Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations. 1900 - 2003. Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities. 1947 - 1984. VICE PRESIDENT RICHARD M. NIXON ON TOUR OF AFRICA
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Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994
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Richard Milhous Nixon (January 9, 1913 – April 22, 1994) was the 37th president of the United States, serving from 1969 to 1974. A member of the Republican Party, Nixon previously served as the 36th vice president from 1953 to 1961, having risen to national prominence as a representative and senator from California. After five years in the White House that saw the conclusion to the U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War, détente with the Soviet Union and China, and the establishment of the Environm...
O'Keefe, Richard J. (Richard Joseph), 1905-1993
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Richard Joseph O'Keefe (b. 1905, Brooklyn, N.Y.-d. July 21, 1993), U.S. Air Force officer, enlisted in the New York National Guard in 1924 and was discharged when he entered West Point as a cadet, graduating in 1930. He completed flying training and received his pilot wings in 1931, then transferred from the Infantry to the Army Air Corps. In 1934 he was assigned as chief inspector and engineering officer of the Panama Air Depot in the Canal Zone. He received further training in engineering and ...
Nixon, Pat, 1912-1993
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As the wife of the President Richard Nixon, Thelma Catherine “Pat” Ryan Nixon was First Lady of the United States from 1969 to 1974. She was an avid supporter of charitable causes and volunteerism. Born Thelma Catherine Ryan on March 16, 1912 in Ely, Nevada, “Pat” Nixon acquired her nickname within hours. Her father, William Ryan, called her his “St. Patrick’s babe in the morn” when he came home from the mines before dawn. Soon the family moved to California and settled on a small truck fa...
