Date of birth:

June 12th, 1924 (Milton/Massachusetts, United States)

Date of death:

November 30th, 2018 (Houston/Texas, United States)

Buried on:

President Bush Library Burial Site

Nationality:

American

George H.W. Bush was the son to Prescott Sheldon Bush and Dorothy (Walker) Bush. He married Barbara Pierce on January 6th, 1945. From January 20th, 1989 until January 20th, 1993 he served as the 41st President of the United States. His oldes child, George Walker Bush later became the 43rd President of the United States.

During the Second World War he flew a total of 58 operational sorties.

Promotions:
June 9th, 1943: Ensign;
August 1st, 1944: Lieutenant (junior grade)

Career:
?: Greenwich Country Day School, Greenwich;
1936: Phillips Academy, Andover, Massachusetts;
1942: U.S. Navy;
June 9th, 1943: United States Naval Reserve, Naval Air Station Corpus Christi;
September 1943: photographic officer/pilot Torpedo Squadron (VT-51);
?: Norfolk Navy Base;
?: Torpedo Squadron VT-153;
1946 - 1948: Yale University;
? Sales Clerk Dresser Industries;
1951: Bush-Overbey Oil Development Company;
1954 - 1964: President Zapata Offshore Company;
1964: Chairman Republican Party Harris County, Texas;
1966: House of Representatives;
1971: Ambassador to the United Nations;
1973: Chairman Republican National Committee;
?: Chief U.S. Liaison Office People's Republic of China;
January 30th, 1976 - January 20th, 1977: Director Central Intelligence (DCI);
1977: Chairman Executive Committee First International Bank, Houston;
1977 - 1979: Director Council on Foreign Relations foreign policy organization
1978: Professor Administrative Science, Rice University's Jones School of Business;
1981 - 1989: Vice President United States;
1989 - 1993: President of the United States.

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Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Lieutenant (junior grade)

Unit:

Torpedo Bombing Squadron 51 (VTB-51), U.S.S. San Jacinto (CVL-30), U.S. Navy

Awarded on:

September 13th, 1946

Citation:
"For heroism and extraordinary achievement in aerial flight as Pilot of a Torpedo Plane in Torpedo Squadron FIFTY ONE, attached to the U.S.S. San Jacinto, in action against enemy Japanese forces in the vicinity of the Bonin Islands, on September 2, 1944. Leading one section of a four-plane division in a strike against a radio station, Lieutenant, Junior Grade, Bush pressed home an attack in the face of intense antiaircraft fire. Although his plane was hit and set afire at the beginning of his dive, he continued his plunge toward the target and succeeded in scoring damaging bomb hits before bailing out of the craft. His courage and devotion to duty were in keeping with the highest traditions of the United States Naval Reserve."

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Second Air Medal received as a golden star to be placed on the ribbon of the first Air Medal.

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Third Air Medal received as a second golden star to be placed on the ribbon of the first Air Medal.

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

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