Posted on 02/14/2004 11:48:07 PM PST by ambrose
Edited on 05/26/2004 5:19:32 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
February 15, 2004 -- Serious doubts have been raised about the stories of two key Alabama National Guard figures who questioned whether President Bush showed up for weekend duty there in the early 1970s.
Retired Brig. Gen. William Turnipseed, the 187th's Tactical Reconnaissance Group's former commander, recanted his statement that he couldn't remember if Bush reported for duty, now saying his memory is faulty because he's in the beginning stages of Alzheimer's disease.
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"Retired Brig. Gen. William Turnipseed, the 187th's Tactical Reconnaissance Group's former commander, recanted his statement that he couldn't remember if Bush reported for duty, now saying his memory is faulty because he's in the beginning stages of Alzheimer's disease.
"The Boston Globe, which took the lead in challenging Bush's Guard service, reported serious doubts about the account given by one of Bush's prime accusers.
"Turnipseed reversed gear after retired Lt. Col. John "Bill" Calhoun went public to say he remembered Bush well, and that in fact it was Turnipseed, then a colonel, who introduced Bush to him.
We know a woman in her eighties who is suffering from this disease. This past Thanksgiving, one of her sons and his wife picked her up from the care home where she was/is staying and they drove 2 hours to another son's home for Thanksgiving.
She functioned well, remembered the relatives there and on the way home got into an argument with the son who drove her down. She was wondering why he had turned around on the interstate instead of going to the other son's home for Thanksgiving. She had no recall being there, talking to everyone, eating dinner and saying good bye.
Her long term memory which used to be excellent even with the disease for the last year or so has been impacted. She can't recall critical events that happened a few years ago and back. This woman was the oral historian of her family because her old memory had been so good.
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