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American Presidents and their Military Experiences President | Service | Rank | Active Service | Barack Obama | None | None | None | George W. Bush | Texas Air National Guard | First Lieutenant | Stateside service during Vietnam War (1698-1973) | Bill Clinton | None | None | None | George H. W. Bush | United States Naval Reserve | Lieutenant | World War II (1942-1945) Distinguished Flying Cross | Ronald Reagan | United States Naval Reserve, Unites States Army Air Corps | Captain | Stateside service during World War II (1942-1945); Army Reserve (1937-1942) | Jimmy Carter | United States Navy | Lieutenant | World War II at the United States Naval Academy Sea duty stateside service 1946-1953 during the Korean War | Gerald Ford | United States Naval Reserve | Lieutenant Commander | World War II (1942-1945; combat on USS Monterey, discharged in 1946) | Richard Nixon | United States Naval Reserve | Commander | World War II (1942-1945) Earned two Service Stars | Lyndon B. Johnson | United States Naval Reserve | Commander | World War II received Silver Star medal after airplane he was riding in was attacked by enemy aircraft | John F. Kennedy | United States Navy | Lieutenant | World War II received Navy and Marine Corps Medal and Purple Heart | Dwight D. Eisenhower | United States Army | General of the Army | Stateside service during World War I. Served as Supreme Allied Commander in Europe during World War II (1942-1945). Visited troops in Korea in December 1952. Entire active duty career spanned from 1915-1969 (excepting his two terms as president and commander in Chief). | Harry S Truman [2] | United States Army, United States Army Reserve | Colonel | World War I (1917-1918); was then transferred to the army reserve and retired in 1953. | Franklin D. Roosevelt | None | None | Briefly witnessed World War I in France while serving as Assistant Secretary of the Navy | Herbert Hoover | None | None | None; however he did help guide US Marines