Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations. 1900 - 2003. Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities. 1947 - 1984. PRESIDENT EISENHOWER VISITS CAPE CANAVERAL, FLORIDA, 10 FEBRUARY 1960

Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969

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Dwight David Eisenhower (1890-1969) was leader of the Allied forces in Europe in World War II, commander of NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization), and the thirty-fourth president of the United States, from January 20, 1953, to January 20, 1961. Eisenhower was born on October 14, 1890, in Denison, Texas, the third son of David Jacob Eisenhower, a railroad worker, and Ida Elizabeth Stover. In 1891, the family moved to Abilene, Kansas, where David accepted a job at a local creamery run by ...

Douglas, James (James A. T.)

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Epithet: Lieutenant-Colonel British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000508.0x0002c0 Title: Marquis of Douglas British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000508.0x0002d8 Title: 1st Baron Mordington British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000508.0x0002d1 Epithet: MD, FRS...

Gates, Thomas S.

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Yates, Donald N. (Donald Norton), 1909-1993

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Donald Norton Yates (1909-1993) was born in Bangor, Maine, and graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York in 1931. He was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army Cavalry following graduation. He received his flight training at the Air Corps Flying School at Kelly Field, Texas. On January 25, 1933, he was transferred from the Cavalry to the U.S. Army Air Corps. In 1939, Yates received a Master of Science Degree in Meteorology from the California Institu...