Presidents What Has Been Shot At

From: (Michael P. Reed)

Continuing to the WWII era.

Prez. Shot at Major military Action

Lincoln No? Yes

Actually, Lincoln was a Mexican War veteran, and I can assure you that
John Wilkes Booth did shoot at him.

"Garrison Hilliard" wrote in message
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From: (Michael P. Reed)

Continuing to the WWII era.

Prez. Shot at Major military Action

Lincoln No? Yes

Actually, Lincoln was a Mexican War veteran, and I can assure you that
John Wilkes Booth did shoot at him.

Boy! Do you have history scrambled. During the Mexican War Abraham Lincoln
was a member of the House of Representatives and made a rather famous speech
questioning the legality of that war. He did serve in the Blackhawk War as
a member of the Illinois Militia.

Tex Houston

: Your right about the posts. I'd be interested to see if Johnson was a
: GURL.

Nowadays they are called GENURLs.
But Johnson was a USNR Lt. Cmdr. (he made Commander post war).

regards,
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"Tarver Engineering" wrote...


When is the CinC not Military?

If "CinC" means "Commander in Chief", then when he's the President of the United
States.

If you mean something else in context, please define CinC.

B

: Johnson got a direct commission while a congressman. He was riding in a plane
: that was attacked. His "mission" was bogus, the decorations for it were bogus,
: but the bullets were apparently real.

I wouldn't call the missio "bogus." The aerial missions were very
real, it's just that LBJ volunteered to go along. His being a congresscritter
probably assisted in the process, and he may have done it specifically in
order to fight charges of being 'yellow'. His previous military duties had
been in war production and inspection tours. However, the bullets were ver
real. On the other hand, most agree that Mac was kissing arse when he
handed out that star....
Personally, I think that keeping serving congressfolks out of
uniform is a splendid idea. ISTR that FDR got some flak for making that
decision, but I think it was the right one.

BTW, does anyone know specifically if Nixon was present during a
bombing? Would that get counted as "shot at"? Nixon served on Guadalcanal.
It was right after the pullout of Japanese ground troops, but didn't
Henderson field still get bombed once in a while? He was a supply officer
with the Pacific air forces, but bombs (like rain) fall on all alike....

regards,
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From: "Tex Houston"

"Garrison Hilliard" wrote in message

Prez. Shot at Major military Action

Lincoln No? Yes

Actually, Lincoln was a Mexican War veteran, and I can assure you that
John Wilkes Booth did shoot at him.

Boy! Do you have history scrambled. During the Mexican War Abraham Lincoln
was a member of the House of Representatives and made a rather famous speech
questioning the legality of that war. He did serve in the Blackhawk War as
a member of the Illinois Militia.

You are right, of course... mea culpa! I still maintain that John Wilkes
Booth shot at Lincoln, though! ;-)

Steven James Forsberg wrote:

B

: Johnson got a direct commission while a congressman. He was riding in a plane
: that was attacked. His "mission" was bogus, the decorations for it were bogus,
: but the bullets were apparently real.

I wouldn't call the missio "bogus." The aerial missions were very
real, it's just that LBJ volunteered to go along. His being a congresscritter
probably assisted in the process, and he may have done it specifically in
order to fight charges of being 'yellow'. His previous military duties had
been in war production and inspection tours. However, the bullets were ver
real. On the other hand, most agree that Mac was kissing arse when he
handed out that star....
Personally, I think that keeping serving congressfolks out of
uniform is a splendid idea. ISTR that FDR got some flak for making that
decision, but I think it was the right one.

BTW, does anyone know specifically if Nixon was present during a
bombing? Would that get counted as "shot at"? Nixon served on Guadalcanal.
It was right after the pullout of Japanese ground troops, but didn't
Henderson field still get bombed once in a while? He was a supply officer
with the Pacific air forces, but bombs (like rain) fall on all alike....

regards,
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Since I got so much wrong earlier, I shall nitpickingly ( wait till the spell checker
sees that one! ) defend myself. I said "His" mission was bogus, not "The" mission,
on purpose, because I see the story the same way you do.

Bob.

Garrison Hilliard wrote:

From: (Michael P. Reed)

Continuing to the WWII era.

Prez. Shot at Major military Action

Lincoln No? Yes

Actually, Lincoln was a Mexican War veteran, and I can assure you that
John Wilkes Booth did shoot at him.

Lincoln was the last President of the United States to directly observe a
"battle"

(Fort Stevens) it spawned a famous incident

It was here that the president's distinctive top hat became a likely
target for Confederate sharpshooters as he peered over the breastworks.
Colonel Holmes was said to have minced few words with Lincoln when he
pulled him down and barked, "Get down, you fool!"

Vince

Cub Driver wrote in message . ..
Ford Yes ( in an impersonal way )

He was shot at by Squeaky From. That was pretty personal.



Gerald Ford actually had two would-be assassins. Squeaky Fromme and
Sarah Jane Moore in two separate incidents. Both were Manson family
morons, AFAIK.

Johnson got a direct commission while a congressman. He was riding in a plane
that was attacked. His "mission" was bogus, the decorations for it were bogus,
but the bullets were apparently real.

No, the bullets weren't real. Johnson's plane turned back early and
was never part of the mission as accomplished. Quoting here, referring
to Martin Caiden's "The Mission" upon which all these accounts are
based:

The passage was a gripping account of courage under fire -- except,
according to the sole surviving crew member -- it was pure fiction.

"No way," said retired Army Staff Sgt. Bob Marshall. "No, that story
was made up, put in there in my mind by the author of the book. 'Cause
we never seen Zero, was never attacked. Nothing."



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