Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations. 1900 - 2003. Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities. 1947 - 1984. OPERATION BIG SWITCH

Ford, Gerald R., 1913-2006

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Gerald Rudolph Ford, the 38th President of the United States, was born Leslie Lynch King, Jr., the son of Leslie Lynch King and Dorothy Ayer Gardner King, on July 14, 1913, in Omaha, Nebraska. His parents separated two weeks after his birth, and his mother took him to Grand Rapids, Michigan, to live with her parents. On February 1, 1916, approximately two years after her divorce was final, Dorothy King married Gerald R. Ford, a Grand Rapids paint salesman. The Fords began calling her son Gerald ...

McNaughton, Kenneth P. (Kenneth Perry), 1903-1974

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Kenneth Perry McNaughton (b. 1903, Alto, Mich.-d. June 16, 1974), U.S. Air Force officer, graduated from West Point in 1926 and from the Air Corps Advanced Flying School in 1929. After technical training, he assumed command of the 11th Photographic Section, 5th Composite Air Group in Hawaii, and later was commanding officer, 20th Photo Section at Randolph Air Force Base. During the early years of World War II, he was assigned to the West Coast Air Corps Training Center as executive officer and t...

Dean, William F. (William Frishe), 1899-1981

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William Frishe Dean (1899-1981) was born in Carlyle, Illinois. He earned a bachelors degree from the University of California in 1922 and commissioned in the infantry the following year. He continued his education, graduating from the Command and General Staff School in 1936, the Army Industrial College in 1939, and the Army War College in 1940. During his tenure with the War Department General Staff, from 1941 to 1944, he rose through the ranks to brigadier general in December 1942. Between 194...

McCarty, Chester E. (Chester Earl), 1905-1999

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Dulles, John Foster, 1888-1959

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John Foster Dulles (1888-1959), was the fifty-third Secretary of State of the United States for President Dwight D. Eisenhower. He had a long and distinguished public career with significant impact upon the formulation of United States foreign policies. He was especially involved with efforts to establish world peace after World War I, the role of the United States in world governance, and Cold War relations between the United States and the Soviet Union. Dulles was born on February 25, 1888 ...

Taylor, Maxwell D. (Maxwell Davenport), 1901-1987

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Maxwell Davenport Taylor (August 26, 1901 – April 19, 1987) was a senior United States Army officer and diplomat of the mid-20th century.[1] He served with distinction in World War II, most notably as commander of the 101st Airborne Division, nicknamed "The Screaming Eagles." After the war, he served as the fifth Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, having been appointed by President John F. Kennedy. He is the father of biographer and historian John Maxwell Taylor and of military historian ...

Anderson, Samuel E. (Samuel Egbert), 1906-1982

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Samuel Egbert Anderson (1906-1982) was born in Greensboro, North Carolina. A 1928 West Point graduate, Anderson went on to a career in the United States Air Force, including posts as Chief of Staff of the Continental Air Force from 1946 to 1946, and commanding general of the Fifth Air Force in 1953 and 1954. Before his retirement in July 1963, he received four Distinguished Service Medals, the Silver Star, the Bronze Star, and the Distinguished Flying Cross. From the description of A...

Stevens, Robert T. (Robert Ten Broeck), 1899-1983

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Robert Ten Broeck Stevens (b. July 31, 1899, Fanwood, N.J.-d. Jan. 31, 1983) served as Secretary of the U.S. Army from 1953 to 1955. From the description of Stevens, Robert T. (Robert Ten Broeck), 1899-1983 (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration). naId: 10598660 ...

Osborne, Ralph M., U.S. Army general

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Weyland, Otto P. (Otto Paul), 1902-1979

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Air Force officer. From the description of Reminiscences of Otto P. Weyland : oral history, 1960. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122684175 Otto Paul Weyland (b. Jan. 27, 1902, Riverside, Calif.-d. Sept. 2, 1979), General in the U.S. Air Force, was commissioned in the Air Service upon his graduation from Texas A&M in 1923. During World War II, he served as commanding officer, 16th Pursuit Group; deputy director of air support at Air For...