James, Daniel, 1920-1978

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From the description of Reminiscences of Daniel James, Jr. : oral history, [197-?]. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122419681

Daniel James, Jr. (b. 1920, Pensacola, Fla.-d. Feb. 25, 1978), U.S. Air Force officer, graduated from Tuskegee Institute in 1942, received his commission in 1943, and then completed fighter pilot training. In 1950 he flew 101 combat missions in Korea. During the 1950s, he served as an all-weather jet fighter pilot with the 58th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron (FIS), and as commander of the 437th and 60th FIS. Following assignments in England with the 81st Tactical Fighter Wing and 92nd Tactical Fighter Squadron, General James flew 78 combat missions into North Vietnam. Back in the U.S., he served as deputy assistant secretary of defense (public affairs); vice commander, Military Airlift Command; commander in chief of NORAD/ADCOM; and as special assistant to the chief of staff, U.S. Air Force. He retired in 1978.
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referencedIn Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations. 1900 - 2003. Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities. 1947 - 1984. ARRIVAL OF 435TH TACTICAL FIGHTER SQUADRON AT UBON AB, THAILAND National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations. 1900 - 2003. Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities. 1947 - 1984. One-on-one interview with General James, WRC-TV, Washington, D.C. National Archives at College Park
creatorOf Southern Elections Fund. Papers, 1965-1975 of the Fund and of the chairman of the Board of Trustees, Julian Bond [manuscript]. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations. 1900 - 2003. Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities. 1947 - 1984. NORAD 20th Anniversary, Peterson AFB, Colorado National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations. 1900 - 2003. Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities. 1947 - 1984. Today Show visits SAC, Offutt AFB, Nebraska and Ellsworth AFB, South Dakota National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations. 1900 - 2003. Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities. 1947 - 1984. From These Beginnings (Outtakes, SFP 2252), Tuskegee, Alabama, Washington, DC, Los Angeles, California National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations. 1900 - 2003. Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities. 1947 - 1984. F-4C MIG KILLERS, UBON AB, THAILAND National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Simms, Bob (Robert H. Simms), 1927. Bob Simms collection, 1907-2006. University of Miami, Otto G. Richter Library
referencedIn Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations. 1900 - 2003. Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities. 1947 - 1984. VISITING DIGNITARIES AT UBON AB, THAILAND National Archives at College Park
creatorOf Bicentennial Celebration of Independence Day. Correspondence : with Marian Anderson, 1976. University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library
referencedIn Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations. 1900 - 2003. Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities. 1947 - 1984. Falcons on the wing, Air Force Academy, Colorado National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations. 1900 - 2003. Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities. 1947 - 1984. MIG KILLERS, UBON AB, THAILAND National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations. 1900 - 2003. Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities. 1947 - 1984. 1970 Air Force Association convention, Washington, D.C. National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations. 1900 - 2003. Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities. 1947 - 1984. FIRST RED RIVER VALLEY REUNION, KORAT AB, THAILAND National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Boris Souvarine papers, 1915-1984 (inclusive), 1940-1984 (bulk). Houghton Library
referencedIn Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations. 1900 - 2003. Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities. 1947 - 1984. Wheelus Exodus, Wheelus AB, Libya National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations. 1900 - 2003. Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities. 1947 - 1984. COLONEL CHAPPIE JAMES, UBON AB, THAILAND National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations. 1900 - 2003. Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities. 1947 - 1984. WHEELUS EXODUS, WHEELUS AIR BASE, LIBYA National Archives at College Park
creatorOf James, Daniel, 1920-1978. Reminiscences of Daniel James, Jr. : oral history, [197-?]. Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries
referencedIn Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations. 1900 - 2003. Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities. 1947 - 1984. THE POW WIFE, WASHINGTON, DC National Archives at College Park
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