"Jarg" wrote in message
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"ArtKramr" wrote in message
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As this list shows, nearly half of the presidents did not serve in a war,
including FDR and Thomas Jefferson.

Jarg

Presidents who served in wars
a.. George Washington - Commander in Chief of Continental Army during
the
American Revolution.
b.. James Monroe - served in American Revolution
c.. Andrew Jackson - American Revolution, War of 1812, First Seminole
War
d.. William Henry Harrison - Indian wars in the NW territory, War of
1812
e.. John Tyler - War of 1812
f.. Zachary Taylor - War of 1812, Black Hawk, Second Seminole, and
Mexican
wars
g.. Franklin Pierce - Mexican War
h.. James Buchanan - War of 1812
i.. Abraham Lincoln - Black Hawk War
j.. Andrew Johnson - Civil War
k.. Ulysses Grant - Mexican War, Civil War
l.. Rutherford Hayes - Civil War
m.. James Garfield - Civil War
n.. Chester Arthur - Civil War
o.. Benjamin Harrison - Civil War
p.. William McKinley - Civil War
q.. Theodore Roosevelt - Spanish-American War
r.. Harry Truman - WWI
s.. Dwight Eisenhower - WWII General
t.. John Kennedy - WWII
u.. Lyndon Johnson - WWII
v.. Richard Nixon - WWII
w.. Gerald Ford - WWII
x.. George Bush - WWII

Putting LBJ in the above list is sort of a sad joke.

Brooks

Presidents who were in the military but who saw no action
a.. James Madison
b.. James Polk
c.. Millard Fillmore
d.. Jimmy Carter
e.. Ronald Reagan - kept out of combat due to bad eyesight
f.. George W. Bush

Presidents with no military experience
a.. John Adams
b.. Thomas Jefferson
c.. John Quincy Adams
d.. Martin Van Buren
e.. Grover Cleveland
f.. William Taft
g.. Woodrow Wilson
h.. Warren Harding
i.. Calvin Coolidge
j.. Herbert Hoover
k.. Franklin Roosevelt
l.. Bill Clinton