Former National Guard pilot from Memphis doesn't remember Bush

AP ^ | 9/8/04

[ambrose]

Former National Guard pilot from Memphis doesn't remember Bush

MEMPHIS, Tenn. Bob Mintz says he was pleased to hear another young flier was joining his Air National Guard unit in Alabama in 1972.

The new pilot, a lieutenant from Texas, was supposed to have influential connections and might be a good guy to party with.

But Mintz said he never saw the lieutenant and did not realize until four years ago that he was George W. Bush, the future president of the United States.

Now the president's military record during the Vietnam War is under scrutiny, and Mintz is one of those raising questions about whether his obligations to the National Guard were met.

Mintz is featured in an advertisement unveiled today by a group called Texans for Truth that asks -- "Was George W. Bush A-WOL in Alabama?"

Mintz is now a retired lieutenant colonel and part of more than a dozen former members of the 187th Tactical Reconnaissance Group who say they never saw Bush.

Bush's spokesmen have said the president fulfilled all his Vietnam-era military obligations and served honorably.

The 63-year-old Mintz lives in Germantown, a suburb east of Memphis.

[VeniVidiVici]

Oh, here is a good thread on the Texas ANG unit:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1083085/posts

[LibLieSlayer]

Well this guys CO remembered Bush!!!!!!!!!!!!!

LLS

[Intolerant in NJ]

Mintz is featured in an advertisement unveiled today by a group called Texans for Truth...in which ad Mintz makes the stunning, devastating statement: "I don't remember seeing George Bush at the Guard meetings"...it would be laughable if it weren't so sad.......