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1. Unless I missed it, the last election would have been FDR-Dewey - as neither appeared to serve.

Fri May 25, 2012, 01:08 PM

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An odd match-up, in that cthulu2016 May 2012 #3

The plane he was on had engine trouble and the mission was aborted. Kaleva May 2012 #18

Could he have been on more than one plane at different times? AnotherMcIntosh May 2012 #19

I'd have to check but I believe he was on just one flight. Kaleva May 2012 #22

lol treestar May 2012 #7

DUzy .. TBF May 2012 #13

Interesting thing about that... cthulu2016 May 2012 #8

I don't think Humphrey was in the military. hifiguy May 2012 #9

HHH tried to enlist but had physical problem which exempted him. WI_DEM May 2012 #12

Reagan just made movies that he couldn't sell tickets for-- lastlib May 2012 #10

He served... popcorn cthulu2016 May 2012 #14

JFK was in the military. RebelOne May 2012 #15

As the OP says of 1960: "JFK and Nixon" cthulu2016 May 2012 #16

If we wanted a war hero DonCoquixote May 2012 #17

It's too bad... Cave_Johnson May 2012 #20