FWIW, when I was in the Army, memos and forms would be dated 4 May 1972 never, ever, "04 May 1972". The leading zero on the date is very suspicous to me. Anyone else smell a rat, or is just me?
My husband was in the AirForce and he made the same observation about the date.
FWIW, when I was in the Army, memos and forms would be dated 4 May 1972 never, ever, "04 May 1972". The leading zero on the date is very suspicous to me. Anyone else smell a rat, or is just me?>>
Not really, I have seen different versions of dating on my own paper work such as 04051972 or 04MAY72 or the above 04 May 1972. I am curious that its not capitalized, as is usual but the form isnt that odd.
Part of the language in some of the official letterhead memos doesnt jive. I remember I had to type a new letter 10 times because my language wasnt proper for official military correspondence even being just a memo. Words like doesn't and don't generally are not acceptable, there is of course an official acronym list one must use also.
The military changes it. Back in the mid-late 90s I remember having to use 01JAN98 format. Then at the turn of the century they made me use 01JAN2001 instead. Depends on what the regs say during the time. Check his other stuff. Date format is a persistant thing. I know I kept doing it for years after I left ROTC.
IIRC, this was one of the clues used to debunk a batch of "Majestic-12 documents" circulated by some flying saucer crank about ten years ago.
We NEVER used a leading zero while I was in the Air Force. More signs of a forgery.