Pearl harbor in december of 1941, he wanted to do his part, so he enlisted in the united states navy on his 18th birthday. on receiving his wings, he became the nation s youngest naval aviator and was sent to the south pacific where his story almost ended. september 1944 on a bombing raid over cheechajima, his aircraft was hit, his engine caught fire, but still managed to hit his target before baling out and being rescued by american forces after some four hours at sea. all told, he flew 58 combat missions. and he earned the distinguished flying cross, which would have been enough honor for any american life. but george herbert walker bush was just getting started. after he came home, he staked his claim to a booming post war america by making a name for himself in the oil business. for four years, he walked these
1941, he wanted to do his part so he enuloused in the united states navy on he enlisted in the united states navy on his 18th birthday. he became the nation s youngest naval aviator and was sent to the south pacific where his story almost ended. september 1944 on a bombing raid over chich ijima, his aircraft was hit, his engine caught fire, he still managed to hit his target before bailing out and being rescued by american forces after some four hours at sea. all told he flew 58 combat missions and for his bravery under fire he earned the distinguished flying cross which would have been enough honor for any american life, but george herbert walker bush was just getting started. after he came home he staked his claim to a booming post war america by making a name for himself in the oil business. for four years he walked these halls as a congressman from
High school. after the japanese attacked pearl harbor in december 1941, he wanted to do his part, so, he enlisted in the united states navy on his 18th birthday. on receiving his wings, he became the nation s youngest naval aviator, and was sent to the south pacific, where his story almost ended. september 1944, on a bombing raid, his aircraft was hit. his engine caught fire. but he still managed to hit his target before bailing out and being rescued by american forces after some four hours at sea. all told, he flew 58 combat missions, and for his bravery under fly, he earned the distinguished flying cross, which would have been enough honor for any american life, but george herbert walker bush was just getting started. after he came home, he staked his claim to a booming post-war america by making a name for himself in the oil business. for four years, he walked these
I think about him and senator dole for instance, as two people. george h.w. bush is another one. they lost presidential elections, but they knew because of their life experience that losing a presidential election was not the worst thing that could happen to you. the worst thing that could happen to you is being taken captive in vietnam or losing the use of your right arm on a hill in italy or being shot down out of the sky in the pacific in september 1944 as president bush was. they had a acceptance of context and bigness in the possibilities and we are going to miss that, i think, very very much because that created a sense of perspective and a sense of proportion about what unfolds every day and every hour in our politics. though he never reached the heights of presidential politics in terms of a presidential win, you know, jon, i think for the most part he will be held up on a similar pedestal. not a presidential one, but just right next to it and maybe just
Jenna: this is quite a story, a war hero, a missing metal of honor, and the new effort to find it. marine veteran art jackson received the medal from president truman for bravery during a bloody world war ii battle in the pacific. the metal was stolen. the man claims he had the metal and returned it to jackson. it turns out it is a fake. at 88 years of age jackson wants to see his medal one time more before he dies. this is one of the stories where you really hope that someone does the right thing. it was september 1944 that bloody battle, where arthur jackson showed extraordinary valor, single-handedly taking out 12 japanese bunkers and killing 50 enemy soldiers. he received the medal of honor