"It bothers me so very much." In fact, George HW Bush thought about his crewmen, Ted White and John Delaney, every day for the remaining 27,117 days of his life.
On Sept 2, 1944, LTJG George Bush was shot down while completing a bombing run on Chi Chi Jima. Tragically, his two crewmen were killed, while LTJG Bush narrowly avoided capture by the enemy. He wrote his parents this heartfelt letter the following day, as read by his son Marvin.