Our last President to have served in WWII.
RIP, Sailor.
Bush was one of 10 presidents who served in WWII (FDR, Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, Ford, Carter, Reagan, Bush), five of whom were sailors (Kennedy, Nixon, Ford, Carter, Bush).
In comparison, eight presidents served in the Civil War (Lincoln, Johnson, Grant, Hayes, Garfield, Arthur, Harrison, McKinley) and five served om the Revolution (Washington, Jefferson, Madison, Monroe, Jackson). None of the presidents who served in these earlier wars were sailors.
Interesting that Carter was in college in 1941 to 1943 when he entered the Naval Academy graduating in 1946. Why was he not drafted in 1942? Were there college deferments back then?