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becker. she is the author of the book, the man i knew: the amazing story of george h.w. bush s post presidency. also with us, historian jon meacham, who is also a biographer of the late president. it s good to have you both on this memorial day. gene, thank you so much for being with us. i can t look at your title, the man i knew and not think of a 1988 op-ed i remember called the george bush i knew, after it was newsweek that had some ridiculous cover, talking about the wimp factor and other people trying to tear this man down. somebody that had known bush a long time talked about riding with him in a plane where the door flew open, everybody panicked, he quietly reached over, closed the door, talked about walking out of a big contributor in west texas that was going to give him a ton of money, but wouldn t do it
forward and soon it was a lot of smoke. it was a traumatic experience, but no different than a lot of kids went through in world war ii. and that s the point i want to make. because people, you know, talk about, i m your hero. there s nothing heroic about doing your duty, trying to serve with honor. and there s nothing heroic about getting shot down. i always wonder how they honor you if you ve been shot down, but if you land your plane safely back on the ship, you re just another pilot. that was president h.w. bush recounting his harrowing world war ii experience when the plane he was piloting was shot down over japan. bush later returned after his presidency, which our next guest describes at length in her new book. joining us now, former chief of staff to george h.w. bush, gene
Minnesota man was both priest and mayor, and ahead of his time
Worth Knowing: Civil rights, access to birth control, ecumenism, climate change Denny Becker would take a stand on, and connect the Scriptures to, each of these and more. Becker, 86, died this month at his Garfield, Minn., home . Written By: Matthew Guerry | ×
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