Donald Rumsfeld Over the Years
Photo #2 caught our attention:
Donald Rumsfeld’s parents, George and Jeannette, in Coronado, Calif., in 1944. Rumsfeld’s father, a U.S. Navy lieutenant, volunteered for service shortly after the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor.(Rumsfeld Collection)
See the entire ABC News slideshow here.
According to a past interview with Secretary Rumsfeld, he stated:
Well, I lived in Coronado in 1943, (194)4 and (194)5 when my father was out in an aircraft carrier in the Pacific in World War II. And we are so fortunate as a country to have those men and women who volunteer; raise their hand and say send me, join the Navy and the Marines and the Air Force and the Army; and then go out and put their lives at risk to protect the American people. And their families’ sacrifice as well. And we are in their debt, and I am grateful to them.
