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* Harry S. Truman, served in the [[Missouri Army National Guard]] from 1905 to 1911, rising to the rank of [[Corporal#United States|corporal]]. During World War I he rejoined and was commissioned a first lieutenant in the 2nd Missouri Field Artillery. This regiment was federalized as the [[129th Field Artillery Regiment (United States)|129th Field Artillery]], and Truman commanded Battery D as a captain. He continued to serve in the [[United States Army Reserve|Army Reserve]], retiring as a colonel in 1953.<ref>{{cite book|author=Gabriele Arnold|title=Harry S. Truman – his foreign policy|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XWW8JmiCXmkC&pg=PA4|year=2006|publisher=GRIN Verlag|isbn=978-3-638-51025-7|page=4}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|author=Michael J. Devine|title=Harry S. Truman, the State of Israel, and the Quest for Peace in the Middle East|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Z5cK35spXUQC&pg=PA93|year=2009|publisher=Truman State Univ Press|isbn=978-1-935503-80-4|page=93}}</ref><ref name="Truman_DearBess">{{cite book|last=Truman|first=Harry S.|author-link=Harry S. Truman |editor-last=Ferrell|editor-first=Robert H.|editor-link=Robert Hugh Ferrell|title=[[Dear Bess: The Letters From Harry to Bess Truman, 1910-1959]]|year=1983|publisher=Norton|isbn=978-0-8262-1203-0|oclc= 9440945|page=306}}</ref> | * Harry S. Truman, served in the [[Missouri Army National Guard]] from 1905 to 1911, rising to the rank of [[Corporal#United States|corporal]]. During World War I he rejoined and was commissioned a first lieutenant in the 2nd Missouri Field Artillery. This regiment was federalized as the [[129th Field Artillery Regiment (United States)|129th Field Artillery]], and Truman commanded Battery D as a captain. He continued to serve in the [[United States Army Reserve|Army Reserve]], retiring as a colonel in 1953.<ref>{{cite book|author=Gabriele Arnold|title=Harry S. Truman – his foreign policy|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XWW8JmiCXmkC&pg=PA4|year=2006|publisher=GRIN Verlag|isbn=978-3-638-51025-7|page=4}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|author=Michael J. Devine|title=Harry S. Truman, the State of Israel, and the Quest for Peace in the Middle East|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Z5cK35spXUQC&pg=PA93|year=2009|publisher=Truman State Univ Press|isbn=978-1-935503-80-4|page=93}}</ref><ref name="Truman_DearBess">{{cite book|last=Truman|first=Harry S.|author-link=Harry S. Truman |editor-last=Ferrell|editor-first=Robert H.|editor-link=Robert Hugh Ferrell|title=[[Dear Bess: The Letters From Harry to Bess Truman, 1910-1959]]|year=1983|publisher=Norton|isbn=978-0-8262-1203-0|oclc= 9440945|page=306}}</ref> | ||
(Note: President | (Note: President George W. Bush served in the National Guard in the late 1960s and early 1970s, and he was the first [[Air National Guard]] member to attain the presidency.)<ref>{{cite book|author=Clarke Rountree|title=George W. Bush: A Biography|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-kcaI-XTL4kC&pg=PA34|year=2011|publisher=ABC-CLIO|isbn=978-0-313-38500-1|pages=xviii–xix}}</ref> | ||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||