From AOL.COM
More than 38 years after being removed from command and demoted for allowing unauthorized bombing, a U.S. Air Force general has been cleared of wrongdoing and had his rank posthumously reinstated.
Air Force Gen. John Lavelle was blamed for allowing unauthorized strikes in North Vietnam and for allegedly falsifying reports related to the strikes. He was removed from command and demoted two ranks in 1972 after an inspector general investigation concluded the rules of engagement had been violated.
In tapes released in 2007, President Richard Nixon expresses remorse for scapegoating Air Force Gen. John Lavelle, here in Vietnam in 1972, but in public he condemned Lavelle…
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