Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations. 1900 - 2003. Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities. 1947 - 1984. SECRETARY OF DEFENSE NEIL H. MCELROY AND CHIEF OF STAFF GEN. THOMAS D. WHITE VISIT YOKOTA AB, JAPAN
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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; ...
McElroy, Neil H. (Neil Hosler), 1904-1972
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Business executive, Cabinet officer. From the description of Reminiscences of Neil Hosler McElroy : oral history, 1967. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 86131607 Neil Hosler McElroy (1904-1972), business executive and secretary of defense, was born in Berea, Ohio. He graduated from Harvard University B.A. degree in 1925. He immediately went to work as a junior clerk for the advertising department of Procter and Gamble in Cincinnati, Ohio, an...
Burns, Robert W. (Robert Whitney), 1908-1964
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Robert Whitney Burns (1908-1964) was born in Stanley, Wisconsin. Following two years at the University of Wisconsin, he entered the Army Air Corps for aviation cadet training at March Field, California, in October 1928. Upon graduation and receiving his commission as second lieutenant in the Air Corps Reserve a year later, he was assigned to Selfridge Field, Michigan, as operations and engineering officer of the 17th Pursuit Squadron, 1st Pursuit Group. In February 1932, General Burns received h...
