Hwed,
Where did you get that information?
Edit: never mind, I found it on Freeper central.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1086640/posts
Of course, all the post says is that Kerry recorded the scene of the battle with a Super8 camera and later showed it to one reporter. If this is the same report that you mentioned, it hardly qualifies as shameless promotion.