Neil Gould wrote:
Recently, Paul Dow (Remove CAPS in address)
posted:

According to Snopes.com, this incident was in 2005.
http://www.snopes.com/politics/military/wakeup.asp


There was another letter that continued this topic.

To his credit, the complainant, Mr. MacRae, tendered a written apology
which was published in The Republic on 9 July:

[...]
I had no idea of the significance of the flyby, and would never have
insulted such a fine and respectful display had I known.
[...]
I served in the U.S. Navy and am a Vietnam veteran.

Anyone else have trouble reconciling these two statements?

Neil


Not at all. The first statement obviously is a referral to THIS SPECIFIC
flyby and indicates that the complainant was unaware that the flyby
involved a ceremony.
The second statement is a simple comment that indicates the complainant
was a veteran and had he known it was a cerimonial flyby would NOT have
written his letter.
I see no "sinister" indications here. I'm assuming you are referring to
a veteran having no idea what the significence of the flyby would be and
therefore suspect?
I don't see that at all.
Dudley Henriques