Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations. 1900 - 2003. Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities. 1947 - 1984. DEW LINE CEREMONIES, ANCHORAGE, ALASKA
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Necrason, Conrad F., 1911-1997
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Armstrong, Frank A. (Frank Alton), 1902-1969
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Public Domain, Link Frank Alton Armstrong Jr. (1902-1969), was born in Hamilton, Martin County, N.C. He attended public school in Hobgood, N.C., and then received a law degree (1923) and a bachelor of science degree (1925) from Wake Forest University. He spent three years playing minor league baseball before he entered the Army Air Corps as a flying cadet (1928). In 1936 as a second lieutenant, he won the Distinguished Flying Cross for landing a heavily damaged bomber in Panama after orderi...
Root, Charles B. (Charles Berton), 1909-1998
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Charles Berton Root (b. 1909, Madison, S.D.-d. Nov. 8, 1998), U.S. Air Force officer, graduated from university and received his commission in 1931, and graduated from flying school in 1933. His early career included flight instructor and other squadron assignments. During World War II he became commanding officer, 504th Bomb Group of the 20th Air Force, in the Marianas. Moving to the Philippines in 1946, he served as chief of staff of the 313th Bomb Wing, then deputy chief of staff of the 13th ...