USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -In total, Bush flew 58 combat missions during the war. In December 1944, Bush was reassigned to Norfolk Naval Base in Norfolk, Virginia, where he was tasked with training new pilots. He received an honorable discharge from the Navy in September 1945 after the Japanese surrender. Bush died in 2018, at age 94.

Detailed explanation-2: -In TBM Avenger, 1944 Navy Pilot George H. W. Bush in TBM Avenger, 1944. Photo courtesy George Bush Presidential Library and Museum.

Detailed explanation-3: -Because of his valuable combat experience, Bush was reassigned to Norfolk and put in a training wing for new torpedo pilots. Later, he was assigned as a naval aviator in a new torpedo squadron, VT-153. With the surrender of Japan, he was honorably discharged in September 1945 and then entered Yale University.