And thank you, Kristinn, for posting this!
I was thinking in a hazy sort of way that the documents didn't look right - because my husband was in around the same time frame - but couldn't put my finger on it. You marshalled the facts and got it out there. Well done.
Hey, we still have a working IBM selectric from that era. Anyone want to "play" with it? Offer only open to mischeivous Freepers who want to mess with DU...