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 From: donw102@shaw.ca 
  
 "CalgaryBill"  wrote in message 
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 > "Don Wagner"  wrote in message 
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 >> 
 >> "CalgaryBill"  wrote in message 
 >> news:9RHGd.98703$8l.84638@pd7tw1no... 
 >> > 
 >> > "Peter White"  wrote in message 
 >> > news:ZiGGd.213064$Np3.8936865@ursa-nb00s0.nbnet.nb.ca... 
 >> >> 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. 
  
 He's on the List. Second from the bottom 
  
 Don Wagner 
  
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