If the perps are in their 30s, they just wouldn't know. After all, you can do Courier monospace in Word. And just because there's a center function doesn't mean you have to use it -- just eyeball the center, space over and backspace once for every two characters (the old way!), remember to use the lower-case L for 1's, etc.
But you'd have thought they'd at least acquire a real memo from the time and used it as a model.
Bet they forget that MANY old typewriters didn't have a "1" button: you HAD to use the "l" button!
One OTHER question.
Having served in the Regular Army AND the Ohio National Guard, when ever I recieved a memo it was on OFFICIAL Letterhead. If it was to go into a 201 File it would definitely been.
Where is the letterhead, the Unit Seal, The Army Seal, the DD or DA number on the bottom of the page?
Looked again in my 201 file and ALL attached memos were on official paper. Look at an Amry memo pad IT has an DD or DA number. Such as DD Form XXXX or DA Form XXXX and a date.
DD is Dept of Defense DA is Dept of the Army Form xxxx plus a date.
Back then even a memo pad were DA or DD Forms. Today you might have post its. Ot Staples bought.
And ALL Official memos in My 201 File have a stamped SEAL such as Unit and Adjutant Generals Stamped Sig.
Including a Happy Birthday memo. Now just keeping up moral to notice a soldier and Yes I even got one in the Guard and going so far as to include the Commanders Stamped sig on some and the Unit Seal on all is a bit much but the Military has a certain way to do things.
Try early 20s. That range will never have regularly used a typewriter, ever. They might have seen one, but they would only have used it on forms, if that. And it's damn likely to be the late-night-toking-let's-mess-with-Bush group, when you consider their campaign dimbulbs are either old libs or young dummies.
I'd put money on the latter pulling this one.