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Swift Boat Veterans for Truth (SBVT), formed in 2004, is an organization of American Swift boat veterans of the Vietnam War, registered under section 527 of the U.S. tax code to oppose John Kerry's U.S. presidential aspirations.

SBVT criticizes Kerry with regard to his military service history while he was in Vietnam (particularly some of the medals he received) and his subsequent activities in opposition to the war in the early 1970s. It has promulgated these positions in a book and television advertisements that feature Vietnam veterans. Other Vietnam veterans have disputed the charges and supported Kerry. The organization has also been the subject of formal complaints from the Kerry campaign (alleging that it is illegally coordinated with the Bush campaign) and independent groups (alleging improper fundraising).