[Yo-Yo]

Seriously, this is stupid. An otherwise perfectly forged document tripped up by political correctness? B.S.

Well, it happened to Dan Ra^thther and the supposed Air National Guard typewritten letter with superscript and proportionally spaced font.

But I can easily see the word "African" substituted for "Negro" when the records were digitized. Heck, a simple program can scan the entire database and do a global replace.

Have they decided which hospital Zero was born in yet?

[pennboricua]

If they substituted “African” from “Negro”, how is this then a valid document?

It has been altered from the original.

[Tublecane]

“Well, it happened to Dan Rathther and the supposed Air National Guard typewritten letter with superscript and proportionally spaced font.”

That wasn’t a case of political correctness tripping them up, which is alleged in this case and which I find incredible.

[Publius6961]

But I can easily see the word "African" substituted for "Negro" when the records were digitized. Heck, a simple program can scan the entire database and do a global replace.

That would violate the very simple concept of "permanent records."

Surely you jest.

I really hope that you're not suggesting that the original records have been destroyed...

As a surveyor/engineer, I have researched countless records in my working life and all copies, including facsimiles have the caveat, "these are not legal records, and are made available for convenience only -- the legal records are the original recorded documents."