Right after Ivy League access, one thing the rich and powerful pay for is sanitized military discharge records, that their Senators demand.
Don't think his father was rich though, unless ditch-digging involved the Suez Canal.
Daniel Irvin Rather, Jr. /ˈræðər/ was born on October 31, 1931, in Wharton County, Texas, the son of Daniel Irvin Rather, Sr., a ditch digger,[2] and the former Byrl Veda Page. The Rathers moved to Houston, where Dan attended Love Elementary School and Hamilton Middle School.