<Table> <Tr> <Th> President </Th> <Th> Service </Th> <Th> Rank </Th> <Th> Active Service </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Donald Trump </Td> <Td> None </Td> <Td> None </Td> <Td> None </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Barack Obama </Td> <Td> None </Td> <Td> None </Td> <Td> None </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> George W. Bush </Td> <Td> Texas Air National Guard , United States Air Force </Td> <Td> First Lieutenant </Td> <Td> Stateside service as pilot during Vietnam War ( 1968 -- 1973 ) . ( See George W. Bush military service controversy ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Bill Clinton </Td> <Td> None </Td> <Td> None </Td> <Td> None . Received student draft deferments , and planned to join Reserve Officers ' Training Corps . Withdrew and entered draft , but received high number and was not drafted . ( See Bill Clinton : Vietnam War opposition and draft controversy . ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> George H.W. Bush </Td> <Td> United States Naval Reserve </Td> <Td> Lieutenant ( Junior Grade ) </Td> <Td> Naval aviator in World War II ( 1942 -- 1945 ) . Shot down and received the Distinguished Flying Cross . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Ronald Reagan </Td> <Td> United States Army Reserve , United States Army Air Forces </Td> <Td> Captain </Td> <Td> Stateside service during World War II ( 1942 -- 1945 ) ; Army Reserve ( 1937 -- 1942 ) . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Jimmy Carter </Td> <Td> United States Navy </Td> <Td> Lieutenant ( navy ) </Td> <Td> Served during World War II as a midshipman at the United States Naval Academy . Sea duty and stateside service 1946 -- 1953 during the Korean War . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Gerald Ford </Td> <Td> United States Naval Reserve </Td> <Td> Lieutenant Commander </Td> <Td> World War II ( 1942 -- 1945 ) ; combat on USS Monterey , discharged in 1946 . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Richard Nixon </Td> <Td> United States Naval Reserve </Td> <Td> Commander </Td> <Td> World War II ( 1942 -- 1945 ) ; earned two battle stars for service in the Pacific . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Lyndon B. Johnson </Td> <Td> United States Naval Reserve </Td> <Td> Commander </Td> <Td> World War II received Silver Star medal after observation mission in which aircraft he was on allegedly came under Japanese attack . However , new evidence has come to light proving that the plane in fact developed mechanical problems and therefore turned around , having never come under fire . Johnson was the only member of the crew to receive a decoration , therefore leading historians to conclude that General MacArthur awarded him this to secure political influence . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> John F. Kennedy </Td> <Td> United States Naval Reserve </Td> <Td> Lieutenant ( navy ) </Td> <Td> Served in combat during World War II . Received the Navy and Marine Corps Medal and the Purple Heart . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Dwight D. Eisenhower </Td> <Td> United States Army </Td> <Td> General of the Army </Td> <Td> Stateside service during World War I. Served as Supreme Allied Commander in Europe during World War II ( 1942 -- 1945 ) . Entire active - duty career spanned from 1915 until 1969 ( excepting his two terms as president ) . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Harry S. Truman </Td> <Td> Missouri Army National Guard , United States Army , United States Army Reserve </Td> <Td> Colonel </Td> <Td> Stateside National Guard service in Missouri ( 1905 -- 1911 ) ; served in combat in France during World War I ( 1917 -- 1918 ) ; transferred to Army Reserve and retired in 1953 . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Franklin D. Roosevelt </Td> <Td> None </Td> <Td> None </Td> <Td> None ; Assistant Secretary of the Navy during World War I . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Herbert Hoover </Td> <Td> None </Td> <Td> None </Td> <Td> None ; helped guide US Marines in 1900 during the Boxer Rebellion . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Calvin Coolidge </Td> <Td> None </Td> <Td> None </Td> <Td> None </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Warren G. Harding </Td> <Td> None </Td> <Td> None </Td> <Td> None </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Woodrow Wilson </Td> <Td> None </Td> <Td> None </Td> <Td> None </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> William Howard Taft </Td> <Td> Connecticut Home Guard </Td> <Td> None </Td> <Td> None ; United States Secretary of War 1904 -- 1908 . Enlisted in Connecticut Home Guard for World War I. Was chairman of American Red Cross executive committee during World War I. President Wilson conferred military titles on Red Cross leaders to provide them authority to carry out their wartime responsibilities , and Taft was appointed a major general . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Theodore Roosevelt </Td>
