Interesting. Can any military Freepers corroborate?
A timeline history of the IBM Typewriter with old ads to show what the machines looked like. Click on the thumbnail to see an enlargement of that ad.
http://www.etypewriters.com/history.htm
Quite true.
There are a couple of threads like this going, Howlin is trying to get all the info consolidated in one place. Could you repost your info here: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1210702/posts?q=1&&page=301
Also, AM, how can we best get these threads consolidated, so we don't miss some great investigative reporting from FReepers? Thanks!
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Yep when I address a letter to my daughter it's 2DLT NOT 2nd Lt.
Almost forgot. The third "Bush Memo" is also misspelled. The correct abbreviation for lieutenant colonel on any ANG document is "LtCol," not "Lt. Colonel." Any LtCol would know better than to misspell his own rank.
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These "documents" reek of fraud.
In official documents of any kind, proper rank abbreviations are strictly enforced, to the point that, if they are incorrect, the document has to be destroyed and rewritten
These memos are in tru-type fonts. Not only are the forgeries, they are obvious forgeries. There is no way CBS could be so stupid that they do not know what they have.
Here is a good link that shows official military rank abbreviations:
http://www.army.mil/soldiers/styleguide/styleguide4.html
I don't think we can make too much about the use of abbreviations, etc. Remember, these are personal memos to the file. I write them all the time in my work within the US government. It's so that when someone accuses me of not knowing about, or dealing with, a situation, I can pull out my file and show them my thoughts at the time. Since they are for personal files, it's reasonable that they would not be on letterhead, and not follow strict military memo guidance.
In any event, I think the memos, if real, are harmless.
Guys this memo will go no where because bush didnt make his service an issue. If you drag it all out you keep it in the news like the swiftys did. Be smart. People dont care with Bush, they care about kerry lying about his record because he ran on it.
The Kerry Kamp's Nuance Team is already working on the spin:
"These documents were planted by Bush operatives to trick us.
They took advantage of our gross incompetence and blind
lust for dirt on Bush.
It's just so unfair."
_______________
In other news, although already off the Kerry team,
Sandy Berger was fired again for bungling an archival
document insertion mission.
Look to the office and look to the clerk typist. Also, what was correct about 40 years ago could change slightly. I started my career with the Navy BuPers years ago on the top floor with no ceiling just pipes running across the ceiling. The majority of the floor was covered with file cabinets and reams of paper. Even though the Navy didn't have that type of rank, I did see paperwork with 1st LT (also 1st Lieutenant), etc. Typists (GS 1 or 2) could add anything and if the supervisor wasn't looking it would pass. The old saying was things were the right way, the wrong way and the government way.
1stLt is a USMC abbreviation. 1LT is a USAF/ANG thang. This smells.
These abbreviations are second nature. A new butter bar might mess it up, but not an LTC.