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The bandit · Commander Joined: 15 May 2004 Posts: 349

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air_vet · PO2 Joined: 08 Aug 2004 Posts: 374

Love it!

Notice the use of "Memorandum for Record" - this is MY recollection of what I called what I wrote on a couple of individuals in '68-'69 as an Air Force Captain - NOT the "Memorandum to File" shown on the CBS memo.

TEWSPilot · Posted: Thu Sep 09, 2004 9:47 pm Post subject:

air_vet, I still have my ORIGINAL "Tongue and Quill", (credit to LTC Hank Staley for this gem of a writing and communicating guide), and "Memorandum For Record" is the correct term. Man, Kerry's Klowns can't even forge a document without fouling up.

...I'll never forget my Wing Commander telling me that if I ever wrote up an Article 15, be sure and spell his name correctly. Same principle -- inattention to the fine details can scuttle you.

...reminds me of a guy who got booted from class for cheating on an exam. Who knows, he may even be the one who created these forgeries. Anyway, he had gotten a copy of the test beforehand, so he had one of the pledges in his fraternity fill in all the answers and then hide outside the classroom window. He sat near the window, slipped the blank test out, the accomplice handed him the filled in one, and then he booked so he wouldn't get caught. The guy looked at the test and realized he was dead meat. The pledge, wanting to impress the guy with his ability (or maybe to get even for some of the hazing) had typed the answers!

Let's hope November 2, 2004, really is Veteran's Day!

...(the king writing in his diary: Reigned all day.)
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lthrneck · Lieutenant Joined: 02 Sep 2004 Posts: 214

Anyone want to drop CBS a fan mail here's a link to web site.
Just scroll down the page to contact us (very bottom).

Semper fi

http://www.cbsnews.com/sections/60II/main3475.shtml

Stacman · Lt.Jg. Joined: 08 Sep 2004 Posts: 104

Now that's an authentic memorandum... Laughing

neverforget · Vice Admiral Joined: 18 Jul 2004 Posts: 875

Sent it to them twice, plus article "Bush and uncommon valor."
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neverforget · Vice Admiral Joined: 18 Jul 2004 Posts: 875

Did you send it to FOX?
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ROLEX91 · Posted: Fri Sep 10, 2004 1:56 am Post subject: Tongue and Quill - LOL

I had to go out to a couple Air Guard units in the mid 80s doing UNITREP staff assistance visits and trainings (while at TAC) and I remember more than one flying unit having files of stuff going back to the Korean War.

There were bunches of MFRs covering previous AD MAJCOM inspections (like ORIs) and yep, a few for crews that were DNIF for one or more reasons, but NONE of them looked like what CBS is trying to pass!!!

Forget the fonts, the format for starters is wrong....

Oh this so burns me up!!!!!! Evil or Very Mad

To the Swift Boat Heros that started this site -- THANK-YOU!!!
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chemical_boy · Lt.Jg. Joined: 19 Aug 2004 Posts: 108

Does anyone know where to get a Pdf version of "the tonugue and quill" from the vietnam era?

nakona · Lieutenant Joined: 04 Jun 2004 Posts: 242

What's the provenance of that?

I'd like to post it elsewhere, but I want to know it's background, so I don't end up pulling a "Rather"
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Navy_Navy_Navy · Admin Joined: 07 May 2004 Posts: 5777

I've seen a few of these parody documents all over the internet, nakona, so you're probably safe to post them with "author unknown." Smile

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