President George Herbert Walker Bush enlisted in the U.S. Navy on his 18th birthday. During his service, he flew a total of 58 missions as a combat pilot, including one that nearly cost him his life.

President George H.W. Bush, who died on Nov. 30, survived two crashes while in the Navy. ... A nd so passes George Herbert Walker Bush, the last American President to face combat.

— -- George Walker Bush, the nation's 43rd president, was born in New Haven, Conn., on July 6, 1946. He is the eldest of six children born to the 41st president, George Herbert Walker Bush ...

Over the course of the life of George Walker Bush, his name and all it symbolizes have been defining features. Time and again, opportunity–inextricably linked with being a Bush–knocked, and ...

It was into this world that Bush came in the summer of 1968. His military records show that, with long waiting lists for many Guard units around the country, he jumped into the Air Guard and the ...

Excerpt – Military Service of George H.W. Bush Served in the U.S. Navy from 1942-1945, primarily flying torpedo bombers against Japanese forces in the Pacific.

The past and future of the Bush political dynasty 04:53. Former President George H.W. Bush's political life was part of a robust family legacy. His father, Prescott Bush, was a U.S. senator from ...

1. George Herbert Walker Bush was born on June 12, 1924, in Massachusetts, into a wealthy and politically active family. His parents were Dorothy Walker Bush and Prescott Sheldon Bush, a former U ...

State funeral services for former President George H.W. Bush, who died on Nov. 30 at the age of 94, were held on Wednesday at the Washington National Cathedral George H.W. Bush‘s granddaughters ...

— -- Former President George W. Bush charged $100,000 to speak at a charity fundraiser for U.S. military veterans severely wounded in Iraq and Afghanistan, and former First Lady Laura Bush ...