George H. W. Bush

Early Career

What did he do after his high school graduation?

After the attack on Pearl Harbor in December 1941, Bush decided to join the navy when he finished high school. He became the navy’s youngest aviator at age eighteen. He flew more than fifty combat missions—including at least one from which he barely survived—and earned numerous medals, including the Distinguished Flying Cross and several Air Medals.



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