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Military service. Later education and early career. U.S. House of Representatives. Food for Peace director. U.S. Senator. Post-Senate life and 1984 presidential campaign. Ambassador to food agencies and other later activities. Final years and death. Awards and decorations. Legacy. Writings. See also. Notes. References. External links.
- 1943–1945
McGovern flew 35 combat missions as pilot of a B-24 Liberator in Italy during World War II, and received numerous combat awards. He came from an America in which every place was different, and his place was a small town on the prairie.
25. März 2024 · Stressing farm-support programs, McGovern won election to the U.S. Senate in 1962 and was reelected in 1968. By then he had emerged as one of the leading opponents to the United States’ continued military involvement in Indochina.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
George Stanley McGovern (* 19. Juli 1922 in Avon, Bon Homme County, South Dakota; † 21. Oktober 2012 in Sioux Falls, South Dakota [1]) war ein US-amerikanischer Politiker. Er war Präsidentschaftskandidat der Demokratischen Partei bei den Wahlen von 1972, Mitglied des Repräsentantenhauses von 1957 bis 1961 sowie US-Senator für South Dakota ...
29. Dez. 2016 · Based in Italy, McGovern flew 35 combat missions between 1944 and 1945, earning the Distinguished Flying Cross for his efforts. My Life in the Service presents, in facsimile form,...
22. Okt. 2012 · October 22, 2012. George McGovern, who died Saturday at the age of ninety, was a combat hero of the Second World War. As the twenty-two-year-old pilot of a B-24 Liberator, Lieutenant McGovern...
21. Okt. 2012 · * McGovern, who grew up in South Dakota, volunteered for military service at age 19 and went on 35 combat missions in World War Two as pilot of a bomber named the Dakota Queen. He won the...
