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  2. Chichijima incident - Wikipedia

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    The ninth, and only one to evade capture, was future U.S. President George H. W. Bush, also a 20-year-old pilot. [ 1 ] After the war, it was discovered that the captured airmen had been beaten and tortured before being executed.

  3. USS George H. W. Bush - Wikipedia

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    USS George H. W. Bush successfully completed her first flight deck certification on that day. [30] George H. W. Bush returned to Northrop Grumman Newport News shipyard on 18 June 2009 for post-delivery maintenance work, also known as the ship's post shakedown availability (PSA). A PSA is a typical availability in the early life of a carrier ...

  4. File:George H.W. Bush seated in a Grumman TBM Avenger, circa ...

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    George H. W. Bush; USS George H. W. Bush (CVN-77) Usage on ru.wikipedia.org Буш, Джордж Герберт Уокер; Grumman TBF Avenger; Usage on sh.wikipedia.org George H. W. Bush; Usage on sr.wikipedia.org Граман TBF авенџер; Usage on sv.wikipedia.org George H.W. Bush; Usage on uk.wikipedia.org USS San Jacinto (CVL-30 ...

  5. USS George W. Bush - Wikipedia

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    USS George W. Bush (CVN-83) will be the sixth Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carrier of the United States Navy. George W. Bush is scheduled to be laid down after 2027.

  6. Flyboys: A True Story of Courage - Wikipedia

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    Flyboys: A True Story of Courage is a 2003 nonfiction book by writer James Bradley, and was a national bestseller in the US. The book details a World War II incident of the execution and cannibalism of five of eight American POWs on the Pacific island of Chichi-jima, one of the Ogasawara Islands (Bonin Islands).

  7. Carrier Strike Group 2 - Wikipedia

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    The group's 2011 Mediterranean deployment marked the maiden deployment for the carrier USS George H.W. Bush and the guided-missile destroyer Truxtun. The group's units were the first U.S. naval forces to participate in Operation Inherent Resolve , the 2014 U.S.-led multi-lateral air campaign against the Islamic State group.

  8. List of U.S. military vessels named after presidents - Wikipedia

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    USS George Washington was a 24-gun sloop-of-war commissioned in 1798. USS Washington (1814) a ship of the line, was the second such to be launched by the Navy, and was on active service from 1815 to 1820. USS George Washington, in commission 1959–1985. George Washington-class ballistic missile submarine, lead ship

  9. Carrier strike group - Wikipedia

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    USS Abraham Lincoln was shifted to Newport News, Virginia, for its Refueling and Complex Overhaul, in August 2012 [12] which was delayed until March 2013. On 14 January 2014, the U.S. Navy announced that USS Ronald Reagan would replace USS George Washington as the flagship of Carrier Strike Group Five , the only forward-based carrier strike ...