James was a graduate of the Yale class of 1922, a managing partner in G. H. Walker & Co, V-P of 1st National Bank of St. Louis, on the board of curators of the Univ. of Missouri, and a Director of the Import-Export Bank under Presidents Eisenhower and Kennedy.
He served in the Army Air Force in WWII as a Captain rising to Lt Colonel in 1944-1945 in the China Burma India Campaign for 19 months under General Donald L Hardy. On September 17, 1945, he was driving his family in Middle Island, on Long Island, NY. A truck sideswiped their car on a narrow road. A hurricane had blown itself out over the Carolinas and New York causing heavy rain. He and his wife Caroline Patterson Bush were taken to a nearby army hospital but their 15 year old daughter Henrietta Bush was killed.
He died in the Veterans Medical Center in Quezon City after a long illness. He was awarded a Bronze Star in India.
He served in the Army Air Force in WWII as a Captain rising to Lt Colonel in 1944-1945 in the China Burma India Campaign for 19 months under General Donald L Hardy. On September 17, 1945, he was driving his family in Middle Island, on Long Island, NY. A truck sideswiped their car on a narrow road. A hurricane had blown itself out over the Carolinas and New York causing heavy rain. He and his wife Caroline Patterson Bush were taken to a nearby army hospital but their 15 year old daughter Henrietta Bush was killed.
He died in the Veterans Medical Center in Quezon City after a long illness. He was awarded a Bronze Star in India.
James was a graduate of the Yale class of 1922, a managing partner in G. H. Walker & Co, V-P of 1st National Bank of St. Louis, on the board of curators of the Univ. of Missouri, and a Director of the Import-Export Bank under Presidents Eisenhower and Kennedy.
He served in the Army Air Force in WWII as a Captain rising to Lt Colonel in 1944-1945 in the China Burma India Campaign for 19 months under General Donald L Hardy. On September 17, 1945, he was driving his family in Middle Island, on Long Island, NY. A truck sideswiped their car on a narrow road. A hurricane had blown itself out over the Carolinas and New York causing heavy rain. He and his wife Caroline Patterson Bush were taken to a nearby army hospital but their 15 year old daughter Henrietta Bush was killed.
He died in the Veterans Medical Center in Quezon City after a long illness. He was awarded a Bronze Star in India.
He served in the Army Air Force in WWII as a Captain rising to Lt Colonel in 1944-1945 in the China Burma India Campaign for 19 months under General Donald L Hardy. On September 17, 1945, he was driving his family in Middle Island, on Long Island, NY. A truck sideswiped their car on a narrow road. A hurricane had blown itself out over the Carolinas and New York causing heavy rain. He and his wife Caroline Patterson Bush were taken to a nearby army hospital but their 15 year old daughter Henrietta Bush was killed.
He died in the Veterans Medical Center in Quezon City after a long illness. He was awarded a Bronze Star in India.
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