Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations. 1900 - 2003. Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities. 1947 - 1984. SAC AND THE OMAHA FLOOD

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Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations. 1900 - 2003. Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities. 1947 - 1984. SAC AND THE OMAHA FLOOD

1952

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Summary: (Outtakes of USAF 20389.) 1) ADS on flood area at Omaha, Nebraska. 2) CU military men erecting levee--this is a night scene. 3) CU Gen. Lemay and three-star general of the Army Engineers. 4) MS C-54 taxiing, name on side of aircraft THE INDEPENDENCE. 5) CU President Truman and party as they alight from aircraft. 6) ADS on flood area. 7) ADS on airfield. Good

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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 ...