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The problem is that this was an official action and had to come from the squadron which would not have had a post office box. Col Killian may have had one but not the Squadron.

Not to mention that he was grounding Bush and that would come from the Flight Surgeon to the Commander of the Squadron not to the head of personnel. The Commander of the Squadron would have put a 1st Ind on the letter and it would not have been a memo.

How do I know -- I used to work for the Command Surgeon who was also one of the few Flight Surgeon Generals in the AF and we had Flight Surgeons that reported to our office. It is serious business when you ground someone and the Flight Surgeon would have notified their parent command of the impending action and the head Flight Surgeon of the Command would have conconcurred and then it would have gone to the Squadron Commander in this instance who would have given it to Lt Bush. It would have become part of the official record.

A Memo would never suffice for an official document in the AF to ground someone or tell them they were going to be grounded. Never, ever!