Bush photographed wearing Air Force award he never earned
A closer examination of a photograph included in President George W. Bush's Air Force records, released by the White House earlier this year, shows then-Second Lieutenant Bush wearing an Air Force Outstanding Unit Award which he never earned. The photograph is also displayed on George H. W. Bush's Presidential library website.
The 147th Fighter Intercept Group and the 111th Fighter Intercept Squadron received an Air Force Outstanding Unit Award for the time period of 1965-1966, two years before Bush joined the service. The Air Force also said both units received the Outstanding Unit Award in 1975. Bush was discharged from his Texas Guard unit on Oct. 1, 1973. Between these dates, the Air Force said Wednesday, there are "no additional awards."
His biography does not list that he was awarded the Air Force Oustanding Unit Award.
Punishment for wearing an award one hasn't earned is punishable by bad-conduct discharge, forfeiture of all pay and allowances, and/or confinement for 6 months.
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a coward and a liar then, a coward and a liar now
I'm not surprised.
Whoops.
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