THE FACTS

In order to clarify a previous post regarding President Bush's service in the National Guard I once again reiterate my earlier factual statement, the National Guard was never called into active duty to serve overseas. However, various Guard Unit's throughout the country developed programs to allow brave young men the ability to volunteer to fight in Vietnam. Coincidentally, the Texas Air Guard had such a program called Palace Alert which allowed pilots to volunteer for flight time in Vietnam. Had President Bush felt compelled to volunteer his newly aquired pilot skills to defend American soldiers in combat he could have. He chose not to.

--Ian Mahoney