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To: ConservativeMan55

For those who are wondering - the push truck has been decorated to honor President Bush’s (41) aircraft and carrier from his days as a Naval Aviator in WWII.

VT-51 was Avenger squadron (he was an Avenger pilot)

CVL-30 - USS San Jacinto was his ship


11 posted on 05/27/2009 11:41:19 AM PDT by BlueNgold (... Feed the tree!)
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To: BlueNgold

“LTJG BUSH” painted in the ... uhh ... “cockpit” of the push truck.


13 posted on 05/27/2009 11:45:01 AM PDT by ArrogantBustard (Western Civilization is Aborting, Buggering, and Contracepting itself out of existence.)
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To: BlueNgold

“LTJG BUSH” painted in the ... uhh ... “cockpit” of the push truck.


14 posted on 05/27/2009 11:45:06 AM PDT by ArrogantBustard (Western Civilization is Aborting, Buggering, and Contracepting itself out of existence.)
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To: BlueNgold

Also, push driver’s helmet bears the number “41”.


15 posted on 05/27/2009 11:45:48 AM PDT by ArrogantBustard (Western Civilization is Aborting, Buggering, and Contracepting itself out of existence.)
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To: BlueNgold
Everyone should have to read "Flyboys" and see what GHW Bush gave up to be the youngest fighter pilot in the Navy. His character and sacrifice really make him an example of the "Greatest Generation" (part deux).

Our incredible guys in the middle east continue that legacy today.

22 posted on 05/27/2009 11:49:21 AM PDT by Deb (Beat him, strip him and bring him to my tent!)
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To: BlueNgold; Moose4

OK, I wondered why the truck he was in was a different color, and why it had USS San Jacinto on it. Nice tributes to Poppy Bush’s WWII career.


31 posted on 05/27/2009 12:21:25 PM PDT by SuziQ
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