Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations. 1900 - 2003. Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities. 1947 - 1984. THE JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF

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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. THE JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF

1947-1984

Summary: Reel 1: Coverage of conference held by Joint Chiefs of Staff of the US Department of Defense, Washington, D. C., 1954. Those present were Adm. Robert B. Carney, Gen. Matthew B. Ridgeway, Adm. Arthur W. Radford, Gen. Nathan F. Twining, and Lt. Gen. Clifton B. Cates. Good

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SNAC Resource ID: 6496943

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Cates, Clifton B. (Clifton Bledsoe), 1893-1970

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Marine Corps officer. From the description of Reminiscences of Clifton Bledsoe Cates : oral history, 1967. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122419164 Clifton Bledsoe Cates (1893-1970) was born in Tiptonville, Tennessee. He received his commission in 1917 and was twice wounded while serving with 6th Marines in the American Expeditionary Forces during World War I. He rose to the rank of brigadier general in April 1940, and major general in Feb...

Carney, Robert Bostwick, 1895-1990

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Robert Bostwick Carney (1895-1990) was a naval officer, and Chief of Naval Operations from August 17, 1953 to August 17, 1955. From the description of Carney, Robert Bostwick, 1895-1990 (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration). naId: 10576023 Naval officer. From the description of Reminiscences of Robert Bostwick Carney : oral history, 1964. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122481136 ...

Ridgway, Matthew B. (Matthew Bunker), 1895-1993

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General Matthew Bunker Ridgway (March 3, 1895 – July 26, 1993) was a senior officer in the United States Army, who served as Supreme Allied Commander Europe (1952–1953) and the 19th Chief of Staff of the United States Army (1953–1955). He fought with distinction during World War II, where he was the Commanding General of the 82nd Airborne Division, leading it in action in Sicily, Italy and Normandy, before taking command of the newly formed XVIII Airborne Corps in August 1944. He held the latter...

Radford, Arthur William

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Admiral, United States Navy; chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, 1953-1957. From the description of Arthur William Radford memoirs, 1972. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754871630 Arthur William Radford (1896-1973), naval officer, was born in Chicago, the son of John Arthur Radford, an electrical engineer, and Agnes Eliza Knight. Raised in Riverside, Ill., and Grinnell, Iowa, he entered the U.S. Naval Academy in 1912. After graduating in the upper third of his class in 1916, he ...

Twining, Nathan F. (Nathan Farragut), 1897-1982

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Air Force officer. From the description of Reminiscences of Nathan Farragut Twining: oral history, 1967. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122419971 U.S. Army and Air Force officer; later, publishing company executive. From the description of Papers of Nathan F. Twining, 1924-1960 (bulk 1950-1960). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 81804920 Nathan Twining's military career began in 1916 as a member of the Third Oregon Infant...