In 1955, his promotion to wing commander was announced ( Gazette supplement 40666). He had come a long way since leaving school with no qualifications to become a Senator Roberts Makes History, Becoming Top Republican on Senate Agriculture Committee | The United States Senate Committee On Agriculture, Nutrition & Forestry". www.agriculture.senate.gov . Retrieved June 6, 2018. Weinraub, Bernard (November 10, 1987). "Dole Makes His Presidential Bid Official". The New York Times . Retrieved June 6, 2018. However what is confusing is that Pingel as Gruppenkommandeur of I. Gruppe JG26,is known to have been shot down off Hastings by a Hurricane Ace, John Beard on the 28th September and then rescued by the german air sea rescue.

Dole often referred to himself in the third person in conversation. [131] [132] In a 1996 appearance on Saturday Night Live, he jokingly refuted the habit to Norm Macdonald, saying: "That's not something Bob Dole does. That's not something Bob Dole has ever done, or that Bob Dole will ever do." [133] He had no relation to the Dole Food Company or its namesake James Dole, [134] [135] although confusion between the two did lead Burhanettin Ozfatura, the mayor of İzmir, Turkey, to ban the sale of Dole bananas in the city in February 1995. [135] HealthIn 2009, Dole was hospitalized for an elevated heart rate and sore legs for which he underwent a successful skin graft procedure. He was hospitalized with pneumonia in February 2010 after undergoing knee surgery. Dole spent ten months at Walter Reed Army Medical Center recovering from the surgery and experienced three bouts with pneumonia. He was released from the hospital in November 2010. Dole was readmitted to Walter Reed Army Medical Center in January 2011 and spent about six days there being treated for a fever and a minor infection. [140] Bush Appoints Dole and Shalala to Head Inquiry on Military Health Care". The New York Times. March 7, 2007. Desrochers, Daniel (December 9, 2021). "Bob Dole's final resting place announced ahead of services in Washington and Kansas". The Kansas City Star . Retrieved December 9, 2021. During his tenure in the House, Dole voted in favor of the Civil Rights Acts of 1964 and 1968, [22] [23] [24] [25] as well as the 24th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution and the Voting Rights Act of 1965. [26] [27] [28] U.S. Senate (1969–1996)

But he had not lost his desire to engage closely with the enemy, and he volunteered for an overseas posting. In November 1943 he landed at Bombay after a dangerous voyage on a troopship through the Mediterranean. He was given the task of forming a new Indian Air Force squadron. No 10 IAF Squadron combined a number of nationalities, the majority being Indian. Many of the airmen and aircrew were inexperienced, and Bob had to form them into a fighting unit. This he did very successfully, and in December 1944, the squadron was posted to fight the Japanese over the Burmese jungles in the Arkan campaign. Berke, Richard L. (May 16, 1996). "Dole says he will leave Senate to focus on presidential race". The New York Times . Retrieved June 17, 2010.After 22 operations at Park Prewett Hospital he earned his place as a member of the Guinea Pig Club (for patients of novel surgical techniques), and he was able to resume operational flying within four months of his crash.A series of training posts followed at a fighter school, and in October 1943 he volunteered for service in India. Jefferson Awards FoundationNational – Jefferson Awards Foundation". Jeffersonawards.org. Archived from the original on November 24, 2010 . Retrieved March 5, 2016. Much-admired but always modest, Doe never considered himself a hero, saying that he had been "just doing my duty".But he did write about his wartime experiences in Bob Doe, Fighter Pilot, published in 1989. Dole resigns from Senate to focus on presidential bid". Politico. June 11, 1996 . Retrieved June 6, 2018.

rank was announced on 30 December 1941 ( Gazette issue 35398). During this time, he was promoted again to squadron leader. The details of Bob’s award of the DFC for service in 234 Squadron were announced in Gazette issue 34976, dated 22 October 1940:October 1945 ( Gazette supplement 37291), it was announced that he was awarded the DSO. His citation is as follows:

As Lee Sandlin describes, when fellow soldiers saw the extent of his injuries, they believed all they could do was "give him the largest dose of morphine they dared and write an 'M' for 'morphine' on his forehead in his own blood, so that nobody else who found him would give him a second, fatal dose." [12] a b c Sarasohn, Judy (February 12, 2003). "Dole to Join Law Firm Based in Atlanta". The Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286 . Retrieved December 7, 2021. I was doing some research into the late great Bob Doe and was reading with interest the incident in which he refused to finish off Rolf Pingel having damaged his 109. Washington Post profile, Dole's Ex-Wife Still Puzzled by Divorce". The Washington Post. August 7, 1996.

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Elovitz, Paul (1996). "Work, Laughter and Tears: Bob Dole's Childhood, War Injury, the Conservative Republicans and the 1996 Election". Journal of Psychohistory. 24 (2): 147–162. ISSN 0145-3378. Despite the 1994 elections, President Clinton's popularity soared due to a booming economy and public opinion polls supporting him in the 1995 budget shutdown. As a result, Clinton and Vice President Al Gore faced no serious opposition in the Democratic primaries. [59] A few months before his death in April 1994, Richard Nixon warned Dole, "If the economy's good, you're not going to beat Clinton." [60] Dole was the early front runner for the GOP nomination in the 1996 presidential race. At least eight candidates ran for the nomination. Dole was expected to win the nomination against underdog candidates such as the more conservative Senator Phil Gramm of Texas and more moderate Senator Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania. Pat Buchanan upset Dole in the early New Hampshire primary, however, with Dole finishing second and former Tennessee governor Lamar Alexander finishing third. Speechwriter Kerry Tymchuk observed, "Dole was on the ropes because he wasn't conservative enough." [59] KU Football rosters 1940–1949" (PDF). KUAthletics.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 6, 2018 . Retrieved April 5, 2018. Henneberger, Melinda (December 12, 2013). "Bob Dole honored for work in helping to feed the poor". The Washington Post . Retrieved December 12, 2021. President Clinton's impeachment trial begins". History. February 9, 2010 . Retrieved December 20, 2022.