Who Performed Military Service Democrats

David Bonior: Staff Sgt., Air Force 1968-72

Leonard Boswell: Lt. Col., Army 1956-76; Vietnam, DFCs, etc

Jimmy Carter: Lt. Commander in the Navy 1946-53

Wesley Clark: Army 1966-2000, Vietnam, Silver star, purple heart

Max Cleland: Captain, Army 1965-68; Silver/Bronze stars, Vietnam

Bill Clinton: Did not serve

Tom Daschle: 1st Lt., Air Force SAC 1969-72

Gray Davis: Army Captain in Vietnam, Bronze star

Michael Dukakis: Army 1955-57

John Edwards: Did not serve

Richard Gephardt: Air National Guard, 1965-71

John Glenn: WWII and Korea; six DFCs; Air Medal w/18 Clusters

Al Gore: enlisted Aug. 1969; sent to Vietnam as journalist

Tom Harkin: Lt., Navy, 1962-67; Naval Reserve, 1968-74

Howell Heflin: Silver star

Fritz Hollings: Army officer in WWII; Bronze star

Daniel Inouye: Army 1943-47; Medal of Honor, WWII

Ted Kennedy: Army, 1951-53

Bob Kerrey: Lt. j.g. Navy 1966-69; Medal of Honor, Vietnam

John Kerry: Lt., Navy 1966-70; Silver/Bronze stars, purple hearts

Tom Lantos: Served in Hungarian underground in WWII

Jim McDermott: Navy 1968-70

George McGovern: Silver star & DFC during WWII

Zell Miller: Marine Corps, 1953-56

Walter Mondale: Army 1951-53

Pete Peterson: Air Force Captain, POW. Purple Heart, Silver star, etc

Charles Rangel: Staff Sgt., Army 1948-52; Bronze star, Korea

Jack Reed: Army Ranger, 1971-79; Captain, Army Reserve 1979-91

Chuck Robb: U.S. Marine Corps, 1961-70, Vietnam

Pete Stark: Air Force 1955-57

Mike Thompson: Staff sergeant, 173rd Airborne, Purple Heart Republicans

Spencer Abraham: Did not serve

Eliot Abrams: Did not serve

Richard Armitage: Navy, three tours in Vietnam

John Ashcroft: Did not serve

Roy Blunt: Did not serve

Michael Bloomberg: Did not serve

George H.W. Bush: Youngest Navy pilot in WW II; awarded DFC

George W. Bush: Texas Air Nat. Guard; didn't take physical; suspended from flying

Jeb Bush: Did not serve

Saxby Chambliss: Did not serve. Attacked Cleland's patriotism

Dick Cheney: Did not serve

Christopher Cox: Did not serve

Tom DeLay: Did not serve

Bob Dole: Army in WWII, Bronze star, two purple hearts

Bob Dornan: Enlisted after fighting was over in Korea

John Engler: Did not serve

Douglas Feith: Did not serve

Gerald Ford: Lt. Commander, Navy in WWII

Bill Frist: Did not serve

Newt Gingrich: Did not serve

Rudy Giuliani: Did not serve

Lindsey Graham: National Guard lawyer

Phil Gramm: Did not serve

Chuck Hagel: Served in Vietnam, two Bronze stars and purple heart

Dennis Hastert: Did not serve

Tim Hutchison: Did not serve

Jack Kemp: Did not serve. "Knee problem," continued in NFL for 8 years

Jon Kyl: Did not serve

Trent Lott: Did not serve

Richard Lugar: Intelligence officer in Navy 1957-60

John McCain: POW in Vietnam, Legion of Merit, Silver star, DFC, many more

Mitch McConnell: Did not serve

John McHugh: Did not serve

George Pataki: Did not serve

Richard Perle: Did not serve

Colin Powell: 35 years in Army, 4-star general

Dan Quayle: Journalism unit of the Indiana National Guard

Ronald Reagan: Served in WWII making movies

Tom Ridge: Army in Vietnam, Bronze star

Dana Rohrabacher: Did not serve

Karl Rove: Did not serve

Don Rumsfeld: served in Navy (1954-57) as flight instructor

Rick Santorum: Did not serve

Arnold Schwarzenegger: AWOL from Austrian army base

Richard Shelby: Did not serve

JC Watts: Did not serve

Vin Weber: Did not serve

Paul Wolfowitz: Did not serve Pundits, Preachers, and Judges

Bill Bennett: Did not serve

Wolf Blitzer: Did not serve

Pat Buchanan: Did not serve

William Buckley: Army in WWII

Charlie Daniels: Did not serve

Lou Dobbs: Did not serve

Paul Gigot: Did not serve

Sean Hannity: Did not serve

Bill Kristol: Did not serve

Jim Lehrer: U.S. Marine Corps

Rush Limbaugh: Did not serve

Chris Matthews: Did not serve

Michael Medved: Did not serve

Ted Nugent: Did not serve

Bill O'Reilly: Did not serve

Dan Rather: Army Reserve

Ralph Reed: Did not serve

Michael Savage: Did not serve

Antonin Scalia: Did not serve

Kenneth Starr: Did not serve

Clarence Thomas: Did not serve

John Wayne: Did not serve

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