Robert Eugene Bush

Robert Eugene Bush was an American military during World War II. He was serving as a hospital corpsman for the United States Navy. Het was honored with a Medal of Honor for his brave actions during the Battle of Okinawa.

 Life 
[[File:BushRobertE&PresTruman.jpg|thumb|left|President Truman handing over the Medal of Honor to Robert E. Bush]]
Bush was born on October 4, 1926, in Tacoma, Washington. In 1944 he joined the navy as a young boy.

During the invasion of Okinawa he got wounded on May 2, 1945, during an attack on a rifle company that he was on patrol.

At 18 years of age he was awarded for his braveness by President Truman in a White House  with the Medal of Honor.

After the war, he returned to finish high school. Then he went on with a study in business administration at the University of Washington.

After he finished study, he founded the Bayview Lumber Company at South Bend, Washington in 1951 and Bayview Redi-Mix at Elma, Washington.

Tom Brokaw, a television personality and journalist, wrote a chapter about Bush in his World War II book The Greatest Generation'' (1998).

Robert and Wanda Bush were the parents of three sons and a daughter. He died from cancer on November 8, 2005, in Olympia, Washington when he was 79 years old.

 References 
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Category:1926 births
Category:2005 deaths
Category:American people of World War II
Category:United States Navy Medal of Honor recipients
Category:Purple Heart recipients
Category:People from Tacoma, Washington
Category:Military people from Washington (state)