[freesia2]

The second signature looks feminine to me and nowhere close in comparison to the first.

The second does look feminine, but that makes me think a secretary may have signed it for him. Not sure about military practice in such matters, but for what it's worth, during the several years I worked as a secretary, I frequently signed letters at my boss's request.

[qwertyman]

The problem with the secretary hypothesis is that these are supposedly CYA memos destined solely for Killian's "personal file." It's hard to imagine he would have his secretary, after typing such a document, proceed to SIGN it for him. It's somewhat surprising that he would feel the need to sign the document himself.

Which raises another point: what good is a CYA document that doesn't actually go into the file to which it pertains? How does such a document fufill its express purpose of covering Killian's ass if it is not even in the file to be found in the first place?

[girlscout]

The second does look feminine, but that makes me think a secretary may have signed it for him. Not sure about military practice in such matters, but for what it's worth, during the several years I worked as a secretary, I frequently signed letters at my boss's request.

I suppose it's always possible. I'm not sure how that worked in the military in 1972-1973; more specifically the Air National Guard.

[BlessedByLiberty]

As did I, however, we also circumspectly added our initials to the signature. AA:AB/ca type info for tracking and authorization purposes.

In civilian world, titles are below the signature, I do not know how that appears in military terms, could someone clarify. Interesting that below the signatures here there are two distinct manners of identifying rank, one along typed name, the other below.