More detail on this person: Harry Leonard Bush,
74, a retired Army colonel and decorated veteran
of two wars who came to this area in 1948, died
Jan. 17 at Georgetown University Hospital after a
stroke. He lived in Washington and Hobe Sound,
Fla.
Col. Bush was a graduate of Auburn University in
his native Alabama and received a master's degree
in aeronautical engineering from Princeton
University. He spent 35 years in the Army before
retiring for health reasons in 1976.
A field artillery officer, he had served in Europe
during World War II and in Korea during the
conflict there. He spent much of his career in
Army aviation and research and development, and
was stationed in St. Louis when he retired.
Col. Bush's decorations included two Legions of
Merit, three Air Medals, the Bronze Star, the
Purple Heart, the Distinguished Flying Cross and
the Army Commendation Medal. He also wore the
Army's master aviator's badge.
He was a member of the Army Navy Country Club.
He attended St. Albans Episcopal Church in
Washington.
Survivors include his wife, the former Mary Olive
Strozier, of Washington and Hobe Sound; two sons,
Dr. Harry Bush Jr. of Hastings-on-the-Hudson,
N.Y., and William Owen Walton Bush of Cookeville,
Tenn.; and five grandsons.
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