I completely agree with you regarding the VVAW. And that will be handled by former POW's.
In the interim, this from a military freeper:
1--the month in a military date is always three letters. August is spelled out.
2--no one issues an "order" through a "memo." Maybe a letter, but nothing as informal as a "memo."
3--the signature (initials) of Lt. Col. Killian is clearly a cut-and-paste job. The last letter ("K") is cut off at the top, where two lines start to curve toward each other in a loop. Impossible to to do by hand. This signature was cut from another document and pasted or taped on the document.
4--No letterhead. Do you really think commanders typed out a the squadron on every letter? No. Letterhead was used.
5--No way there were superscripts back then. No way. Even if it was theoretically possible (which it wasn't), the national guard isn't exactly an early-adopter of technology. This ability wasn't even available at any price for several years.
My understanding is that there were very high end typewriters with such things. Since these were done for the personal CYA file of this Lt Col. I'll bet he didn't even do them at the squadron. We're talking ANG, right? Did he have a day job? Maybe in a law office, with a secretary that would NOT have typed things exactly the military way?
I'm just guessing, but I think CBS is going to win this one, and they'll be able to trash us as idiots for pursuing it. At the same time, we're handing them attention on this subject, when we should be getting it behind us.
dd Mmm yy
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