<Table> <Tr> <Th> President </Th> <Th> Service </Th> <Th> Rank </Th> <Th> Active Service </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Donald Trump </Td> <Td> None </Td> <Td> None </Td> <Td> None </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Barack Obama </Td> <Td> None </Td> <Td> None </Td> <Td> None </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> George W. Bush </Td> <Td> Texas Air National Guard , United States Air Force </Td> <Td> First Lieutenant </Td> <Td> Stateside service as pilot during Vietnam War ( 1968 -- 1973 ) . ( See George W. Bush military service controversy ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Bill Clinton </Td> <Td> None </Td> <Td> None </Td> <Td> None . Received student draft deferments , and planned to join Reserve Officers ' Training Corps . Withdrew and entered draft , but received high number and was not drafted . ( See Bill Clinton : Vietnam War opposition and draft controversy . ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> George H.W. Bush </Td> <Td> United States Naval Reserve </Td> <Td> Lieutenant ( Junior Grade ) </Td> <Td> Naval aviator in World War II ( 1942 -- 1945 ) . Shot down and received the Distinguished Flying Cross . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Ronald Reagan </Td> <Td> United States Army Reserve , United States Army Air Forces </Td> <Td> Captain </Td> <Td> Stateside service during World War II ( 1942 -- 1945 ) ; Army Reserve ( 1937 -- 1942 ) . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Jimmy Carter </Td> <Td> United States Navy </Td> <Td> Lieutenant ( navy ) </Td> <Td> Served during World War II as a midshipman at the United States Naval Academy . Sea duty and stateside service 1946 -- 1953 during the Korean War . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Gerald Ford </Td> <Td> United States Naval Reserve </Td> <Td> Lieutenant Commander </Td> <Td> World War II ( 1942 -- 1945 ) ; combat on USS Monterey , discharged in 1946 . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Richard Nixon </Td> <Td> United States Naval Reserve </Td> <Td> Commander </Td> <Td> World War II ( 1942 -- 1945 ) ; earned two battle stars for service in the Pacific . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Lyndon B. Johnson </Td> <Td> United States Naval Reserve </Td> <Td> Commander </Td> <Td> World War II received Silver Star medal after observation mission in which aircraft he was on allegedly came under Japanese attack . However , new evidence has come to light proving that the plane in fact developed mechanical problems and therefore turned around , having never come under fire . Johnson was the only member of the crew to receive a decoration , therefore leading historians to conclude that General MacArthur awarded him this to secure political influence . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> John F. Kennedy </Td> <Td> United States Naval Reserve </Td> <Td> Lieutenant ( navy ) </Td> <Td> Served in combat during World War II . Received the Navy and Marine Corps Medal and the Purple Heart . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Dwight D. Eisenhower </Td> <Td> United States Army </Td> <Td> General of the Army </Td> <Td> Stateside service during World War I. Served as Supreme Allied Commander in Europe during World War II ( 1942 -- 1945 ) . Entire active - duty career spanned from 1915 until 1969 ( excepting his two terms as president ) . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Harry S. Truman </Td> <Td> Missouri Army National Guard , United States Army , United States Army Reserve </Td> <Td> Colonel </Td> <Td> Stateside National Guard service in Missouri ( 1905 -- 1911 ) ; served in combat in France during World War I ( 1917 -- 1918 ) ; transferred to Army Reserve and retired in 1953 . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Franklin D. Roosevelt </Td> <Td> None </Td> <Td> None </Td> <Td> None ; Assistant Secretary of the Navy during World War I . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Herbert Hoover </Td> <Td> None </Td> <Td> None </Td> <Td> None ; helped guide US Marines in 1900 during the Boxer Rebellion . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Calvin Coolidge </Td> <Td> None </Td> <Td> None </Td> <Td> None </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Warren G. Harding </Td> <Td> None </Td> <Td> None </Td> <Td> None </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Woodrow Wilson </Td> <Td> None </Td> <Td> None </Td> <Td> None </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> William Howard Taft </Td> <Td> Connecticut Home Guard </Td> <Td> None </Td> <Td> None ; United States Secretary of War 1904 -- 1908 . Enlisted in Connecticut Home Guard for World War I. Was chairman of American Red Cross executive committee during World War I. President Wilson conferred military titles on Red Cross leaders to provide them authority to carry out their wartime responsibilities , and Taft was appointed a major general . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Theodore Roosevelt </Td>
us presidents who served in world war 2
us presidents who served in world war 2
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