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181203-F-NL936-1362.jpg Photo By: Staff Sgt. Andrew Lee

HOUSTON, Texas - 181203-F-NL936-1362 HOUSTON, Texas (Dec. 3, 2018) Service members assigned to the Joint Forces Honor Guard place the casket of former President George H.W. Bush into the Special Air Mission 41 aircraft during a departure ceremony at Ellington Field Joint Reserve Base in Houston, Texas, Dec. 3, 2018. Bush, the 41st president of the United States, died Nov. 30, 2018, in Houston, Texas at the age of 94. Bush flew 58 combat missions as a Navy pilot during World War II, for which he was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross, three Air Medals, and shared the Presidential Unit Citation awarded to the light aircraft carrier USS San Jacinto (CVL 30). Bush will lie in state at the Capitol Rotunda and be given a state funeral at the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C., before being laid to rest next to former first lady Barbara Bush in College Station, Texas. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech Sgt. Andrew Lee/Released)


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