#OTD in 1924, George H. W. Bush was born. The future 41st president of the U.S. served as a naval aviator during WWII and was rescued by the crew of USS Finback (SS-230) in 1944 after his Grumman TBM Avenger was shot down while attacking Japanese installations. | U.S. Naval Institute

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#OTD in 1924, George H. W. Bush was born. The future 41st president of the U.S. served as a naval aviator during WWII and was rescued by the crew of USS Finback (SS-230) in 1944 after his Grumman TBM Avenger was shot down while attacking Japanese installations. | U.S. Naval Institute

7K views · 908 reactions | #OTD in 1944, the crew of USS Finback (SS-230) rescued a young lanky pilot who had bailed out of his flaming Grumman TBM Avenger after the plane was hit by flak while attacking Japanese installations on Chichijima. LTJG George H. W. Bush would go on to become the 41st President of the United States | U.S. Naval Institute | Facebook

The Day America Almost Lost a President (True Story) The 20-Year-Old Pilot Who Became President: The Miracle at Chichijima 🇺🇸 He was alone, bleeding, and floating in a tiny yellow raft in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. Enemy boats were closing in. He had no idea that he was the only one left alive. In September 1944, a young George H.W. Bush was shot down over the island of Chichijima. While he was miraculously rescued by a US submarine, his 8 fellow pilots faced a fate too horrific to imagi