Deflection

Today, I went through the George H. Bush Museum, and I would recommend anyone other to visit it, since it is a reflection of what we lived during our lifespans. But, as for this Journal Entry, I am goin got play Paul Hervey, so you are going to get the rest of the story.

About six years ago, when I spent so much time driving on the Iowa highways, I listened to the book Flyboys, by James Bradley. The book was about the torcher and killing of American airmen that got shot down either on or near the Island of Chichi Jima in the Pacific Ocean during WWII. The author writes about George Bush getting shot down near Chichi Jima. After George’s plane was hit, George held his plane in a position for his two airmen to get out of the plane, and this is not to mention that George was putting his life in danger by staying in the plane longer then he needed to get out of the plane. As George was floating down from jumping out of the plane, he was looking for the two airmen, and, after he was in the water, he continued to look for them. After George was in the water, he was floating to the island of Chichi Jima. I do not remember if George was spotted by the Japanese or not, but he was floating into herms way when he was rescued by one of the Navy’s submarines. As part of the rest of the story, if George would have been picked up by Navy, the Japanese on Chichi Jima would have been killed, since no airman left the island a live. To be blunt, there would be not George H. Buch story.

We all know the story about George Bush, regarding his contributions to the this country and family. From the time that he was lifted out of the water by the submarine, he lead a full life. From being successful in the oil business, a successful US house of representative, an ambassador to the United Nations, director of the CIA, eight years as US Vice President, to four years as US President But his personal live was filled with difficulties that included his oldest daughter dying of leukemia at the age of three. His live was filled with great accomplishments and sorrow.

The author of the book Flyboys would have interviewed George Bush just before 2011. During the interview, George asks the author if they ever found the two airman that jumped out of his plane. After everything that George lived through up to that point, he had always keep those two airmen in his heart. Were they killed when they hit the water? if so, where were their bodies? Did the current take them to the Island of Chichi Jima? If they made it to Chichi Jima, there is no reason for the Japanese to document their lives. It is no wonder that George was still asking about there whereabouts in his 80s.

For George to still remember and care about his two crewmen after everything that he had been through since he was his plane was shot down, this is a true testament of his character. A person filled with destiny and power, and is still totally compassionate. Maybe he lost his second term be being too compassionate, but no one will ever know. It is no wonder that he was so successful that way that he cared about others, but his work also required him to be stern. As I heard today, men that are growing up today do not have the character that both Ronald Reagan and George Bush had during their lifespans. And, as for George remembering his two airmen like it was yesterday to him in his 80s, this is the rest of the story.

Roger