[maine-iac7]

He became the youngest pilot in the Navy at the time, receiving his commission and naval aviator wings before his 19th birthday.

Bush flew the Avenger torpedo bomber in combat from the carrier USS San Jacinto. During an attack on enemy installations near Chichi Jima in September 1944, his plane was hit by enemy fire while making a bombing run. Although the plane was on fire and heavily damaged, he completed a strafing run on the target before bailing out of the doomed aircraft. Bush parachuted into the sea and was later rescued by the Navy submarine USS Finback

with the Japanese hot on his heels...

Ever see a book about it? A movie? A TV special?

Of course not = he's a republican

[ReignOfError]

Ever see a book about it? A movie? A TV special?

Well, aside from A Fyboy's Story (CNN), Flight of the Avenger and George Bush: His World War II Years, you've got a point.