On Jul 12, 2:29 pm, "Joe Irvin" <ji3...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
> Bro, you don't get an honorable discharge for going AWOL unless there is
> some good reason. "Col. William Campenni, who served with Bush in the
same
> squadron, wrote in a Feb. 11 letter to the Wa****ngton Times, "Our Texas
Air
> National Guard lost several planes right there in Houston during Lt.
Bush's
> tenure, with fatalities. Just strapping on one of those obsolescing
F-102s
> was risking one's life.
> "These critics point to an apparent gap near the end of Bush's
fighter-pilot
> duty, after he had moved from Texas to Alabama and served in the Alabama
> National Guard. Was he a "deserter," as Moore claims? No, Bush was
honorably
> discharged. Did he go AWOL, as McAuliffe alleges? While McAuliffe and
other
> critics offered no evidence, the White House and Republican Party left
this
> chestnut from the 2000 campaign unresolved until now, finally scrambling
to
> dig out 30-year-old military do***ents and releasing pay and
accreditation
> records from Bush's "missing" times of service."
But, but Dan Blather had do***ents to prove it all. LOL!!!
>
> http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1571/is_2004_March_1/ai_113363...


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