Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations. 1900 - 2003. Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities. 1947 - 1984. GEN JOHN P. MCCONNELL'S RETIREMENT, ANDREWS AFB, MARYLAND

Lemnitzer, Lyman L. (Lyman Louis), 1899-1988

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Lyman Louis Lemnitzer (August 29, 1899 – November 12, 1988) was born in Honesdale, Pennsylvania. He received his commission in the Coast Artillery Corps from West Point in 1920 and was an instructor at West Point from 1926 to 1930, and again in 1934 and 1935. He graduated from the Command and General Staff School in 1936 and the Army War College in 1940 and saw duty with war plans division and the staff of Army Ground Forces from May 1941 to June 1942. He reached the rank of brigadier general in...

Laird, Melvin R.

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Melvin Robert Laird (b. 1922) was a U.S. Representative from Wisconsin, January 3, 1953 to his resignation on January 21, 1969 to become Secretary of Defense. He served as Secretary of Defense from 1969 until January 29, 1973. He was domestic advisor to President Nixon from 1973 to 1974, and after 1974 he served as senior counsellor for national and international affairs for the Reader's Digest Association. From the description of Laird, Melvin R. (Melvin Robert), 1922- (U.S. Nationa...

Holloway, Bruce K.

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McConnell, John P. (John Paul), 1908-1986

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Air Force officer. From the description of Reminiscences of John Paul McConnell : oral history, 1969. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122481214 ...

Merrell, Jack G. (Jack Gordon), 1915-1993

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Jack Gordon Merrell (b. 1915, Jeannette, Penn.-d. Aug. 15, 1993) was Commander of the Air Force Logistics Command at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base from March 29, 1968 to September 12, 1972. From the description of Merrell, Jack G. (Jack Gordon), 1915-1993 (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration). naId: 10597133 ...

Seamans, Robert Channing, 1918-2008

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Seamans was Associate Administrator. From the description of Proposed Decontamination Procedures to be Used on Ranger A3 Spacecraft : letter to William H. Pickering, JPL Director, 1961 Jun 26. (Jet Propulsion Laboratory Library and Archives). WorldCat record id: 733098214 From the description of Delegation of Responsibility for Payload Decontamination Procedures to Homer Newell : teletype to William H. Pickering, JPL Director, 1962 Feb 5. (Jet Propulsion Laboratory Library a...

Catton, Jack J. (Jack Joseph), 1920-1990

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Jack J. Catton (b. 1920, Berkeley, Calif.-d. Dec. 5, 1990), U.S. Air Force officer, was commissioned a second lieutenant in the Army Air Corps early in 1941. After serving as an instructor pilot and squadron commander in the U.S., he flew the first B-29 bomber across the Pacific in 1944. While with the 21st Bomber Command, General Catton received awards for extraordinary achievement during combat missions against Japan. Following the War, he took part in the first two atomic weapons tests in the...

Estes, Howell M. (Howell Marion), 1914-

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Howell Marion Estes, Jr. (b. 1914, Fort Oglethorpe, Ga.-d. July 2, 2007), General in the U.S. Air Force, graduated from West Point in 1936 and completed pilot training in 1940. During World War II, he was director of training at the Brooks Field Advanced Flying School and commanded two Army Air Bases in Texas. At the end of the War, he became chief of the Plans and Policy Branch, Operations Division, U.S. Air Forces in Europe, and later assistant chief of staff for plans. During the Korean War, ...

Ryan, John D. (John Dale), 1915-1983

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John Dale Ryan (1915-1983) was the Seventh Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force. He was born in Cherokee, Iowa, where he graduated from Cherokee Junior College before entering the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York. He graduated from West Point in 1938, and attended flight schools at Randolph and Kelly Fields, Texas, receiving his pilot''s wings in 1939. During the early years of World War II, he served as a flight instructor and in training roles at Kelly Field and ...