Dan Rather forges ahead

From: (Tom Cervo)
Date: 9/11/2004 5:30 PM Central Daylight Time
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Flynn said it's "very unlikely" that the memos are legit, adding that
he knows of no typewriter fonts using proportionally spaced Roman type
with a raised "th" available in the 1970s.

Come off it, Dan, anyone who used a typewriter knew the trick of lifting the
roller a smidge (or lowering it) for sub (or super) script. You must not have
ever typed footnotes.

Sure it was a common trick, but I have never seen it done on official
documents.

For instance I was in the 55th ARRS and that was the proper way to type it
though I have seen 55 ARRS.

The type written headings were not used on official unit level documents. They
would have used the preprinted blue letter heading with USAF seal.

As for the CYA memo no person in his right mind would say that anywhere in a
memo. There are plenty of ways to write something without saying. People who
write term papers do it all the time to inflate word count.

Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired