"Ward C. Douglas" wrote:

wrote in message ...
Compiling the list just for fun.
(Snipped alot of interesting stuff)

Service academy graduates 0 yes 2 no

Army/AF vets 0 yes 4 no
Navy 4 yes 2 no

Conclusions: Damfino

Maybe there isn't a real pattern.

Bob McKellar


Service Academy graduates, don't you mean 2 yes (President Eisenhower - West
Point & President Carter - USNA)

And I don't understand your VETs info. Just to confirm;

Navy- Presidents, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, Ford, Carter, George Bush
Army - Presidents, Truman (NG), Eisenhower, Reagan (R)
AF - President, GW Bush (NG)

* NG & R represent original service, were Presidents Bush, Kennedy, and
Johnson USN or USNR? Kinda have a reference for the USNR, being one myself.

We're prob saying the same I'm just missing it. Also interesting;

Branches;
Army; Infantry - Eisenhower
Cavalry - Reagan (then PAO)
Artillery (Red Leg) - Truman
Navy; Aviator - Bush
Surface - Ford, Kennedy (originally INTEL)
Submariner - Carter
Supply - Nixon
Air Force; Pilot (Fighter) - GW Bush

Pretty broad range of communities.

Anybody know what LBJs designator was?

v/r
Ward

The yes and no referred to getting shot at. I found it interesting that neither
of the two academy guys ever got shot at. I don't think it particularly means
anything, but it is interesting.

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.

BTW, most posts around here with the slightest tinge of politics begin with a
conclusion and work backwards for evidence. This one was actually done without
any predisposition, motivated principally by beer and boredom last night.

Bob