George H.W. Bush, the 41st president of the United States,
joined the Navy in 1942 at age 18 and became the youngest
naval pilot at the time. During World War II, he served as a
torpedo bomber assigned to the USS San Jacinto. He was
awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross and three Air Medals
during his service.
After the war ended, he attended
Yale University, graduating in 1948, and began an oil
business in Texas. He became involved in national politics
in 1967, when he was elected to the U.S. House of
Representatives as a representative from Texas' 7th
District.
He served as ambassador to the United
Nations, chairman of the Republican National Committee and
director of the CIA before running for the Republican
presidential nomination in 1980. He lost his bid to Ronald
Reagan, but was selected as his running mate and served two
terms as vice president.
He was elected the 41st
president of the United States in 1989 and lived to see his
son, George W. Bush, sworn in as president in 2001.
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