Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations. 1900 - 2003. Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities. 1947 - 1984. AIR FORCE AWARD TO WALTER CRONKITE, WASHINGTON, D.C., 11 AUGUST 1960

Cronkite, Walter, 1916-2009

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For newspapers, radio, and television, Walter Leland Cronkite (1916-2009) covered almost every major news event in the world from World War II to his retirement in 1982. Since then, he worked on special projects and continued a career in writing. He was born Nov. 4, 1916 in St. Joseph, Mo., and grew up in Houston, where he attended high school. While attending the University of Texas, he worked at the capital bureau of the Scripps-Howard newspapers and in his junior year, he left ...

Beach, Dwight E. (Dwight Edward), 1908-2000

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Dwight E. Beach served in the following units: Army Combat Developments Command. From the description of The Dwight E. Beach papers, 1961-1965. (US Army, Mil Hist Institute). WorldCat record id: 46679482 Dwight Edward Beach (July 20, 1908-July 22, 2000) was born in Chelsea, Michigan. He served as Chief of Research of the Department of the Army in Washington, D.C. from July 1962 to August 1963. From the description of Beach, Dwight E. (Dwight Edward), 1908-2000 (U...

Rees, Clifford H. (Clifford Harcourt), 1909-

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Clifford Harcourt Rees (b. 1909, Cynthiana, Kent.), U.S. Air Force officer, graduated from West Point in 1932 and earned his pilot wings the following year. In 1944 he assumed command of the 307th Bombardment Group deployed in the Philippines, where he flew 24 combat missions in B-24s. At the outbreak of the Korean conflict, General Rees was commander of the 92nd and 98th Bombardment Wings, leading B-29s on eleven missions. In the early 1950s, he was chief of staff, 8th Air Force, then chief of ...

Everest, Frank Kendall, 1920-

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