George S. McGovern | 1922-2012

George McGovern was a World War II combat pilot and received the Distinguished Flying Cross in 1944.  (McGovern Family / Associated Press)

USA Today founder Al Neuharth and George McGovern on a cruise on the Missouri River near Chamberlain, S.D., promoting the traveling journalism museum NewsCapade.  (Chet Brokaw / Associated Press)

George McGovern and his former Senate colleague, the late Daniel Patrick Moynihan of New York, congratulate each other after receiving the Presidential Medal of Freedom at a ceremony at the White House in August 2000.  (Mario Tama / AFP/Getty Images)

George McGovern, U.S. ambassador to the U.N. Food and Agricultural Agency, visits with children during their lunch break at the Trung Tu Primary School in Hanoi, Vietnam, in March 2001. McGovern was visiting Vietnam to meet with government officials and international organizations to discuss developing a global Food for Education Initiative.   (Richard Vogel / Associated Press)

Former Senate adversaries Bob Dole and George McGovern discuss their World War II experiences in a tribute-to-veterans event in Washington in May 2004.  (Dennis Cook / Associated Press)

George McGovern talks with California Reps. Barbara Lee (D-Oakland), left, and Lynn Woolsey (D-Petaluma) on Capitol Hill in 2007 before participating in a forum on U.S. policy in Iraq.  (Lauren Victoria Burke / Associated Press)

George McGovern, center, is joined by National World War II Museum President Nick Mueller, right, and army reenactor Frank Rattermann for a photograph during an appearance at the museum in New Orleans in April 2009.   (Bill Haber / Associated Press)