Is this one of the oddest military retirement documents ever?

This is a document certifying the retirement from the Army of Sergeant Major Henry Gettman, my father, issued in 2004, twenty-one years after my dad passed away and thirty-three years after he retired. The certificate, a DD 363A, which didn't exist until August 1999, is dated 17 December 1971 and signed by Chief of Staff of the Army Gen. Eric Shinseki, who wasn't Chief of Staff of the Army when this was issued. My former troop commander from the 2d Armored Cavalry Regiment, Pete Schoomaker was.

Here is the story....my dad was retired in 1971 while a sergeant major with 37 years service. He was retired as a first lieutenant though because of a battlefield commission he received during WW II. It really pissed my dad off but he thought there was nothing he could do and went along with the program.

In 2003 I contacted the Department of the Army Board for Correction of Military Records, sending them a 72 page letter detailing my dad's career and explaining how it was a slap in the face to retire him as first lieutenant. The board agreed and his retirement rank was changed in 2004. Shown here is the new certificate, the original certificate, and part of the letter from DoA.