Right? Papers that were good enough for the US Army or USAF are insufficient for the Indiana BMV. Fortunately, yours was someplace nearby and you could phone-a-friend to get this taken care of. If I need another Counsular Report of Birth Abroad, I'd have to write off to the Department of State, pay $50, and wait however long it takes the bureaucracy to find a document from 1960.
State Department? Nuff said, they suck.