notice, but i almost fainteder t from excitement. 16, 17, 18 you were 17 then. 17. you were 16. 189 next day. 18 the next day. that s like a song. you were 16. i was 17 i don t think they reink interested. two teen-agers in love with wars in europe and the pacific, the future did not look bright. bush joined his fellow americans and enlisted as soon as he turned 18. he earned his wings and became the youngest pilot in the navy at the time. we wouldn t hear from you forever. and his mother and father were t wonderful and i had a brothereru who was overseas. i had a brother-in-law who wasei overseas. but it was different. different times. greg bush flew off carriers. the targets of his 58 bombingrs. missions were japanesear installations on smallge islands