Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations. 1900 - 2003. Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities. 1947 - 1984. AIR FORCE ACADEMY STORY, UNITED STATES, EUROPE AND UNITED KINGDOM, 1957 - 1959

Norstad, Lauris, 1907-1988

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General Lauris Norstad (1907-1988) was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and grew up in Red Wing, Minnesota where he attended high school. After developing an interest in military service, Norstad secured an appointment to the United States Military Academy where he graduated in 1930 with a commission as a second lieutenant of cavalry. In 1931 Norstad transferred to the Air Corps, thus beginning his long career as an air force officer. During the 1930s Norstad served as Commander of the 18th Pursu...

Gerhart, John K. (John Koehler), 1907-1981

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John Koehler Gerhart (1907-1981) was born in Saginaw, Michigan, and graduated from the University of Chicago in 1928 with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Philosophy. After graduating from Advanced Flying School at Kelly Field, Texas, he was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army Air Corps Reserve. He served as a flight test pilot during the 1930s, and graduated from the Air Corps Tactical School in April, 1941. Early in World War II, Gerhart was assigned to the 8th Air Force, and was ...

Stillman, Robert M. (Robert Morris), 1911-1991

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Air Force officer. From the description of Reminiscences of Robert M. Stillman : oral history, 1979. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122527605 Robert Morris Stillman (b. 1911, Greenville, Ohio-d. May 22, 1991) was designated commandant of cadets at the newly opened U.S. Air Force Academy on September 1, 1954. From September 1958 to October 1961 he commanded Lackland Military Training Center in Texas. From October 1961 to July 1963 he comman...

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...

McKee, William F. (William Fulton), 1906-1987

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William Fulton McKee (1906-1987) was born in Chilhowie, Virginia. He received his commission in the Coast Artillery Corps from West Point in 1929 and later advanced to the rank of brigadier general in February 1945. His positions in the U.S. Air Force include Vice Commander of the Air Materiel Command from 1952 to 1961, Commander of Air Force Logistics in 1961 and 1962, and Vice Chief of Staff of the U.S. Air Force from 1962 until his retirement in July 1964. From the description of ...

O'Donnell, Emmett, 1906-1971

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General Emmett (Rosy) O'Donnell was one of aviation's pioneers who from his days as an Army Air Corps air mail pilot went on to build an impressive list of military aviation firsts. In 1941 he led the first mass flight of B-17 Flying Fortresses across the Pacific from Hawaii to the Philippines. Before World War II was two days old, he had earned the Distinguished Flying Cross. In the midst of an enemy air attack, O'Donnell dove his B-17 through antiaircraft fire to attack a Japanese cruiser and ...

Gibson, Kenneth H. (Kenneth Hodder), 1911-1997

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Kenneth Hodder Gibson (b. 1911, Salt Lake City, Utah-d. Dec. 27, 1997), U.S. Air Force officer, enlisted in the Army Air Corps in 1933 and later was appointed aviation cadet, earning pilot's wings in 1936. During World War II, he was chief of tactics and techniques in the Directorate of Bombardment before dispatch to the China-Burma-India theater of operations. In May 1944 he was placed in command of the 6th Bombardment Group (B-29), with combat duty in the Mariana Islands, serving with the 20th...

Hogan, Henry L. (Henry Leon), 1920-1996

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Briggs, James E. (James Elbert), 1906-1979

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James Elbert Briggs (1906-1979) was born in Rochester, New York, the son of Bendsmin Robert and Marion Cypert Briggs. He entered the New York Military Academy in 1920 and, as an honor graduate, in 1924 received a presidential appointment to the U.S. Military Academy. He was "cadet first captain" (regimental commander) his last year at West Point and graduated 31st in a class of 261 in 1928. He was commissioned a second lieutenant of Field Artillery. Briggs'' first assignment was to the Sixth Fie...