RIP Mr. President thread....

[KFC911]

I reckon you went to PARF.... this is just a news flash....

Sorry for the misleading title.....GHWB RIP

[DanielDudley]

[Chocaholic]

94 is a good run. We should all do as well. RIP.

[sand_man]

Um yeah, when I first saw the title of this thread, I immediately checked my news feed to see if it was true. And he's still alive and POTUS. Gonna stop there and not PARF it up...

RIP, George.

[beatnavy]

I saw the news this morning when I got up and it gave me pause, because I had a dream about him, and when he might pass and join his wife, at some point while I was still sleeping early this morning. Why? Who knows? Why do we dream about anything...?

He was the speaker at my graduation / commissioning. He was VP but running for President at the time. He was only supposed to shake hands and hand out diplomas to the top 5% of the class (about 50 cadets), but he stuck it out and did that for 900+ of us.

I think he was good, honorable man. RIP, sir.

[steve185]

I had the honor of being on his guard detail while he was visiting New Brunswick, got to meet him.
When he arrived there were 5 or 6 TBM Avengers on the runway that were converted to water bombers, he was quite interested. He also made sure to personally thank the mechanic servicing his plane.

[Por_sha911]

I had respect for HW. He treated the office of the POTUS with respect and honor but he also had a sense of humor and enjoyed Dana Carvey's impersonations:

[Jims5543]

Running a period correct bumper sticker on my 91.



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[WPOZZZ]

He was so in love with his wife of 73 years, I'm sure it broke his heart when she passed. They are together again for eternity. RIP President George H.W. Bush.

[onewhippedpuppy]

RIP to a good man.

[Bob Kontak]

Originally Posted by onewhippedpuppy

RIP to a good man.

+1

RIP, Mr. President.

[URY914]

What a life he had.

[Por_sha911]

Originally Posted by WPOZZZ

He was so in love with his wife of 73 years, I'm sure it broke his heart when she passed. They are together again for eternity. RIP President George H.W. Bush.

[Tobra]

Joe that is perfect

[Baz]

[Scott Douglas]

Originally Posted by Tobra

Joe that is perfect

+1, I didn't know they'd lost a daughter until I saw a documentary on his life on CSNBC the other night.

[gatotom]

RIP, Mr President, a most honorable man.

[sammyg2]

The United States formally entered World War II in December 1941, following Japan's surprise attack on Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. Six months later, Bush enlisted into the U.S. Navy[4] immediately after he graduated from Phillips Academy on his eighteenth birthday. He became a naval aviator, taking training for aircraft carrier operations aboard USS Sable.[3][5] After completing the 10-month course, he was commissioned as an ensign in the United States Naval Reserve at Naval Air Station Corpus Christi on June 9, 1943 (just three days before his 19th birthday), which made him one of the youngest aviators in the U.S. Navy.[4]

In September 1943, he was assigned to Torpedo Squadron 51 (VT-51) as the photographic officer.[4] The following year, his squadron was based in USS San Jacinto as a member of Air Group 51, where his lanky physique earned him the nickname "Skin".[6] During this time, the task force was victorious in one of the largest air battles of World War II: the Battle of the Philippine Sea.[4]

Bush in his Grumman TBM Avenger aboard USS San Jacinto in 1944




After Bush's promotion to lieutenant (junior grade) on August 1, 1944, San Jacinto commenced operations against the Japanese in the Bonin Islands. Bush piloted one of four Grumman TBM Avengers of VT-51 that attacked the Japanese installations on Chichijima.[7] His crew for the mission, which occurred on September 2, 1944, included Radioman Second Class John Delaney and Lt.(jg) William White.[4] Although his aircraft was hit by flak during the attack, Bush successfully released bombs and scored several hits.[4] With his engine ablaze, Bush flew several miles from the island, where he and one other crew member bailed out;[8] the other man's parachute did not open.[4] Bush waited for four hours in an inflated raft, while several fighters circled protectively overhead, until he was rescued by the submarine USS Finback.[4]






For the next month, he remained in Finback and participated in the rescue of other aviators. Several of those shot down during the attack were executed, and their livers were eaten by their captors.[9] This experience shaped Bush profoundly, leading him to ask, "Why had I been spared and what did God have for me?"[10]

In November 1944, Bush returned to San Jacinto and participated in operations in the Philippines until his squadron was replaced and sent home to the United States. Through 1944, he flew 58 combat missions[8] for which he received the Distinguished Flying Cross, three Air Medals, and the Presidential Unit Citation awarded to San Jacinto.[4] Bush was then reassigned to a training wing for torpedo bomber crews at Norfolk Navy Base, Virginia. His final assignment was to a new torpedo squadron, VT-153, based at Naval Air Station Grosse Ile, Michigan. Bush was honorably discharged from the U.S. Navy in September 1945, one month after the surrender of Japan.[11]

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[72doug2,2S]

RIP Mr. President

[sammyg2]