Reply #35: Sorry, but there is nothing here as far as the discharge goes.

[Elwood P Dowd]

I'm afraid it's a 256 like an earlier poster said. If Bush had indeed received a 258, there would have to be some documentation for the reasons.

I received an honorable discharge on my DD214 in 1972. Someone I knew was not a good boy during his Army time. He received a dishonorable. There were several Article 15s and demotions in his file. The Army finally just booted him. In some cases they would give you a general discharge, which usually went to folks who just couldn't adapt to military life or were bordering on mental illness.