Subject: Bush Flew Fighter Jets During Vietnam
From: "D. Strang"
Date: 7/11/2004 9:17 AM Pacific Standard Time
Message-id: cIdIc.22534$r3.2123@okepread03

"Steve Mellenthin" wrote
Ask yourself this question: how would you feel if your crew got to
go home after 3 months overseas, and you had to stay for duration
plus six months? Would you say "they went to war" as excited as
you are about JFKerry?

Always wondered about that early departure. Can anyone explain?

I think the story is, that he found out that you could request assignment
out of a war zone upon the award of three purple hearts. He then
went to sick call every time he got a scratch.


If I got wounded twice and got two Purple Hearts and a Silver Star I would do
the same thing. Anyone with a brain in their head would do the same thing.


Arthur Kramer
344th BG 494th BS
England, France, Belgium, Holland, Germany
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