Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations. 1900 - 2003. Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities. 1947 - 1984. Taiwan Alert
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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 ...
Smoot, Roland N. (Roland Nesbit), 1901-1984
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Roland Nesbit Smoot was born May 7, 1901, in Provo City, Utah. He received his commission as Ensign in the U.S. Navy in 1923, and advanced to the rank of vice admiral in 1950. Smoot died on February 13, 1984, in Orange, California. From the description of Smoot, Roland N. (Roland Nesbit), 1901-1984 (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration). naId: 10614227 Brigham Smoot (1869-1892) served in the Samoa and Tonga missions from May 1889 to October 1892. He acted as pre...
Moorman, Thomas S. (Thomas Samuel), 1910-1997
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Air Force officer. From the description of Reminiscences of Thomas Samuel Moorman : oral history, 1971. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122481366 Thomas S. Moorman, Jr., graduated from West Point in 1933 and earned his wings the following year. By 1937, Moorman entered the field of meteorology, obtained a Master of Science degree from the California Institute of Technology and embarked on an area of activity which would dominate the next tw...
