1 00:00:02,000 --> 00:00:05,100 Former President George H.W. Bush 2 00:00:05,100 --> 00:00:07,500 is dead 3 00:00:07,500 --> 00:00:12,200 He was born June 12, 1924 in Milton Massachusetts 4 00:00:12,200 --> 00:00:14,429 He graduated from Phillips Academy in 5 00:00:14,429 --> 00:00:17,279 Andover, Massachusetts on his 18th birthday 6 00:00:17,279 --> 00:00:20,500 in 1942 and immediately joined the Navy 7 00:00:20,500 --> 00:00:23,609 Bush earned his wings in June 1943 with 8 00:00:23,609 --> 00:00:26,250 World War II raging. He was the youngest 9 00:00:26,250 --> 00:00:28,660 pilot in the navy at the time 10 00:00:28,660 --> 00:00:31,260 The future president flew torpedo bombers off the 11 00:00:31,260 --> 00:00:34,410 USS San Jacinto in the Pacific. He was 12 00:00:34,410 --> 00:00:36,090 awarded the distinguished Flying Cross 13 00:00:36,090 --> 00:00:40,170 for a mission over Chichijima in 1944 14 00:00:40,220 --> 00:00:42,000 Even though his plane was hit by anti- 15 00:00:42,000 --> 00:00:44,700 aircraft fire, he completed his bombing 16 00:00:44,700 --> 00:00:47,040 run before turning to the sea 17 00:00:47,040 --> 00:00:48,840 Bush managed to bail out of the burning 18 00:00:48,840 --> 00:00:52,020 aircraft but both his crewmen died 19 00:00:52,020 --> 00:00:55,230 The submarine USS Finback (SS-230) rescued him 20 00:00:55,230 --> 00:00:57,590 On January 6, 1945 21 00:00:57,590 --> 00:01:00,410 Bush married Barbara Pierce of Rye, New York 22 00:01:00,460 --> 00:01:02,160 They had six children 23 00:01:02,160 --> 00:01:06,640 George, Robin, Jeb, Neil, Marvin and Dorothy 24 00:01:06,720 --> 00:01:09,320 After the war Bush attended Yale and 25 00:01:09,320 --> 00:01:12,560 graduated Phi Beta Kappa in 1948 26 00:01:12,720 --> 00:01:14,820 He and his wife moved to Texas where he 27 00:01:14,920 --> 00:01:16,220 entered the oil business 28 00:01:16,229 --> 00:01:18,119 Bush served in the US House of 29 00:01:18,120 --> 00:01:22,020 Representatives from 1966 to 1970 30 00:01:22,060 --> 00:01:25,880 In 1971, then President Richard Nixon named Bush as 31 00:01:25,880 --> 00:01:28,560 U.S. ambassador to the United Nations 32 00:01:28,560 --> 00:01:30,620 where he served until becoming chairman of the 33 00:01:30,630 --> 00:01:34,409 Republican National Committee in 1973 34 00:01:34,409 --> 00:01:37,720 In October 1974, President Gerald R. Ford 35 00:01:37,720 --> 00:01:40,320 named Bush Chief of the U.S. Liaison 36 00:01:40,320 --> 00:01:43,520 office in Beijing, and in 1976 37 00:01:43,520 --> 00:01:45,260 Ford appointed him to be the director 38 00:01:45,270 --> 00:01:48,360 of Central Intelligence. In 1980 Bush ran 39 00:01:48,360 --> 00:01:49,770 for the Republican Presidential 40 00:01:49,770 --> 00:01:52,079 nomination. Ronald Reagan won the 41 00:01:52,079 --> 00:01:54,419 primaries and secured the nomination 42 00:01:54,420 --> 00:01:57,380 and he selected Bush as his running mate 43 00:01:57,460 --> 00:01:59,720 On January 20th, 1981, Bush was 44 00:01:59,729 --> 00:02:02,009 sworn in for the first of two terms as 45 00:02:02,009 --> 00:02:04,560 Vice-President. The Republicans selected 46 00:02:04,560 --> 00:02:07,090 Bush as Presidential nominee in 47 00:02:07,090 --> 00:02:10,629 1988. Bush became the 41st President of 48 00:02:10,629 --> 00:02:13,150 the United States and presided over the 49 00:02:13,150 --> 00:02:15,700 victory of the West. During his tenure 50 00:02:15,700 --> 00:02:18,430 the Berlin Wall a symbol of communist 51 00:02:18,430 --> 00:02:21,129 depression since 1961 fell 52 00:02:21,129 --> 00:02:23,799 before the appeal of freedom. The nations 53 00:02:23,799 --> 00:02:25,569 of Eastern Europe withdrew from the 54 00:02:25,569 --> 00:02:27,400 warsaw pact and freely elected 55 00:02:27,400 --> 00:02:31,239 democracies began taking hold. In 1989 56 00:02:31,239 --> 00:02:33,700 Bush ordered the US military into Panama 57 00:02:33,700 --> 00:02:35,739 to overthrow the government of General 58 00:02:35,739 --> 00:02:38,230 Manuel Noriega. Noriega had allowed 59 00:02:38,230 --> 00:02:40,480 Panama to become a haven for narco 60 00:02:40,480 --> 00:02:42,400 terrorists and he subsequently was 61 00:02:42,400 --> 00:02:45,519 convicted of drug offenses. Bush is best 62 00:02:45,519 --> 00:02:47,170 remembered for his swift and decisive 63 00:02:47,170 --> 00:02:49,660 efforts following Saddam Hussein's 64 00:02:49,660 --> 00:02:52,690 invasion of Kuwait on August 2nd, 1990 65 00:02:52,690 --> 00:02:55,900 Bush drew a line in the sand and 66 00:02:55,900 --> 00:02:58,150 promised to protect Saudi Arabia and 67 00:02:58,150 --> 00:03:01,000 liberate Kuwait. He put together a 30 68 00:03:01,000 --> 00:03:02,950 nation coalition that liberated Kuwait 69 00:03:02,950 --> 00:03:06,579 in February 1991. Operation Desert Storm 70 00:03:06,579 --> 00:03:08,860 showed Americans and the world the 71 00:03:08,860 --> 00:03:11,640 devastating power of the US military 72 00:03:11,640 --> 00:03:14,680 Bush lived to see his son George W. Bush 73 00:03:14,680 --> 00:03:16,959 elected President, and he worked with the 74 00:03:16,959 --> 00:03:19,780 man who defeated him in 1992 to raise 75 00:03:19,780 --> 00:03:21,880 money for millions of people affected by 76 00:03:21,880 --> 00:03:24,790 an indian ocean tsunami. In his inaugural 77 00:03:24,790 --> 00:03:27,489 address the elder Bush spoke about 78 00:03:27,489 --> 00:03:29,800 America having a meaning 79 00:03:29,800 --> 00:03:31,940 "beyond what we see" 80 00:03:31,940 --> 00:03:34,120 He also said that the idea of America 81 00:03:34,120 --> 00:03:36,910 and what it stands for is important in 82 00:03:36,910 --> 00:03:37,840 the world 83 00:03:37,840 --> 00:03:40,620 Former President George H.W. Bush 84 00:03:40,620 --> 00:03:47,060 is dead