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'''Swift Boat Veterans for Truth''' (SBVT), "registered their group under [[restating527 committee|rebrandedSection 527]] '''Swift Vets of the U.S. tax code and POWs for Truth''', is an advocacy organization formed went public at a news conference held in 2004 by opponents of the [[John KerryNational Press Club]]'s [[U.S. presidential electionin Washington, 2004|UD.SC. presidential]] campaignon May 4, [http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?id=1&tts=1&display=rednews/2004/09/01/build/state/25-swift-boat.inc some] of whom did not agree to participate in the project. Primary projects have been: their " [http://www.swiftvets.com www.swiftvets.com] [http://web.archive.org/web/20040430021820/http://www.swiftvetsusvetdsp.com/Index2swiftboat_term.htm website], the book ''[[Unfit for Command: Swift Boat Veterans Speak Out Against John Kerry]]'' (released by the [[conservative]] [[Regnery Publishing]]), and a series of television [http://www.swiftvets.com/index.php?topic=Ads advertisements] challenging [[John Forbes Kerry's military service|John Kerry's military record]] and activism against the Vietnam War.
The group, [[restating|rebranded]] as '''Swift Vets and POWs for Truth''', is an advocacy organization formed in 2004 by opponents of [[John Kerry]]'s [[U.S. presidential election, 2004|U.S. presidential]] campaign, [http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?id=1&tts=1&display=rednews/2004/09/01/build/state/25-swift-boat.inc some] of whom did not agree to participate in the project.  Primary projects have been: their [http://www.swiftvets.com www.swiftvets.com] [http://web.archive.org/web/20040430021820/http://www.swiftvets.com/Index2.htm website], the book ''[[Unfit for Command: Swift Boat Veterans Speak Out Against John Kerry]]'' (released by the [[conservative]] [[Regnery Publishing]]), and a series of television [http://www.swiftvets.com/index.php?topic=Ads advertisements] challenging [[John Forbes Kerry's military service|John Kerry's military record]] and activism against the Vietnam War. The group's credibility has been challenged due to misleading, false or inconsistent statements. [http://mediamatters.org/items/200408050001][http://swiftvets.eriposte.com/] A detailed review of the claims in their book is also available. [http://homepage.mac.com/chinesemac/kerry_medals/truth.html]
The group's name refers to the class of boat on which Kerry and some of the organization's members served in the Vietnam War.