Thomas D. White Papers 1952-1961 (bulk 1957-1961)

Atkinson, J. H. (James Harris), 1888-1973

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Arkansas educator and historian. From the description of J.H. Atkinson letter, 1957 Apr. 22. (Arkansas History Commission). WorldCat record id: 672278372 Educator and historian. James Harris Atkinson was born 7 June 1888 in Columbia County, Ark. He began his teaching career in Hempstead County in 1908, two years before his graduation from the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville. After serving in World War I, he became principal of schools at Nashv...

United States. Dept. of the Air Force. Chief of Staff.

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LeMay, Curtis E. (Curtis Emerson), 1906-1990

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Curtis Emerson LeMay (November 15, 1906 – October 1, 1990) was an American Air Force general who implemented an effective but controversial strategic bombing campaign in the Pacific theater of World War II. He later served as Chief of Staff of the U.S. Air Force from 1961 to 1965. LeMay joined the U.S. Army Air Corps, the precursor to the U.S. Air Force, in 1929 while studying civil engineering at Ohio State University. He had risen to the rank of major by the time of Japan's Attack on Pearl ...

White, Thomas D. (Thomas Dresser), 1901-1965

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Thomas Dresser White (b. Aug. 6, 1901, Walker, Minn.-d. Dec. 22, 1965), U.S. Air Force officer, received his commission in the infantry in 1920. He studied the Chinese language in China from 1927 to 1931, and served as assistant military attaché for air in Moscow and Rome from 1934 to 1937 and military attaché in Brazil from 1940 to 1942. During World War II he served as assistant chief of staff, then chief of staff, 3rd Air Force; assistant chief of staff for intelligence at Army Air Force HQ; ...

Atkinson, Joseph H. (Joseph Hampton), 1900-1984

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Air Force officer. From the description of Reminiscences of Joseph Hampton Atkinson : oral history, 1960. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122512674 Joseph Hampton Atkinson (1900-1984) was born in Dublin, Texas. He served his entire career in the United States Air Force, including posts as commander of bombardment groups during World War II. After World War II, he served as commanding general of the Alaskan Air Command from 1946 to 1949, and...

Leach, W. Barton (Walter Barton), 1900-1971

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January 6, 1900 b. Boston, Massachusetts. s. Walter Barton and Grace Winifred (Wise) L. 1921 A.B., cum laude, Harvard University Summer 1920 Graduate student, Universite de Grenoble, 1924 LL.B., cum laude, Harvard Law School ...

Power, Thomas S. (Thomas Sarsfield), 1905-

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Air Force officer. From the description of Reminiscences of Thomas S. Power : oral history, 1960. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122619630 Thomas Sarsfield Power (1905-1970 was an American military officer who served as both Vice-Commander and Commander-in-Chief of the Strategic Air Command. Born on June 18, 1905 in New York City, he graduated from Barnard School for Boys and entered the Air Corps flying school in 1928, receiving his commission as a second lieut...

Todd, Walter E. (Walter Edwin), 1906-1978

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Walter E. Todd (1906-1978) was born in Gonzales, Texas and attended both Texas University, and the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, where he graduated from in 1928 and was commissioned a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army Field Artillery. Todd later graduated from both Primary Flight School at Randolph Field, Texas, as well as Advanced Flying School at Kelly Field, Texas. Prior to the outbreak of World War II, Todd served in command roles and as a flight instructor at both...

United States. Department of the Air Force. Chief of Staff

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Whitehead, Ennis Clement, 1895-1964

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Ennis Clement Whitehead (b. Sept. 3, 1895, Westphalia, Kan.-d. Oct. 12, 1964) received his commission in the aviation section of the Signal Corps in 1917. He reached the rank of brigadier general in June 1942, then major general in March 1943, then lieutenant general in June 1945. He was commanding general of the Continental Air Command, then Air Defense Command from 1949 to 1951. He retired as a lieutenant general in July 1951. From the description of Whitehead, Ennis Clement, 1895-...