The former senator's 2018 gesture was moving and powerful.
Dole, 95, was helped up from his wheelchair and stood for nearly 20 seconds, during which time he saluted Bush.
Both men served in World War II and would later compete on a national scale in the political arena. They both lost out to Ronald Reagan for the Republican nomination in the 1980 presidential race, and Bush would later defeat Dole for the GOP nod in 1988, en route to becoming president.Drew Angerer / Getty Images
Dole, who received two Purple Hearts for injuries he sustained in World War II, would continue life as a public servant, emerging as the Republican leader of the Senate from 1985 until 1996, including the period when Bush was in the White House.
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