Presidential Trivia Answers (June 14 & 15)

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For those who saw the presidential trivia questions earlier:

(1) QUESTION: True of False? Dwight Eisenhower served in both World War I and World War II, but he never saw a day of combat.

ANSWER: True. It wasn’t for lack of trying, though. “His repeated applications to combat units were denied,” the National Museum if the U.S. Army explains. “He was assigned to a tank battalion . . . Finally, in October 1918, Eisenhower received mobilization orders. Before Eisenhower could get the chance to leave the States for war, Germany agreed to an armistice that ended World War I on Nov. 11, 1918.” By the time World War II started, Eisenhower had already been promoted to General. The photo is of Eisenhower while he was a West Point cadet.

(2) QUESTION: True or False? William Howard Taft got stuck in a bathtub.

ANSWER: False, although the story has become a legend that is commonly believed. He did, however, have a bathtub built for a trip that he took to Panama aboard USS North Carolina. The tub measured just over 7 feet long, and it weighed one ton.

(3) QUESTION: True or False? George W. Bush was the first President to have email.

ANSWER: False. Bill Clinton had email, although he sent only two messages during his presidency. The first message went to John Glenn, who was then in outer space.