Sabrejet Posted November 6, 2012 Share #1 Posted November 6, 2012 Given that today is a "significant" one for the American people, I was prompted to do a little on-line research on American Presidents past/present. As you will see from the link below, quite a high percentage of them once served in some capacity in the military. I think my "favourite" would have to be "Ike" as he became your 34th President just a couple of weeks after my birth! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Presidents_of_the_United_States_by_military_service Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uplandmod Posted November 6, 2012 Share #2 Posted November 6, 2012 I dig on this link as well.. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_Presidents_by_military_rank Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabrejet Posted November 6, 2012 Author Share #3 Posted November 6, 2012 Arguably, some of your greatest Presidents had a military background going right back to George Washington himself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blitzbuggy12 Posted November 6, 2012 Share #4 Posted November 6, 2012 I have seen a few quotes from some of Lyndon Johnsons' contemporaries that LBJ's Silver Star was "one of the most undeserved in history". I dont know much about LBJ but I guess there was/is some questions about the circumstances of the events that earned him the award. Harry Truman...give em hell Harry. I'd like to learn more about his service in WWI, I know he was in the FA of the 35th Division. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aef1917 Posted November 6, 2012 Share #5 Posted November 6, 2012 Arguably, some of your greatest Presidents had a military background going right back to George Washington himself. Also some of the worst. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
12thengr Posted November 6, 2012 Share #6 Posted November 6, 2012 Read; "The Soldier From Independence", A Military Biography of Harry Truman, by D.M. Giangreco. Good account of his service in the great war. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluehawk Posted November 6, 2012 Share #7 Posted November 6, 2012 Most interesting is that only James Buchanan served in the enlisted ranks, of all who served. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabrejet Posted November 6, 2012 Author Share #8 Posted November 6, 2012 Here are a few... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabrejet Posted November 6, 2012 Author Share #9 Posted November 6, 2012 Cont'd.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabrejet Posted November 6, 2012 Author Share #10 Posted November 6, 2012 Number 1! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RustyCanteen Posted November 6, 2012 Share #11 Posted November 6, 2012 Harry Truman...give em hell Harry. I'd like to learn more about his service in WWI, I know he was in the FA of the 35th Division. That would be Battery D, 129th F.A., specifically. http://www.trumanlib...ew.php?id=12587 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teufelhund Posted November 6, 2012 Share #12 Posted November 6, 2012 Read; "The Soldier From Independence", A Military Biography of Harry Truman, by D.M. Giangreco. Good account of his service in the great war. Read also THE COLLAPSE AT MEUSE-ARGONNE ( By Robert H Ferrell) The Failure of the Missouri- Kansas Division ( 35th Division). This Division has been sent to the slaughterhouse, unprepared, without any combat experience (exception made of some training weeks in a very quite sector in upper ALSACE- Gerardmer ) where I had some skying some years ago , Not a single engagement during the Saint Mihiel offensive (Division kept in reserve) , and last but not least , they were under the command of a VERY uncompetent leader ( Peter E Traub) and of other (recently arrived ) Army officers who replaced the USNG ones . A later ( 1919 -1920) Congressional enquiry about the case did not succeed to establish any responsability for this faillure. They nevertheless are the HEROES OF THE ARGONNE for me, since I spent a lot of time in the MONTREBEAU wood and in the EXERMONT area. One of my favorite WWI division anyway. TEUFELHUND Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabrejet Posted November 6, 2012 Author Share #13 Posted November 6, 2012 Harry S. Truman in WW1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hink441 Posted November 6, 2012 Share #14 Posted November 6, 2012 Here is one of my favorites; Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluehawk Posted November 6, 2012 Share #15 Posted November 6, 2012 Honest Abe, during the Blackhawk War: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vostoktrading Posted November 6, 2012 Share #16 Posted November 6, 2012 Ian, George Washington was sort of in the British Army before he served in the US Army. In his early 20's he served in the Virginia Militia and was attached to British General Braddock's disastrous expedition against the French in 1755. I think this expedition had two far reaching lessons for the American Militiamen involved. It gave them experience working within a large British unit and it showed that a large British unit could be beaten by a few Frenchmen and some native Americans fighting in an unconventional way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluehawk Posted November 6, 2012 Share #17 Posted November 6, 2012 Lt Dubya, USAFNG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squad leader Posted November 6, 2012 Share #18 Posted November 6, 2012 Here is one of my favorites; Me too! "Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far" (Teddy Roosevelt) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabrejet Posted November 6, 2012 Author Share #19 Posted November 6, 2012 Richard Nixon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabrejet Posted November 6, 2012 Author Share #20 Posted November 6, 2012 Lyndon B. Johnson...another navy man! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabrejet Posted November 6, 2012 Author Share #21 Posted November 6, 2012 Lt. James Earle Carter, USN. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vostoktrading Posted November 6, 2012 Share #22 Posted November 6, 2012 George H.W. Bush. Father of "W" above. He was the 41st President. He served in WW2 as a Navy pilot, flying TBM Avenger torpedo bombers. He was shot down near Chichijima September 1944. Here is a picture of him being picked up by a US submarine from that action. He was also a pretty good ball player. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garandomatic Posted November 6, 2012 Share #23 Posted November 6, 2012 Kids at school asked me who I was voting for. I told them Ike and Truman. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabrejet Posted November 6, 2012 Author Share #24 Posted November 6, 2012 Gerald Ford. There must be something about navy men?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabrejet Posted November 6, 2012 Author Share #25 Posted November 6, 2012 Kids at school asked me who I was voting for. I told them Ike and Truman. Would that be Ike and Tina Truman? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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