Your thesis is more right than you know. I read that they contacted another commander in the TANG at the time Killian was there. This officer verified Killian's "feelings" about 1st Lt. Bush.
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The officer, whose name escapes me right now, is....drumroll...a Howard Dean supporter!
Someone stick a fork in ole Danny boy, he done fried himself gooooooooooood this time.
Rot in Hell Dan.
Robert Strong was a friend and colleague of Col. Killian who ran the Texas Air National Guard administrative office in the Vietnam era. Strong, now a college professor, believes these documents are genuine.
"They are compatible with the way business was done at the time. They are compatible with the man that I remember Jerry Killian being," says Strong. "I don’t see anything in the documents that is discordant with what were the times, what was the situation and what were the people involved."
"He [Killian] was a straight-arrow guy," adds Strong. "He really was. I was very fond of him, liked him personally. Very professional man, a career pilot. He took his responsibilities very, very seriously."