For Bush, Pearl Harbor changed everything, and World War II made him a hero
George H.W. Bush died Friday, just a week before the country marks the 77th anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor – an event that would change his life. Bush was a high school senior Dec. 7, 1941. He was walking on the campus of Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts, when he heard that Pearl Harbor had been bombed. According to Bush biographer and presidential historian Jon Meacham, Bush wanted to serve immediately. “After Pearl Harbor, […]
