Frank Maxwell Andrews Papers 1920-1943 (bulk 1935-1942)

Lachland, Frank Dorwin, 1884-1943

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6tb4c4k (person)

Kenny, George E.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6rj7p4w (person)

Robbins, Augustine Warner, 1882-1940

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w62z4hrp (person)

Brett, George H. (George Howard), 1886-1963

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6zt3n6g (person)

George Howard Brett (7 February 1886 – 2 December 1963) was a United States Army Air Forces General during World War II. An Early Bird of Aviation, Brett served as a staff officer in World War I. In 1941, following the outbreak of war with Japan, Brett was appointed Deputy Commander of a short-lived major Allied command, the American-British-Dutch-Australian Command (ABDACOM), which oversaw Allied forces in South East Asia and the South West Pacific. In early 1942, he was put in charge of United...

Spaatz, Carl, 1891-1974

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w62k72cq (person)

Carl Andrew Spaatz (born Spatz; June 28, 1891 – July 14, 1974), nicknamed "Tooey", was an American World War II general. As commander of Strategic Air Forces in Europe in 1944, he successfully pressed for the bombing of the enemy's oil production facilities as a priority over other targets. He became Chief of Staff of the newly formed United States Air Force in 1947. Spaatz retired with the rank of general on June 30, 1948. He was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross, Distinguished Servic...

Craig, Malin, 1875-1945

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6pm15q3 (person)

Malin Craig (1875-1945) was born in St. Joseph, Missouri. He commissioned in the infantry after graduating from West Point in 1898. He served in the Santiago campaign in the Spanish American War, the expedition to Peking in 1900, and the Philippines, from 1900 to 1904. He graduated from the Infantry and Cavalry School in 1905 and the Army War College in 1910. During World War I, he was chief of staff of the 41st Division, then I Corps at the Aisne-Marne, St. Mihiel, and Meuse-Argonne offensives....

Arnold, Henry Harley, 1886-1950

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6n699qb (person)

Henry Harley "Hap" Arnold (June 25, 1886 – January 15, 1950) was an American general officer holding the ranks of General of the Army and General of the Air Force. Arnold was an aviation pioneer, Chief of the Air Corps (1938–1941), Commanding General of the U.S. Army Air Forces, the only U.S. Air Force general to hold five-star rank, and the only officer to hold a five-star rank in two different U.S. military services. Arnold was also the founder of Project RAND, which evolved into one of the wo...

Pratt, H. C. (Henry Conger), 1882-1966

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6mk9j8w (person)

Henry Conger Pratt (b. 1882, Fort Stanton, N.M.-d. Apr. 1, 1966), U.S. Air Force officer, graduated from West Point in 1904 and was commissioned in the Cavalry, Regular Army. He served in the Philippines from 1905 to 1907 and after a number of assignments in the U.S., served with the 4th Cavalry in Hawaii and performed duty with the aviation section of the Signal Corps there. He was assigned temporary duty in connection with aviation with the American Expeditionary Forces in France in 1918. In t...

Lane, Arthur Bliss, 1894-1956

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6668qvp (person)

Arthur Bliss Lane was born in Brooklyn, New York on June 16, 1894. He graduated from Yale University (B.A., 1916) and entered the diplomatic service as secretary to the United States ambassador to Italy. Lane served in diplomatic posts throughout Europe, and joined the Department of State in 1923. He served in Mexico and Nicaragua before returning to Europe in 1937. Lane served as ambassador to Colombia (1942-1944) and ambassador to Poland (1945-1947). He retired from diplomatic service in 1947 ...

Robins, Augustine Warner

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w64n28jv (person)

Foulois, Benjamin Delahauf, 1879-1967

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w68s4pnj (person)

Benjamin "Benny" Delahauf Foulois (December 9, 1879 – April 25, 1967) was a United States Army general who learned to fly the first military planes purchased from the Wright Brothers. He became the first military aviator as an airship pilot, and achieved numerous other military aviation "firsts". He led strategic development of the Air Force in the United States. Foulois was born in Washington, Connecticut to a Franco-American pipe-fitter and a Boston-born nurse. At age 18, he used his older...

