Bush Volunteered For Vietnam

Knoxville's WVLT Volunteer TV reports that when he was the National Guard President Bush volunteered for Vietnam:

One of the criticisms leveled at the President is that he sought guard service to keep him from serving in Vietnam.

Morrisey says, "not so."

"The Air Force, in their ultimate wisdom, assembled a group of 102's and took them to Southeast Asia. Bush volunteered to go. But he needed to have 500 [flight] hours, but he only had just over 300 hours so he wasn't eligible to go,” Morrisey recalls.

Despite that, Lieutenant Bush stayed busy.

"He flew in active air defense missions, training missions. Day, night, regardless of inclement weather," Morrisey says.

Colonel Morrisey assured us that to the best of his knowledge Lieutenant Bush was treated like any other officer in the Texas Air National Guard.

I don't think what happened thirty years ago is that relevant to this presidential campaign, but if the mainstream media is going to focus on President Bush's service in the National Guard the fact that he volunteered to go to Vietnam should be reported.

Thanks to Betsy Newmark for the tip.

Comments

[scottfromca]

Bush is a decorated Veteran. He never went AWOL. It's a liberal lie. God bless our nation and God bless President Bush!