[MadAnthony1776]

Being in the military myself since 1972 I know that you could get like a general discharge and after a period of time you could appeal to have it upgraded to a honorable discharge. I would suspect that something of this sort happened because when I left the Air Force in 1980 I was given a honorable discharge. It will state it on your DD-214 what the discharge is. What you would want to see is the original DD-214. I don't know if when they upgrade the DD-214 if they issue a replacement DD-214 or if they just paperwork amending the original DD-214. The DD-214 will also list all awards and decorations.

[Hillarys Gate Cult]

Just want to add that these discharges are not automatically upgraded after a period of time ( some used to think they were ). The person has to put in for it.

[RVN Airplane Driver]

There is definitely something amiss in skerry's military background and I disagree with everyone who thinks that this issue will disappear. This is HUGE...for 2.5 million of us Vietnam Veterans and all who domicile in our sphere of influence. I was skeptical about the folks who were bantering about his discharges until now learning that his discharge contained the words "a board of Officers". I have discharges from both the AF and Army as an Officer and nothing like that appeared on either of those. It appears that something is "Rotten in Denmark".