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Preferential treatmentI WAS IN the regular Army from 1969 to 1977, in Vietnam in 1970, and asked for a hardship discharge in 1976. My son was having seizures from a brain disorder, and my wife had almost died. My request was denied. President Bush was released early from the National Guard to attend graduate school.
Anybody of draft age in the 1960s knows that if you were from a rich or powerful family that had connections, you could get into the Guard, Reserves, or Coast Guard in order to avoid serving in Vietnam. I served in Vietnam 34 years ago and remember many of those in my unit and what we did. If the president can't remember those he served with, he probably wasn't there. If those he served with don't remember him, he definitely wasn't there. For almost a year I have asked the Bush administration for my wife's, son's, and my own military medical records. All of my requests have been in writing and by e-mail. The president gets his records in a day (Page A1, Feb. 10) while my formal written requests are ignored. KEN MOULTON Lawton, Okla. © Copyright 2004 Globe Newspaper Company.
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