight: How Swift Boat Veterans, POWS and the New Media Defeated John Kerry", by Scott Swett and Tim Ziegler, pp. 120–124</ref>