Zeev's Turnips Talk Politics (ZTTP)

[Rick Faurot]

Memos provide more detail on Bush Guard service
White House said in February it had released all records
Thursday, September 9, 2004 Posted: 9:54 AM EDT (1354 GMT)


WASHINGTON (AP) -- Newly unearthed memos provide detail about President Bush's suspension from flying during his Vietnam War-era service in the Texas Air National Guard.

The suspension came as Bush was trying to arrange a transfer to non-flying status with a unit in Alabama so he could work on a political campaign there.

A memo written a year later referred to one military official "pushing to sugar coat" Bush's evaluation.
"On this date I ordered that 1st Lt. Bush be suspended from flight status due to failure to perform to USAF/TexANG standards and failure to meet annual physical examination ... as ordered," says an August 1, 1972 memo by Lt. Col. Jerry Killian, who is now dead.