Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations. 1900 - 2003. Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities. 1947 - 1984. SECRETARY TALBOTT'S FAREWELL CEREMONY

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 ...

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...

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...

Quarles, Donald A. (Donald Aubrey), 1894-1959

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Donald Aubrey Quarles (1894-1959) was born in Van Buren, Arkansas. He received a B.A. from Yale University in 1916, and completed graduate studies at Columbia University from 1920 to 1924. He married Rosina Cotton in 1939. He went on to serve in the following capacities: Engineer, Bell Telephone Labs, 1919; Vice President, Bell Telephone Labs, 1948; Vice President, Western Electric, 1952; President, Sandia Corporation, 1952; President, American Institute of Electrical Engineers, 1952 to 1953; As...

Smith, David

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Tunner, William H.

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William H. Tunner (b. 1906, Elizabeth, N.J.-d. Apr. 6, 1983), U.S. Air Force officer, graduated from West Point in 1928 and earned his pilot wings a year later. During the World War II years, he served as commander of the Ferrying Division, Air Transport Command (ATC), and as commander, India-China Division ATC, responsible for the “Hump” Airlift (India to China across the Himalayas). After the War, he was named commander, Atlantic Division, Military Air Transport Service (MATS), and shortly the...

White, Thomas D. (Thomas Dresser), 1901-1965

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Thomas Dresser White (b. Aug. 6, 1901, Walker, Minn.-d. Dec. 22, 1965), U.S. Air Force officer, received his commission in the infantry in 1920. He studied the Chinese language in China from 1927 to 1931, and served as assistant military attaché for air in Moscow and Rome from 1934 to 1937 and military attaché in Brazil from 1940 to 1942. During World War II he served as assistant chief of staff, then chief of staff, 3rd Air Force; assistant chief of staff for intelligence at Army Air Force HQ; ...

Partridge, Earle E. (Earle Everard), 1900-1990

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Earle Everard "Pat" Partridge (July 7, 1900 – September 7, 1990) was a four-star general in the United States Air Force and a Command Pilot. Partridge enlisted in the United States Army in July 1918 at Fort Slocum, New York, and was assigned to the 5th Engineer Training Regiment. He went to France in August 1918 to join the 79th Division, participating in the Battle of Saint-Mihiel and Meuse-Argonne Offensive. Partridge graduated from the United States Military Academy in the Class of 1924...

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...

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...

Wilson, Charles Erwin, 1890-1961

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Irvine, Clarence S. (Clarence Shortridge), 1898-1975

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