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Skriven 2006-07-07 14:59:00 av Robert E Starr JR (4109.babylon5)
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On Thu, 06 Jul 2006 21:11:49 GMT, Jonathan Biggar <jon@floorboard.com>
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>Bill wrote:
>> You don't *have* to rely on people's faulty memories from nearly 30
>> years ago. The paperwork actually exists that proves W was AWOL for a
>> solid year between assignments. I don't remember the exact address, but
>> Google "The Dark Side of George W. Bush" and, assuming it's still up,
>> you should find the site. They show W's military paperwork (independent
>> of CBS's badly researched news report) as well as detail the disasters
>> that he has made out of everything else he touched.
>
>That's right!  It *must* be true because a friend of a friend told me so!

'He later applied to transfer to a base that had no work; the transfer
was first approved, then cancelled. Bush did nothing for several
months; then in September he applied to transfer to Alabama's 187th
Tactical Recon group for 3 months. This was approved, but the unit's
commander, General William Turnipseed, and his then administrative
officer, Kenneth Lott, have both said that Bush never showed up. "Had
he reported in, I would have had some recall, and I do not," said
Turnipseed. "I had been in Texas, done my flight training there. If we
had had a first lieutenant from Texas, I would have remembered." 

'Bush claims that he did some work in Alabama, but can't remember any
details. “I can’t remember what I did,ö he said. “I just—I fulfilled
my obligation." Despite 2 years of searching through hundreds of
records, his campaign has been unable to find any record of Bush's
service there, nor could they find a single fellow serviceman who
remembers his presence. The best they could produce was an
ex-girlfriend from Alabama -- Emily Marks --who said George told her
he would have to do some Guard duty later that year (1972) in
Montgomery. But all that confirms is that he knew of his obligation. 

'In December 1972, Bush returned to Houston and was scheduled to
resume duty there. But in May 1973, Bush's supervising pilots wrote in
his annual efficiency report: "Lt. Bush has not been observed at this
unit during the period of the report" (i.e. through April 30, 1972).
Bush described one of the supervisors, the late Col. Jerry Killian, as
a personal friend, so it's likely he would have noticed Bush and given
him the benefit of the doubt. Later that month, two special orders
commanded Bush to appear for active duty. He served 36 days of active
duty during May, June and July before leaving the Guard early. 

'Amazingly, Bush was not disciplined in any way for his absence, and
received an honorable discharge. Under Air National Guard rules at
that time, guardsmen who missed duty could be reported to their
Selective Service Board and inducted into the Army as draftees.'

http://www.realchange.org/bushjr.htm#AWOL


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Josh

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