Monday, December 3, 2007

Captain Ron Paul’s Military Service to Our Country

Drafted 1962 (?); United States Air Force, 1963-1965; United States Air National Guard, 1965-1968 (unclear if he ranked higher than captain upon ANG discharge)

Ron Paul was in uniform

  • during the greatest external threat to the United States since its founding, the Cold War.
  • during the greatest WMD threat to the United States in history, from the Soviet Union.
  • during or shortly after the greatest danger of complete human annihilation in history, the Cuban Missile Crisis.

Captain Ron Paul understands true national security.

Ron Paul, an officer and a gentleman.



PAUL, Ronald Ernest (1935- ), a Representative from Texas; born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pa., August 20, 1935; graduated from Dormont High School, Dormont, Pa., 1953; B.A., Gettysburg College, Gettysburg, Pa., 1957; M.D., Duke University Medical Center, Durham, N.C., 1961; internship and residency training, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, Mich., 1961 and 1962; obstetrics and gynecology training, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pa., 1965-1968; medical doctor; United States Air Force, 1963-1965; United States Air National Guard, 1965-1968; delegate, Texas state Republican convention, 1974; unsuccessful candidate for election to the Ninety-fourth Congress in 1974; elected as a Republican to the Ninety-fourth Congress, by special election to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of United States Representative Robert R. Casey (April 3, 1976-January 3, 1977); unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the Ninety-fifth Congress in 1976; elected to the Ninety-sixth and to the two succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1979-January 3, 1985); was not a candidate for reelection to the House of Representatives in 1984, but was an unsuccessful candidate for nomination to the United States Senate; publisher; unsuccessful Libertarian Party candidate for election for President of the United States in 1988; elected as a Republican to the One Hundred Fifth and to the five succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1997-present).

--Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

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