Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted September 20 Share Posted September 20 After his playing days were over, but still a celebrity figure the world over, Babe Ruth decided to donate the original screenplay of “The Babe Ruth Story” to the archives of Yale University. In a ceremony in New Haven, Connecticut, on May 1, 1948, Ruth handed over the manuscript to the Yale first baseman - George Herbert Walker Bush, the future president of the United States 3 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted September 20 Author Share Posted September 20 Seriously when I looked at the picture my first thought was the guy on the right was Bush. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpo Posted September 20 Share Posted September 20 You suppose he went to school on the GI Bill? Bush's family was rich. Bush was in the Navy during World War II. After the war he went to college. One of the main things that happened after the war, was it using the GI Bill many many ex-servicemen went to college, paid for by the United States government. So do you suppose Bush's daddy paid for college or the US government paid for college? It's early, and I've only had one swallow from my first cup of coffee. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted September 20 Author Share Posted September 20 Given that it was Yale, the gi bill was pocket change and it was never conditional based on need. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpo Posted September 20 Share Posted September 20 "Need" is irrelevant. Let's say, for the sake of this example, that I have 150 million dollars. At the age of 17 my kid joined the Army. Now he's 21, and has mustered out, and wishes to go to college. The army will pay for his college. They might not pay for Princeton, but they will pay for college. But I'm loaded. I have no need to get that Army check to put my kid through school. I just write Princeton a check. Because I'm rich. My kid qualifies - because the Army doesn't care whether he's rich or not. But I don't need it, so I don't apply for it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larsen E. Pettifogger, SASS #32933 Posted September 20 Share Posted September 20 Has nothing to do with the parents and the check does not go them. It has to do with the person that served. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rip Snorter Posted September 20 Share Posted September 20 It was an earned benefit, at risk of life in most cases. Not a charity. If earned could / should be used. 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted September 20 Author Share Posted September 20 Gi bill for the 60s was a flat number, started at 110/month and went up based on dependents. Unrelated to the cost of the school, etc. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lone Spur Jake SASS #7728 Posted September 21 Share Posted September 21 Alpo, because he came from a rich family, he probably could have gotten a deferment and would not have to serve. But, he didn't, he joined the Navy and flew combat missions in WWII in the Pacific. He, like all Americans who serve in our military, defending our country, deserve everything they earn while putting their lives on the line. Whether he, or any other GI at any other time, used the GI bill or not for college is not anyone's business. I find your reply to this thread offensive. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted September 21 Author Share Posted September 21 (edited) I recall that his entire flight was shot down. The other pilots were captured and beheaded. He managed to evade and escape. Either that or he just lucked out and landed in the water. Edited September 21 by Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larsen E. Pettifogger, SASS #32933 Posted September 21 Share Posted September 21 There is actually film of George Bush being rescued by the U.S.S. Finback after his plane was shot down. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Gauntlet , SASS 60619 Posted September 21 Share Posted September 21 He was shot down. Grumman TBF torpedo bomber. Successfully bailed out and was picked up from the water after several hours. Earned a DFC. He enlisted as soon as war was declared and was among the youngest of Naval pilots when he joined at 18. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bailey Creek,5759 Posted September 22 Share Posted September 22 You don't get rich. spending your money. You get rich spending other people's. money. Use the G.I. bill. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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