Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations. 1900 - 2003. Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities. 1947 - 1984. LIEUTENANT GEN. JOSEPH H. ATKINSON RETIREMENT PARADE, ENT AFB COLORADO, 28 FEBRUARY 1961
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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 ...
Atkinson, Joseph H. (Joseph Hampton), 1900-1984
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Air Force officer. From the description of Reminiscences of Joseph Hampton Atkinson : oral history, 1960. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122512674 Joseph Hampton Atkinson (1900-1984) was born in Dublin, Texas. He served his entire career in the United States Air Force, including posts as commander of bombardment groups during World War II. After World War II, he served as commanding general of the Alaskan Air Command from 1946 to 1949, and...
