Air Force Board Failed to Perform
The Air Force Board did not perform as Chairman Baseman had said that it would, under his administration as Chairman. He said that there would not be a tie vote because he would cast his vote to break any tie vote. Two members of the Board voted to make the change to award 100% of the credit to Rex Barber; two members, Mr. Kaiser and Dr. Gold, recommended leaving the findings as half credit for each pilot; Chairman Baseman declined to cast the deciding vote. He later said that he thought that he had cast a vote by his characterization of the proceedings. Mr. Kaiser made a long, scathing review of the entire process based on information, as mentioned above, that he gained outside the hearing and was not subject to examination by the full Board or by Rex Barber and his attorney.
Letter from Leroy Baseman, Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Panel Chairman, Air Force Board for the Corrections of Military Records
Minority Opinion of Herbert Kaiser, Jr.
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