Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations. 1900 - 2003. Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities. 1947 - 1984. 1958 CHENEY AWARD, PENTAGON, WASHINGTON, D.C. 14 JULY 1959

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Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations. 1900 - 2003. Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities. 1947 - 1984. 1958 CHENEY AWARD, PENTAGON, WASHINGTON, D.C. 14 JULY 1959

1959

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Summary: Newsreel coverage or Gen. Curtis E. LeMay, Vice Chief of Staff, USAF, presenting the 1958 Cheney Award to 1st Lt. James E. Obenauf, of SAC's 341st Bomb Wing, Dyess AFB, Texas. Shows Maj. Irving Schoenberg reading the Cheney Award Citation to Lt. and Mrs. Obenauf; and Gen. LeMay presenting the citation, medal, and check to Lt. Obenauf. Good (Basic: Orig neg)

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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 ...