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 From: CalgaryBill@shaw.ca 
  
 "Don Wagner"  wrote in message 
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 > "CalgaryBill"  wrote in message 
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 > > "Peter White"  wrote in message 
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 > >> There was some other guy Ikey somebody. 
 > >> 
 > >> 
 > >> 
 > >> Don Wagner wrote: 
 > >> >  wrote in message 
 > >> > news:1105911628.864007.140910@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com... 
 > >> > 
 > >> >>"Press your nose and make a buzzer sound" Glen 
 > >> >> 
 > >> >> 
 > >> >>The question was: "How many Presidents have fought in combat in 
 > >> >>the 
 > >> >>last 200 years?" 
 > >> >>. 
 > >> >>The answer is still "zero". No Presidents have *ever* been in 
 > >> >>combat. 
 > >> > 
 > >> > 
 > >> > In no particular order 
 > >> > 
 > >> > Garfeild 
 > >> > George Bush 
 > >> > Gerald Ford 
 > >> > U.S. Grant 
 > >> > Benjamin Harrison 
 > >> > William Henry Harrison 
 > >> > Rutherford Hayes 
 > >> > Andrew Jackson 
 > >> > John F. Kennedy 
 > >> > A. Lincoln 
 > >> > William Mckinley 
 > >> > James Monroe 
 > >> > Theodore Roosevelt 
 > >> > Zachery Taylor 
 > >> > 
 > >> > Nixon, Ford and Johnson were all in WWII and may or 
 > >> > may not have seen combat 
 > >> > 
 > >> > Jimmy Carter was in the Navy and may have seen service 
 > >> > in Korea 
 > > 
 > > Ulysses S. Grant was a 'lead from the front' general, at times, 
 > > during 
 > > the U.S. Civil War.  Some suggest that was only when he was drunk, 
 > > but I 
 > > think drunk was his normal condition, so that idea can't be correct. 
 > > How that isn't combat action, I don't understand. 
 > > 
 > > Kennedy WAS in the Navy, and saw action in WW2 in the Pacific 
 > > Theatre. 
 > > See his book "Profiles in Courage" for more info.  Or doesn't the 
 > > poster 
 > > consider naval action to qualify as combat action? 
 > > 
 > > Dwight D. Eisenhower was in military service (army) in both WW1 and 
 > > WW2. 
 > > He was the top American leader in the European Theatre in WW2, and 
 > > was 
 > > in the field in WW1 (saw and participated directly in combat 
 > > action). 
 > > Like Grant, he was later nominated for president (by the 
 > > Republicans) 
 > > and elected. 
 > 
 > I left out Eisenhower as he did not take part in WWI (never left the 
 > U.S) 
 > And never was a field commander. 
  
 Yep.  Rechecked, and although he apparently was pissed about not seeing 
 action in WW1, you are correct. 
  
 But let's add Theodore Roosevelt, and the Roughriders, in the Spanish 
 American War. 
  
 > > Wagner was partially correct ... no American president, while 
 > > serving as 
 > > president, participated as an armed combatant in combat action (that 
 > > rules out Lincoln's visits to the front).  That, however, is 
 > > probably 
 > > not the interpretation he wanted made about his post. 
 > 
 > That's correct, I didn't intend it to mean sitting presidents. 
 > 
 > Don Wagner 
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