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President George H.W. Bush sits in the cockpit of his aircraft during World War II after his 18th birthday, making him the youngest pilot to fight in the Navy at the time. (Photo credit should read AFP/AFP/Getty Images)

Head of the Republican National Committee George H.W. Bush discusses politics with President Richard Nixon circa 1970. (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)

United States Ambassador George H.W. Bush reviews public affairs with Moderator Lawrence Spivak as part of the program Meet the Press on March 21, 1971. (Photo by NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images)

George H.W. Bush addresses the country on the program Face the Nation on September 14, 1973, not long after the Watergate Scandal shook the nation under the Nixon administration. (Photo by CBS Photo Archive/Getty Images)

George H.W. Bush (2nd R) takes the oath as director of the Central Intelligence Agency with Minister of Justice Baxter Stewart (L), his wife Barbara Bush (2nd L), the CIA's vice director Vernon Walters (C), and President Gerald Ford (R) on January 30, 1976. (Photo credit should read AFP/AFP/Getty Images)

George H.W. Bush begins his crusade towards the White House by campaigning as the vice presidential running mate of President Ronald Reagan during the 1980 presidential elections. (Photo by Dirck Halstead/Liaison)

Vice presidential candidate George H.W. Bush speaks with basketball legend Magic Johnson in the Oval Office in July 1980. (Photo by Howard Sachs/Keystone/CNP/Getty Images)

Vice president George H.W. Bush celebrates a victory as the second in command after winning the nomination alongside President Ronald Reagan on January 20, 1981. (Photo by Frank Simmons/Consolidated News Pictures/Getty Images)

The Bush family waves to the camera as the political pack surrounds Vice President George H.W. Bush and his wife Barbara Bush on August 6, 1988. (Photo by Cynthia Johnson/Liaison)

Vice President George H.W. Bush and Barbara Bush greet Prince Charles, Prince of Wales, and Princess Diana, Princess of Wales, at the British Ambassador's Residence on November 11, 1985. (Photo by Tim Graham/Getty Images)

President Ronald Reagan returns home to a warm welcome from Vice Presidnet George H.W. Bush and First Lady Nancy Reagan after a departure from the fourth superpower summit in Moscow on June 3, 1988. (Photo credit should read LUKE FRAZZA/AFP/Getty Images)

President George H.W. Bush and Reverend Jesse Jackson resolve their differences after Jackson was once referred to as a "loose cannon" throughout the president's 1988 campaign. (Photo credit should read JEROME DELAY/AFP/Getty Images)

Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev and U.S. President George H.W. Bush show stern expressions as they meet for a historic treaty signing ceremony in the White House on June 1, 1990. (Photo credit should read J. DAVID AKE/AFP/Getty Images)

Leader of the African National Congress, Nelson Mandela waves to the crowd beside President George H.W. Bush on the White House South Lawn on June 25, 1990. (Photo credit should read KEVIN LARKIN/AFP/Getty Images)

Arkansas Governor Bill Clinton and President George H.W. Bush go head-to-head in a presidential debate on October 11, 1992, in St. Louis, Missouri. (Photo by Dirck Halstead/Liaison)

Saturday Night Live comedian Dana Carvey does his famous impression of the commander-in-chief for an amused President George H.W. Bush at the White House on December 7, 1992. (Photo credit should read ROBERT GIROUX/AFP/Getty Images)

The late-pop singer Whitney Houston enjoys the company of President George H.W. Bush at the White House on May 2, 1994. (Photo credit should read JEROME DELAY/AFP/Getty Images)

President George H.W. Bush holds up bunny ears behind his unsuspecting wife as President Gerald Ford and President Jimmy Carter stand behind their wives, Betty Ford and Rosalynn Carter, alongside Lady Bird Johnson to pose for an historic photo in 1997. (Photo by David Hume Kennerly/Getty Images)

President George H.W. Bush and President George W. Bush relax as they finish playing 18 holes at Cape Arundel Golf Club on July 7, 2001. (Photo credit should read JOHN MOTTERN/AFP/Getty Images)

President George H.W. Bush pays his respects to former running mate and president Ronald Reagan, alongside his wife, First Lady Barbara Bush, at a funeral ceremony held on June 10, 2004, in Washington D.C. (Photo by Brendan Smialowski/Getty Images)

President George H.W. Bush celebrates his 80th birthday by skydiving with trained professionals on June 13, 2001, in College Station, Texas. (Photo by U.S. Army/Texas A&M University via Getty Images)

Leaders of the Free World unite as (L-R) George H.W. Bush, Barack Obama, George W. Bush, Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter all come together for a once-in-a-lifetime photograph in the Oval Office on January 20, 2009. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

President Barack Obama awards President George H.W. Bush the 2010 Medal of Freedom, the greatest award given to civilians, on February 15 of the same year at the White House. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

President George H.W. Bush and First Lady Barbara Bush appear for the screening of the HBO documentary that outlines the president's captivating and eventful life, entitled 41 on June 12, 2012, in Kennebunkport, Maine. (Photo by Michael Loccisano/Getty Images for HBO)