Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations. 1900 - 2003. Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities. 1947 - 1984. WATCH DOG OF ThE AIR FORCE DOLLAR
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Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969
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Dwight David Eisenhower (1890-1969) was leader of the Allied forces in Europe in World War II, commander of NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization), and the thirty-fourth president of the United States, from January 20, 1953, to January 20, 1961. Eisenhower was born on October 14, 1890, in Denison, Texas, the third son of David Jacob Eisenhower, a railroad worker, and Ida Elizabeth Stover. In 1891, the family moved to Abilene, Kansas, where David accepted a job at a local creamery run by ...
Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972
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Harry S. Truman (May 8, 1884 – December 26, 1972) was the 33rd president of the United States, serving from 1945 to 1953, succeeding upon the death of Franklin D. Roosevelt after serving as the 34th vice president in early 1945. He implemented the Marshall Plan to rebuild the economy of Western Europe and established the Truman Doctrine and NATO to contain communist expansion. He proposed numerous liberal domestic reforms, but few were enacted by the Conservative Coalition that dominated Congres...
Armstrong, Frank A. (Frank Alton), 1902-1969
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Public Domain, Link Frank Alton Armstrong Jr. (1902-1969), was born in Hamilton, Martin County, N.C. He attended public school in Hobgood, N.C., and then received a law degree (1923) and a bachelor of science degree (1925) from Wake Forest University. He spent three years playing minor league baseball before he entered the Army Air Corps as a flying cadet (1928). In 1936 as a second lieutenant, he won the Distinguished Flying Cross for landing a heavily damaged bomber in Panama after orderi...
Talbott, Harold E., 1888-1957
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Harold Elstner Talbott (b. 1888, Dayton, Ohio-d. 1957) was president Dayton Wright Airplane Company from 1916 to 1920 and served as an aviator in World War I. He was chairman of board of the North American Aviation Company in 1931 and 1932, then as director of aircraft production for the War Production Board in 1942 and 1943. He served as Secretary of the U.S. Air Force from 1953 to 1955. From the description of Talbott, Harold E. (Harold Elstner), 1888-1957 (U.S. National Archives a...
