SPRINGFIELD, Ohio—The De­mo­cratic presidential contender, Sen. John Kerry, on Thursday launched a furious riposte to a Republican onslaught on his record, accusing George W. Bush and his deputy Dick Cheney of deliberately avoiding Vietnam War service.

Kerry, speaking at an unusual midnight rally here shortly after Bush formally accepted the Republican nomination for president at his party’s convention in New York, launched his most outspoken attack yet on his rival.

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