Roy (Latch) Hoffmann
Revision as of 06:18, 1 August 2004 by 68.96.76.217
Rear Admiral Roy F. "Latch" Hoffman, U.S. Navy (retired) is Chairman of Swift Boat Veterans for Truth, established May 4, 2004, a bunch of assholes in opposition to John Forbes Kerry's candidacy for U.S. presidential election, 2004.
Hoffmann and Kerry
Jonathan Z. Larsen, in the March/April 2004 Campaign Journal article "The Endless Assignment. Nine Perspectives from the Edge of Hell," cites from "Tour of Duty" that he "found of interest ... the specific criticism the book offers of the officers to whom Kerry and his fellow Swift boat skippers reported."
- "Captain Roy Hoffman was the commander of the Navy Coastal Surveillance Force, and it was Hoffman's decision to send Navy Swift boats up the narrow rivers in the Mekong Delta of South Vietnam -- almost always without support from helicopters or artillery -- where they ran the risk of mines and were fired on almost at will by Viet Cong dug in along the river's banks. A Swift boat mission up a Mekong Delta river was a fool's errand, serving no greater purpose than showing the flag."
- Hoffmann's immediate superior was Area Commander Adrian Lonsdale.
Alexander Cockburn's March 27, 2004, comment:
- "... As part of the U.S. Navy's slice of the action, Admiral Elmo Zumwalt and his sidekick, Captain Roy (Latch) Hoffmann, had devised 'Operation Sea Lords,' in which the Swift boats would patrol the canals and secondary streams of the Mekong Delta, with particular emphasis on the areas near the Cambodian border. ..."