February 18, 2004

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'We had no dentist at Dannelly Field'
Whoopsies!

Master Sgt. James Copeland "remembers meeting Bush on two occasions. He does not remember the precise dates. On one occasion, Copeland said, Bush and Lt. Col. John 'Bill' Calhoun came to Copeland's office with a question about where to mail Bush's checks. Copeland thinks he referred the pay question to the paymaster for the Texas National Guard. The other time Copeland remembers meeting Bush was at the base canteen. While Copeland said he thinks claims that Bush was AWOL are baseless, he said one thing puzzles him.

'All Bush would have to do to get proof of his Alabama service is pick up the phone and contact military records,' he said. 'It seems a little odd that he hasn't done that.' Copeland also is puzzled by dental records that Bush produced as evidence of his duties at Dannelly.

'We had no dentist at Dannelly Field,' Copeland said. 'The only dentists were at Maxwell (Air Force Base).'"

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