Just the facts
 

"It's well documented that George W. Bush never showed up for National
Guard duty for a period of approximately one year, possibly more, in
1972-1973."

AWOL: absent for 30 days or less.

Desertion: absent for more than 30 days with evidence of no intent to
return to duty.

MORE INFO IS HERE: http://www.awolbush.com/

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Official military documents regarding George W Bush are here:
http://users.cis.net/coldfeet/document.htm

Details of those documents are in an article here:
http://www.tompaine.com/feature.cfm/ID/3671

Boston Globe article on Bush AWOL is here: One-year gap in Bush's
National Guard duty
No record of airman at drills from 1972-73 [LINK]

Numerous articles on Bush AWOL/Deserter from Michael Moore's site are here:
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/message/index.php

Bushwatch articles on Bush AWOL are here:
http://bushwatch.org/bushgate2.htm

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Pictures of official documents:

Bush not only was AWOL, but after 30 days he was officially a deserter
from the military.
Original Document: http://www.awolbush.com/images/doc28_sm.gif

After 30 days George Bush was reported missing, after another few
months, on Aug 1 1972 George Bush had his flying rights officially
suspended.
Original Document: http://www.awolbush.com/grounded-sm.gif