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Lt. (j.g.) George H. W. Bush with X-2 flight crew: radioman Joe Reichert (left) and turret gunner Leo W. Nadeau (right).View in the National Archives Catalog
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Aviators and crewmen rescued by the USS Finback during the first phase of Operation Stalemate II pose for a photo with officers of the USS Finback (kneeling L to R): Ensign Thomas Keene (USS Enterprise), Lt (jg) George Bush (USS San Jacinto), Ensign James W. Beckman (USS Franklin), AOM 3/c James T. Stovall (USS Franklin), ARM 3/c John R. Dougherty (USS Franklin); Officers of the USS Finback (standing L to R): Lt James Griswold, Lt (jg) William H. Parkman, Lt (jg) Jack Peat, Ensign William Edwards, LCDR Dean Spratlin, LCDR Robert Williams, Lt. J. L. Lawrence, Lt. Lawrie Heyworth, Lt Jerry Redmond, Lt (jg) Ollie Brostrom. Keene, Stoval and Doherty, were Avenger Crew members from USS Franklin, and were picked up off Iwo Jima. Bush and Beckman (a fighter pilot from the USS Enterprise) were rescued off Chichi Jima.View in the National Archives Catalog
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Officers and Men, VT-51. George Bush - row three, second from right.View in the National Archives Catalog
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Standing L to R: Ensign James J. Wykes, aviator; Ensign Stanley P. Butchart, aviator; Ensign Jack O. Guy, aviator; Ensign Lou J. Grab, aviator; Lt (jg) William G. White, ordnance officer; Ensign George H. W. Bush, aviator; Ensign Howard G. Boren, aviator; and Ensign Douglas H. West, aviator. (Sitting L to R): Ensign Francis M. Waters, aviator; Lt Forrest H. Daniels, personnel officer; Lt Richard R. Houle, aviator; Lt Ross G. Allen, intelligence officer; Lt Commander Donald Melvin, Commanding Officer; Lt Legare R. Hole, Executive Officer/aviator; Lt (jg) Milan S. Nemsak, aviator; and Lt (jg) Richard B. Plaisted, aviator.View in the National Archives Catalog
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Kneeling L to R: Mike Goldsmith, Leslie Mokry, Bill Shawcross, Tom Campanion, and Tex Ellison. (Standing L to R) Bill Donovan, Ralph Cole, Mort Landsburg, George Bush, and Lou Grab. Bush and Grab would later be assigned to Torpedo Squadron 51 (VT-51) aboard the USS San Jacinto (CVL-30).View in the National Archives Catalog
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U.S. Navy Pilot George Bush in the cockpit of an AvengerView in the National Archives Catalog