Johnson, Louis Arthur, 1891-1966

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6c82s99 (person)

Louis Arthur Johnson (January 10, 1891 – April 24, 1966) was an American politician and attorney who served as the second United States Secretary of Defense from 1949 to 1950. He was the Assistant Secretary of War from 1937 to 1940 and the 15th national commander of the American Legion from 1932 to 1933. Born in Roanoke, Virginia, Johnson earned a law degree from the University of Virginia. After graduation he practiced law in Clarksburg, West Virginia; his firm, Steptoe and Johnson, eventual...

Stimson, Henry L. (Henry Lewis), 1867-1950

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w65q4xdp (person)

Henry Lewis Stimson, the politician, was one of Eleanor Stimson Brooks's cousins. He took an interest in the family and had given her support throughout Van Wyck's struggles with depression (1926-1930). From the description of Correspondence to Charles Van Wyck Brooks, 1930-1945. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 191821881 Stimson served as U.S. Secretary of war (1911-1913, 1940-1945), was governor general of the Philippine Islands (1927-1929) and U.S...

Brant, Gerald C.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6c2819d (person)

Long, Boaz Walton, 1876-1962

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6378qx0 (person)

Boaz Walton Long (9-27-1876 to 7-30-1962) was born in Warsaw, Indiana where his father held a judicial position. The Long family came to the Southwest in 1885 when President Grover Cleveland named Elisha V. Long Chief Justice of New Mexico. The Longs lived in Santa Fe initially and then moved to Las Vegas after redistricting of the Territory. Boaz graduated from Las Vegas High School and then spent one year at Wentworth Military Academy in Lexington, Missouri. Subsequent clerking in his father's...

Andrews, Frank Maxwell, 1884-1943

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6x09cc3 (person)

Lieutenant General, U.S. Air Force. From the description of Frank Maxwell Andrews papers, 1911-1944. (Tennessee State Library & Archives). WorldCat record id: 35132607 Air Force officer. From the description of Frank Maxwell Andrews papers, 1920-1943 (bulk 1935-1942). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71131095 Biographical Note 1884, Feb. 3 Born, N...

Woodring, Harry Hines, 1887-1967

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w67d4s1m (person)

Harry Hines Woodring was born in Elk City, Kansas, on May 31, 1887, the son of Hines and Melissa Woodring. After attending Elk City and Montgomery County high schools, he enrolled in Lebanon Business University, Lebanon, Indiana, where he staved for ten months. Returning to Elk City in the spring of 1905, he accepted a job as bookkeeper in the First National Bank. In 1909, he was offered, and accepted, a job as assistant cashier in the First National Bank of Neodesha, Kansas, a care...

Talbot, Ralph, 1897-1918

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w66q5287 (person)

Weaver, Walter Reed, 1885-1944

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6x66s6r (person)

Knerr, Hugh Johnston, 1887-1971

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6ks6rt5 (person)

Hugh Johnston Knerr (b. 1887, Fairfield, Iowa-d. Oct. 26, 1971), Major General in the U.S. Air Force, graduated from the Naval Academy in 1908, transferred to the Army in 1911, and attended aviation school in 1917. During the 1920s he advocated the development of advanced aircraft for use during warfare. He served as commanding officer of the 2nd Bomb Group, in charge of developing bombardment tactics in the Air Corps. He retired in 1939 after more than 30 years of service, but was recalled in 1...

United States. Army. Caribbean Defense Command

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6c59qm4 (corporateBody)

Chaney, James Eugene, 1885-1967

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6xh2vss (person)

James Eugene Chaney (b. March 16, 1885, Chaney, Maryland-d. Sept. 1, 1967), Major General in the U.S. Air Force, graduated from West Point in 1908 and served in Europe, Africa, Asia, the Philippines, and Hawaii. In 1918 he was assigned to Headquarters of the Chief of Air Service, American Expeditionary Forces, and commanded the airdrome at Cablenz, Germany. During World War II, General Chaney was commanding general of the First Air Force, commander of the Army Air Forces Basic Training Center, a...

