Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations. 1900 - 2003. Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities. 1947 - 1984. LIEUTENANT GEN. ARMSTRONG'S RETIREMENT, ELMENDORF AFB, ALASKA, 29 -- 31 JULY 1961
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Caldwell, H. H. (Henry Howard), 1905-
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The speech was read before the Santa Clara Medical Society, September 4, 1877. From the description of Letter F.G. Sanborne : San Jose : ALS, 1877 Sept. 8. (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record id: 215105749 Henry Howard Caldwell was born October 3, 1905, Rocklin, California. He received his commission as ensign in the U.S. Navy on June 2, 1927, and advanced to the rank of rear admiral on October 1, 1954. He served as commander of the Alaskan Sea Frontier fro...
Armstrong, Frank A. (Frank Alton), 1902-1969
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Public Domain, Link Frank Alton Armstrong Jr. (1902-1969), was born in Hamilton, Martin County, N.C. He attended public school in Hobgood, N.C., and then received a law degree (1923) and a bachelor of science degree (1925) from Wake Forest University. He spent three years playing minor league baseball before he entered the Army Air Corps as a flying cadet (1928). In 1936 as a second lieutenant, he won the Distinguished Flying Cross for landing a heavily damaged bomber in Panama after orderi...
Michaelis, John H. (John Hersey), 1912-1985
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John Hersey Michaelis (Aug. 21, 1912-Oct. 20, 1985) was born in San Francisco, California. He graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point in 1936, then from the Command and General Staff School in 1942. After service in World War II, Michaelis was commanding general of the U.S. Army, Alaska, from 1959 to 1962, U.S. Army V Corps, Federal Republic of Germany, from 1962 to 1963. He was commander of U.S. Forces Korea, 8th U.S. Army, from 1969 until his retirement in 1972. From...
Kelly, Joe W. (Joe William), 1910-1979
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Twining, Nathan F. (Nathan Farragut), 1897-1982
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Air Force officer. From the description of Reminiscences of Nathan Farragut Twining: oral history, 1967. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122419971 U.S. Army and Air Force officer; later, publishing company executive. From the description of Papers of Nathan F. Twining, 1924-1960 (bulk 1950-1960). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 81804920 Nathan Twining's military career began in 1916 as a member of the Third Oregon Infant...
Merrell, Jack G. (Jack Gordon), 1915-1993
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Jack Gordon Merrell (b. 1915, Jeannette, Penn.-d. Aug. 15, 1993) was Commander of the Air Force Logistics Command at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base from March 29, 1968 to September 12, 1972. From the description of Merrell, Jack G. (Jack Gordon), 1915-1993 (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration). naId: 10597133 ...
Fulton, L. W. (Lee W.), 1910-1976
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Lee W. Fulton (b. 1910, Morgan County, Illinois-d. Oct. 29, 1976), U.S. Air Force officer, began his military career as a private in the Oklahoma National Guard in 1927 and received his commission in 1930. He joined the Army Air Corps in 1940 and went overseas in 1942 with the Third Air Depot Group. He assumed command of the 51st Air Service Center in India and was responsible for airlift operations over the Himalayas. He also commanded the 80th Air Depot in India that serviced aircraft in the C...
Bowman, Wendell W., 1908-1986
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Wendell W. Bowman (1908-1986) was born in Harriman, Tennessee. Upon graduation from high school in his native city, he was selected to attend the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, graduating as a second lieutenant in the Class of 1931. He quarterbacked the 1928, 1929 and 1930 academy football teams that won 23 games, lost seven, and tied two. Starting with his assignment to the Army's Signal Corps School in 1934, most of Bowman's military career has been spent in the communications field. He ...
Wheeler, Lester L. (Lester Lewes), 1910-1999
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Lester L. Wheeler (b. Nov. 26, 1910, Baltimore, Md.-d. May 5, 1999, Washington, D.C.), U.S. Army officer, graduated from West Point in 1935. He was an officer with the 24th Infantry Division in Pearl Harbor when it was attacked in 1941. He later commanded the 34th Infantry Regiment in combat in the Philippines, and during the Korean War commanded the 5th Regimental Combat Team. He also served as commanding general, Yukon Command in Alaska, and as chief of staff with the 3rd U.S. Army. He retired...
Everest, Frank Kendall, 1920-
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Foulois, Benjamin Delahauf, 1879-1967
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Benjamin "Benny" Delahauf Foulois (December 9, 1879 – April 25, 1967) was a United States Army general who learned to fly the first military planes purchased from the Wright Brothers. He became the first military aviator as an airship pilot, and achieved numerous other military aviation "firsts". He led strategic development of the Air Force in the United States. Foulois was born in Washington, Connecticut to a Franco-American pipe-fitter and a Boston-born nurse. At age 18, he used his older...
Necrason, Conrad F., 1911-1997
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