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George McGovern
George McGovern has
spent a large portion of his life in the political
arena, holding
office as U.S. Congressman for South Dakota for 22 years, as well as
running as the Democratic presidential nominee in 1972. However, it is his
outstanding military career that makes him a true LEGEND OF AIRPOWER.
McGovern flew 35 combat missions as a B-24 bomber pilot. As the subject of
historian Stephen Ambrose’ book The Wild Blue, it is apparent just
how much responsibility was heaped on such a young man. His bravery in
WWII earned him the Distinguish Service Cross. Ambrose once remarked that
“McGovern is one of the greatest patriots I know.”
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Photo Courtesy: George McGovern Collection, Layne Library, Dakota Wesleyan University, Mitchell, South Dakota.
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