Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer. 1860 - 1985. Historical Films. 1914 - 1936. PRESIDENT CALVIN COOLIDGE
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Davis, Dwight Filley, 1879-1945
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Dwight Filley Davis, Sr. (July 5, 1879 – November 28, 1945) was an American tennis player and politician. He is best remembered as the founder of the Davis Cup international tennis competition. He was the Assistant Secretary of War from 1923 to 1925 and Secretary of War from 1925 to 1929. ...
Dawes, Charles Gates, 1865-1951
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Pershing, John J. (John Joseph), 1860-1948
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Career Army officer who served in the Philippines as an adjutant general and engineer officer, collector of customs, and cavalry squadron commander, participating in actions against the Tausug (Moros), 1899-1903; later apppointed governor of Moro Province and commander, Department of Mindanao, 1909-1913. Well-known for his command of the American Expeditionary Forces in France during World War I, 1917-1919. From the description of General John J. Pershing photograph collection [pictu...
McDaniel, Arthur B., 1895-1943
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Arthur B. McDaniel (b. Aug. 13, 1895, San Antonio, Texas-d. Dec. 26, 1943), Brigadier General in the U.S. Air Force, was commissioned in the infantry in 1917 after graduating from law school, University of Texas. He transferred to the Air Service in 1922, was a member of the Pan-American goodwill flight in 1926 and 1927, and graduated from both the Command and General Staff School and Army War College. He was commanding general of the 3rd Reconnaissance Command in 1942 and 1943) and awarded the ...
Eaker, Ira, 1896-1987
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Air Force officer. From the description of Reminiscences of Ira Clarence Eaker : oral history, 1974. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122451540 From the description of Reminiscences of Ira Clarence Eaker : oral history, 1959. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 86147461 U.S. Army officer, U.S. Air Force officer, aviation pioneer, aircraft industry executive, and newspaper columnist. From th...
Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964
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Herbert Clark Hoover (b. August 10, 1874, Iowa-d. October 20, 1964), thirty-first president of the United States, was born in Iowa, and was orphaned as a child. A Quaker known from his childhood as "Bert" to his friends, he began a career as a mining engineer soon after graduating from Stanford University in 1895. Within twenty years he had used his engineering knowledge and business acumen to make a fortune as an independent mining consultant. In 1914 Hoover administered the American Relief Com...
Summerall, Charles Pelot, 1867-1955
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Charles Pelot Summerall (b. Mar. 4, 1867, Blount's Ferry, Fla.-d. May 14, 1955, Washington, D.C.), U.S. Army officer, graduated from West Point in 1892. Early in his career he fought in the Spanish-American War, the Philippine Insurrection, and the attack on Peking during the China Relief Expedition. He served on the front line in France during World War I as commander of the 1st Division and, later, commander of the 5th Corps. In 1926 he became chief of staff of the U.S. Army, and in 1930 retir...
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-...
Coolidge, Calvin, 1872-1933
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Epithet: president of the United States British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000497.0x00001d Calvin Coolidge's son John married John Trumbull's daughter Florence. From the description of Letter, 1931 March 16, Northampton, Mass., to John H. Trumbull, Plainville, Conn. (Hartford Public Library). WorldCat record id: 25622017 For information on Pres. Coolidge, see an encyclopedia. No information is...
Taft, William Howard, 1857-1930
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William Howard Taft (1857-1930) was an American politician who served as U.S. President (1908-1912) and Chief Justitce of the Supreme Court (1921-1930). 1857 Born in Cincinnati, Ohio on September 15th 1878 Graduated from Yale University 1880 Graduated from Cincinnati Law School ...
Dargue, Herbert Arthur, 1886-1941
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Herbert Arthur Dargue (b. Nov. 17, 1886, Brooklyn, New York-d. Dec. 12, 1941, California), Major General in the U.S. Army, graduated from West Point in 1911, was posted to the Philippines, and completed flight training in 1913. He was a pioneer pilot, one of the first Army airmen to transmit and receive radio messages in flight, and, with the First Aero Squadron, flew surveillance missions into Mexico pursuing Pancho Villa. General Dargue was a strong proponent for forming a separate Air Force a...
Fairchild, Muir Stephen, 1894-1950
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Biography From the description of Fairchild collection, 1913-1948. (US Air Force Academy). WorldCat record id: 317971410 Muir Stephen Fairchild (b. Sept. 2, 1894, Bellingham, Washington-d. March 17, 1950, Fort Myer, Virginia), General in the U.S. Air Force, earned his flying wings early in 1918 and began to fly bombers on night missions with the French forces (World War I). During the 1920s and 1930s, he served in a number of engineering posts in the U.S., participated in th...
Wilbur, Curtis Dwight, 1867-1954
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Curtis Dwight Wilbur was 43rd Secretary of the Navy, 1924-1929. From the description of Letter, May 28, 1928. (Naval War College). WorldCat record id: 17997814 From the description of Letter, May 19, 1928. (Naval War College). WorldCat record id: 17997758 From the description of Signature, [n.d.] (Naval War College). WorldCat record id: 17997948 Curtis Dwight Wilbur was 43rd Secretary of the Navy, 1924-1929. Gilliss was a factor in the establishment of the ...
Coolidge, Grace Goodhue, 1879-1957
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Grace Anna Goodhue Coolidge served as First Lady of as the wife of the 30th President, Calvin Coolidge (1923-1929). An exceptionally popular White House hostess, she was voted one of America’s 12 greatest living women in 1931. For her “fine personal influence exerted as First Lady of the Land,” Grace Coolidge received a gold medal from the National Institute of Social Sciences. In 1931 she was voted one of America’s twelve greatest living women. She had grown up in the Green Mountain city ...
Weeks, John W. (John Wingate), 1860-1926
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John Wingate Weeks (April 11, 1860-July 12, 1926) was an American politician in the Republican Party. He served as a United States Representative for Massachusetts from 1905 to 1913, as a United States Senator from 1913 to 1919, and as Secretary of War from 1921 to 1925. Weeks was born and raised in Lancaster, New Hampshire. He received an appointment to the United States Naval Academy, graduating in 1881, and served two years in the United States Navy. Weeks made a fortune in banking during the...
Curtis, Charles, 1860-1936
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Charles Curtis "God-Sent into Politics" A champion jockey in his youth, Charles Curtis recalled that once before a race in Texas, a horse owner called him over for final instructions. The man, seated with a rifle across his lap, said, "Son, the last dollar I have in the world is on this race. If you don't win, don't stop when you cross the finish line. Keep right on going." Curtis won that race and many more. Famous for his one-eighth Native American ancestry, he rose to prominence in the ...