Wright, Burdette S.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6g76jpf (person)

Marshall, George C. (George Catlett), 1880-1959

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6vd6wkc (person)

George Catlett Marshall (b. December 31, 1880, Uniontown, Pennsylvania-d. October 16, 1959, Washington, D.C.), had a long and auspicious career in the United States (U.S.) Army and to the United States. He graduated from the Virginia Military Institute in 1901 and served his country as U.S. Secretary of State, Secretary of Defense, Envoy to China, Army Chief of Staff, and as President of the American Red Cross. Marshall, America's first five-star general, was born in Uniontown, Pennsylvania, ...

De Seversky, Alexander P. (Alexander Procofieff), 1894-1974

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6rx9tvh (person)

Aeronautical engineer. From the description of Alexander P. De Seversky papers, 1939-1941. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 153602064 ...

United States. War Department

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6mp8swh (corporateBody)

Marcy served as Secretary of War under James K. Polk, 1845-1849. From the description of William L. Marcy letter : Washington [D.C.], to Col. J.D. Stevenson, New York City, ALS, 1846 June 26. (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record id: 43771263 Officer, Second U.S. Cavalry, 1868-1892. From the description of Report of Lieutenant Gustavus C. Doane, 1870 Dec.15. (Montana State University Bozeman Library). WorldCat record id: 43955079 U.S. gov...

Kenney, George C. (George Churchill), 1889-1977

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6cn9mgx (person)

George Churchill Kenney (6 August 1889 – 9 August 1977) was a United States Army Air Forces general during World War II. He is best known as the commander of the Allied Air Forces in the Southwest Pacific Area (SWPA), a position he held between August 1942 and 1945. Kenney enlisted as a flying cadet in the Aviation Section, U.S. Signal Corps in 1917, and served on the Western Front with the 91st Aero Squadron. He was awarded a Silver Star and the Distinguished Service Cross for actions in whi...

Fleet, Reuben Hollis, 1887-1975

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w63b94c6 (person)

Bell, Lawrence Dale, 1894-1956

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w63b69qm (person)

Corporation executives. From the description of Reminiscences of Lawrence Dale Bell, DeWitt Clinton Ramsey, George Olmstead, and Elton J. Smith : lecture, 1955. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122411634 ...

United States. Army

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6km312r (corporateBody)

The United States Army is the largest branch of the United States Armed Forces and performs land-based military operations. It is one of the seven uniformed services of the United States and is designated as the Army of the United States in the United States Constitution, Article 2, Section 2, Clause 1 and United States Code, Title 10, Subtitle B, Chapter 301, Section 3001. As the largest and senior branch of the U.S. military, the modern U.S. Army has its roots in the Continental Army, which wa...

United States. Army. Air Service

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w62r7fnk (corporateBody)

United States. Army. Air Corps

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6wh6fvx (corporateBody)

Lackland, Frank Dorwin, 1884-1943

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6dv4pwm (person)

McNair, Lesley James, 1883-1944

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6nk40wr (person)

Brigadier General Lesley James McNair (1883-1944) was born in Verndale, Minnesota. He was appointed to the U. S. Military Academy on Aug. 1, 1900, and upon graduation on June 15, 1904, was commissioned a 2nd Lieutenant of Artillery. McNair was promoted to the grade of First Lieutenant on July 1, 1905; to captain on May 29, 1907; to major on May 15, 1917; to lieutenant colonel (temporary) on Aug. 5, 1917; to colonel (temporary) on June 26, 1918; and to brigadier general (temporary) on Oct. 1, 191...

Westover, Oscar, 1883-1938

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6cc3pmh (person)

Oscar F. Westover enlisted as a private in the Army in 1901 and the following year won an appointment to the U. S. Military Academy. He was commissioned in the Infantry in 1906. After assignments in the Philippines, Washington, and Alaska, he transferred to the Signal Corps and then the aviation section. Westover attended the Air Service Airship School, the Air Service Primary Flying and Advanced Flying Schools, the Air Corps Tactical School, and Command and General Staff School. As a result of ...