Bush Sr. Dies at 94: Cold War President Remembered
George H. W. Bush was the last American president to have flown in combat — 58 combat missions as a Navy pilot in World War II, shot down once over Chichi Jima, rescued from the Pacific by a submarine. He served as CIA director, vice president for eight years, and then president from 1989 to 1993. He managed the end of the Cold War, the Gulf War, and German reunification. He lost to Bill Clinton in 1992 running for re-election during a recession. He died in November 2018 at 94.
November 30, 2018
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