Posted on 09/14/2004 8:40:01 PM PDT by notkerry
Bush was not AWOL nor did he refuse to take physical due to an alleged drug test. Bush's known actual documents speak for themselves and the forgeries actual support Bush's honorable service.
This unit had no planes and minimal duties. On May 26, 1972, Reese H. Bricken, commander of the 9921st, wrote to Bush to tell him that his application had been accepted.
Commander Bricken said in an interview with the Boston Globe, "We met just one weeknight a month. We were only a postal unit. We had no airplanes."
This is why Bush did not need to have a medical exam for flight clearance in May of 1972. Even the forged document prove this fact, but the main stream news media is ignoring this fact.
Summary of May 9, 1972 Forged Document Unsigned: Alleged memo to file that refers to a conversation between Colonel Killian and Lieutenant Bush when they discussed options of how Bush can get out of coming to drill from now through November. The memo also notes a discussion about getting Bush's flight physical situation fixed before his date. Bush says he will do that in Alabama if he stays in a flight status. Also states Bush has been working with staff to come up with options and identified a unit that may accept him Colonel Killian told Bush he had to have written acceptance before he would be transferred
Dan Rather is so bias that he cannot even see the forgeries support that Bush had approval to not take the physical and why there is not gaurd duty from May to Novemebr 1972 time frame.
In fact, Bush's pay records from Alabama are Air Reserve Force records and other documents released confirm this transfer.
Air Reserve Force members, while not required to perform actual duty, could be drafted for the Vietnam war under the Obligated Reserves Section (ORS).
Colonel Killian, the alleged signer of the forgeries, approved the transfer, but Denver higher-ups retracted the approval. The Denver retration did not occur until July of 1972.
On July 21, 1972, the Air Reserve Personnel Center in Denver ruled against Bush's reassignment to Alabama, and noted that as "an obligated Reservist" he could only be "assigned to a specific Ready Reserve Position."
By the time Bush was notified of this, he had already missed the July (Bush's Birthday) drop dead date for his physical. If the transfer to the non-flight unit had not been overturned, Bush did not need clearance to fly. The unit had no planes.
Again, Dan Rather is so bias that he cannot even see the earlier dated forgery and the next forgery support Bush had approval to not take the physical and why he was no reporting for duty in the May to Novemebr 1972 time frame.
Summary of August 1, 1972 Forged Document: Colonel Killian notes that he recommended Bush for transfer to 9921st Air Reserve Squadron in May of 1972. Colonel Killian also notes the transfer was not allowed. Colonel Killian also notes that he has ordered that Bush be suspended from flight status due to failure to meet annual physical examination for flight clearance as ordered. (** Note: Physical not even required until July of 1972 ****)
Bush's known records show that Bush did not receive a written order of the transfer being over ruled until September of 1972.
On September 5, 1972, Bush requested permission to "perform equivalent duty" at the 187th Tactical Reconnaissance Group in Montgomery "for the months of September, October, and November," and he quickly received approval to do so.
Bush's records show that he was paid for service on October 28-29 and November 11-14 of 1972. Bush received a dental examination at Dannelly in Alabama on January 6, 1973. Pay sheet summaries indicate service from January 4-6 and 8-10 of 1973. Pay sheet summaries indicate service from January 8-10 and April 7-8 and May 1-3 and May 8-10 and May 19-20 and May 22-24 of 1973.
On May 2, 1973, Bush's immediate superiors conducted an annual performance review covering the period from May 1, 1972 to April 30, 1973, which stated that "Lt. Bush has not been observed at this unit during the period of the report."
This should be no suprise since he was assigned to 9921st Air Reserve Squadron in Montgomery, Alabama from May 26, 1972 to September 5, 1972 and that Bush had been in Alabama 187th since September of 1972.
Clearly Lt. Col. William D. Harris Jr. and Lt. Col. Jerry B. Killian were aware of this and wrote in May of 1972: "A civilian occupation made it necessary for him to move to Montgomery, Ala. He cleared this base on 15 May 1972 and has been performing equivalent training in a non-flying status with the 187 Tac Recon Gp. Dannelly ANG Base, Alabama."
According to the other Forged Document dated August 18, 1973: Colonel Killian notes Bush wasn’t here during rating period and I don’t have any feedback from 187th in Alabama. Colonel Killian refused to rate Bush for May 1972 to May 1973.
More proof of Dan Rather's bias is shown by the August 18, 1972 forgery. This forfery is not even consistent with the August 1, 1972 forgery. It makes no mention of Bush's assignment to the 9921st Air Reserve Squadron from May of 1972 to September of 1972 which is clearly acknowldged in the earlier forgery.
Additionally, Dan Rather's bias is shown by Bush's known records in September of 1973.
On September 5, 1973, Bush requested discharge from service, to be effective on October 1. He wrote, "I am moving to Boston, Massachusetts to attend Harvard Business School as a full time student."
Apparently know understanding Bush's assignments and actual duty in 1972 and 1973, Colonel Killian recommended approval of the discharge the following day.
Dan Rather showed his bias reporting again by never mentioning this fact. Nor does he ever mention the even more important facts that follow.
Bush was only required to complete 50 credits per year, not fulltime service. Bush had completed all the required credits for his six years of service in five years, four months, and five days.
Bush was honorably discharged from the Texas Air National Guard on October 1, 1973.
Bush was immediately transferred to the inactive reserves in Denver, Colorado, and then discharged from the Air Force Reserve on November 21, 1974.
nice. can you tell me what the bsh*t is about 'supposed to report for duty in Boston for 2 years and didn't?'
Great Post!!
Thanks for the timeline and disecting of the "oppositions" stance as well!!!
The second reference to the August 18, 1973, forgery has a typo (it reads 1972).
Jim Moore's anti-Bush book (Bush's War for Re-election IIRC) has a long chapter on the NG records and keeps saying that he was turned down on his request to transfer to the unit in Alabama...this finally makes it clear (that he wasn't informed until September 1972).
Great post!
The only fact I'd argue with is that other FReepers have noted his physical wasn't due until October 31st. They say the drop dead date for a physical is 3 months from the end of the month the reservist was born in. President Bush was born in July, so you go to July 31st and add 3 months making it October 31st.
Nice outline. In the media's attempt to make Bush look like a Vietnam War draft-dodger, they intentionally fail to mention that the very dates in question are times when not only was the war winding down...soldiers were being sent home, especially pilots. What they also fail to mention is that when the war was at its peak, George Bush was putting in twice to three times the alloted time required.
What's amazing is that while Bush was still serving in the NG, Kerry's 4-month service in Vietnam was not only well over, but he was meeting with the enemy in Paris, partaking of other meetings were the assassination of Senators were discussed and accusing his fellow soldiers of war crimes. This he was doing, while he too, still had a committment to the reserves.
It is amzing that the media has more questions about Bush's final year in the Guard than about Kerry's post-war activities...during that same time. It is obvious what the media is trying to hide from the American public.
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