Following the attack on Pearl Harbor in December of 1941,
Bush decided to join the US. Navy. He became the youngest
naval aviator at that time.

George Herbert Walker Bush

The 41st President of the United States also served as vice president,
congressman, ambassador, director of the CIA, and served in World
War II. His son, George W. Bush, served as the 43rd President of the
Untied States.

From left: George H.W. Bush with son George W. Bush.

Aerial view of ships arriving for the Rose Festival in downtown
Portland.

Curtis worked on a submarine while serving
in the U.S. Navy.

Tony Curtis (Bernard Schwartz) (June 3, 1925 – September 29, 2010)

The career of acclaimed actor Tony Curtis spanned six decades, but had
his greatest popularity during the 1950s and early 1960s. He acted in more
than 100 films in roles covering a wide range of genres, from light comedy
to serious drama. In his later years, Curtis made numerous television
appearances. He married actress Janet Leigh in 1951, and their daughter
is actress Jamie Lee Curtis.

1952

Sandy Kozel

Leslie Townes "Bob" Hope (May 29, 1903 – July 27, 2003)

Hope won an amateur talent contest for his Charlie Chaplin
impersonation in 1915. In 1997, the U.S. Congress declared
him the "first and only honorary veteran of the U.S. armed
forces."

Richard Arvine Overton

(AP) – Born in Bastrop County, Texas, in 1906, by the time Richard 
Overton celebrated his 109th birthday on May 11 of this year, he had
already gotten used to his celebrity as America’s oldest living combat
veteran.

Having served in the Pacific theater during World War II from 1942 to
1945, Overton was part of the all-black 1887th Engineer Aviation
Battalion, fighting in places like Iwo Jima and Okinawa. He says 
while he saw his share of enemy fire, “I didn’t get a scratch.” He
left the service after attaining the rank of Sergeant. 

As an ambassador for the memory of those who served, Overton has
proven himself exemplary. In that role, the Austin, Texas, native has
been regularly praised by politicians of both parties, many of whom
have come to pay tribute to him and listen to his stories of war. 

When he was the Governor of Texas, Rick Perry (below) met with
Overton on Memorial Day in 2013.