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As an interesting aside, George McGovern, who ran against Nixon (and was
trounced, of course) on a strong anti-war platform during Vietnam, was a war
hero during WWII. During his campaign he expressley refused to allow his
military service to be discussed, or, more importantly, compared to Nixon's.

Bushs father did not want his WWII service to be used for political advantage
during his campaign. He recently hosted a show about B-25 pilots in Burma.
To this day I still surprise people with the fact that both Bushs were pilots.
A lot of people really havent heard it before.