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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; ...

Power, Thomas S. (Thomas Sarsfield), 1905-

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Air Force officer. From the description of Reminiscences of Thomas S. Power : oral history, 1960. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122619630 Thomas Sarsfield Power (1905-1970 was an American military officer who served as both Vice-Commander and Commander-in-Chief of the Strategic Air Command. Born on June 18, 1905 in New York City, he graduated from Barnard School for Boys and entered the Air Corps flying school in 1928, receiving his commission as a second lieut...

Eckert, William D. (William Dole), 1909-1971

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William Dole Eckert (1909-1971) was born in Freeport, Illinois, and served as a member of the Indiana National Guard prior to entering the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York in 1926. He graduated in 1930, and received his commission as a Second Lieutenant in a field artillery unit of the U.S. Army. The same year, he entered the Primary Flying School at Brooks Field, Texas. He would go on to attend Advanced Flying School at Kelly Field, Texas, from which he graduated in 1931 w...

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...

Rawlings, Edwin W.

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Yates, Donald N. (Donald Norton), 1909-1993

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Donald Norton Yates (1909-1993) was born in Bangor, Maine, and graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York in 1931. He was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army Cavalry following graduation. He received his flight training at the Air Corps Flying School at Kelly Field, Texas. On January 25, 1933, he was transferred from the Cavalry to the U.S. Army Air Corps. In 1939, Yates received a Master of Science Degree in Meteorology from the California Institu...