That's what Lt. AWOL says on page 54 of his "autobiography", entitled, "A Charge to Keep."
However:
Bush never flew again after May of 1972, just 22 months after completing flight training, and with more than 2 years left on his obligation.
Bush refused to take his military physical in August of 1972 and was permanently grounded.
Bush never flew a military aircraft again.
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http://www.awolbush.com/>John Kerry showed up. George Bush didn't. And George Bush EXPLICITLY lied about not showing up in his autobiography.
From a Boston Globe editorial:
<
http://www.boston.com/news/globe/editorial_opinion/editorials/articles/2004/08/22/big_lies_for_bush?mode=PF>"IMAGINE IF supporters of Bill Clinton had tried in 1996 to besmirch the military record of his opponent, Bob Dole. After all, Dole was given a Purple Heart for a leg scratch probably caused, according to one biographer, when a hand grenade thrown by one of his own men bounced off a tree. And while the serious injuries Dole sustained later surely came from German fire, did the episode demonstrate heroism on Dole's part or a reckless move that ended up killing his radioman and endangering the sergeant who dragged Dole off the field?
"The truth, according to many accounts, is that Dole fought with exceptional bravery and deserves the nation's gratitude. No one in 1996 questioned that record. Any such attack on behalf of Clinton, an admitted Vietnam draft dodger, would have been preposterous.
"Yet amazingly, something quite similar is happening today as supporters of President Bush attack the Vietnam record of Senator John Kerry."
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John Kerry showed up. George Bush didn't. And George Bush EXPLICITLY lied about not showing up in his autobiography.
On February 15, 2000, John McCain told Bush to his face to stop getting others to smear him over his war record. He ended by telling him he should be ashamed.
The camera focuses on Bush and catches him not knowing how to respond, with what anyone would have to agree is a callow, trapped look on his face. See it for yourself: <
http://www.johnkerry.com/petition/oldtricks.php>George Bush is a coward.
Joshua Marshall says it best:
"He's a coward because he has other people smear good men without taking any responsibility, without owning up to it or standing behind it. And when someone takes it to him and puts him on the spot to defend his actions -- as McCain does in this spot -- he's literally speechless. Like I say, a coward.
"On February 15, 2000, McCain hung his demand for an apology on a letter signed by five senators, each Vietnam vets, calling on Bush to apologize for his smears against McCain.
"The five, as reported by the Times on February 5th, 2000: Senators Max Cleland of Georgia, Bob Kerrey of Nebraska, John Kerry of Massachusetts and Charles S. Robb of Virginia, and Chuck Hagel of Nebraska."
<
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/>Heroes cross party lines to support brave veterans who put their lives on the line and spilled their blood in service to their country.
Cowards avoid service, lie about it, and then smear good men through surrogates and blanche when exposed.
Emperor No-Clothes and his surrogates have been exposed. Liars. Disrespectful of veterans. Haters who want to drag everyone down into the mud with them.
The only other living commander of a Swift Boat from the mission and the day in which John Kerry earned his Silver Star has himself repudiated the lies of the self-loathing Republican toadies smearing all Vietnam veterans to get Kerry:
<
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-040821rood,1,2328121.story?coll=chi-news-hed>President John Kerry will be an immeasurable improvement in honor, integrity, respect for veterans, respect in the world, and basic human dignity than the pathetic squatter in the White House and his felonious band of disgraced Iran/Contra thugs, PNAC Empire cravers, and immoral oil-trafficking gangsters.
Dan Brown
Saint Paul, Minnesota