Presidential Military Service

Based on the clues, can you name these US Presidents who served in the military?

Several presidents served in more than one war; the one(s) listed are those they are most identified with.

Not all presidents who served in the military are listed.

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Last updated: August 9, 2012

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Hint	Rank	War	Answer
Commander of the Continental Army	General	Revolutionary	George Washington
Battle of Tippecanoe	General	Indian / 1812	William H. Harrison
"Old Rough and Ready"	General	1812 / Mexican	Zachary Taylor
WWII commander on D-Day	General	World War II	Dwight D. Eisenhower
PT boat captain in WW II	Lieutenant	World War II	John F. Kennedy
Led the charge up San Juan Hill	Colonel	Spanish American	Theodore Roosevelt
Defeated Lee at Appomattox	General	Civil War	Ulysses S. Grant
Battle of New Orleans	General	War of 1812	Andrew Jackson
Navy pilot during World War II	Lieutenant	World War II	George H.W. Bush

Hint	Rank	War	Answer
WW II Army Air Force PR officer	Captain	World War II	Ronald Reagan
Militia leader -- Black Hawk War	Captain	Black Hawk War	Abraham Lincoln
Wounded at South Mountain	General	Civil War	Rutherford B. Hayes
Heroic ride at Chickamauga	General	Civil War	James A. Garfield
Wounded in the Battle of Contreras	General	Mexican War	Franklin Pierce
Atlanta campaign/Battle of Nashville	General	Civil War	Benjamin Harrison
Crossed the Delaware with Washington	Lt. Commander	Revolutionary	James Monroe
Graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy	Lieutenant	Korean War	Jimmy Carter
Artillery commander in France	Colonel	World War I	Harry S Truman