Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations. 1900 - 2003. Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities. 1947 - 1984. HONORS AWARDED TO MAJ. GEN. FOULOIS
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Goldwater, Barry M. (Barry Morris), 1909-1998
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Barry Morris Goldwater (January 2, 1909 – May 29, 1998) was an American politician, businessman, and author who was a five-term Senator from Arizona (1953–1965, 1969–1987) and the Republican Party nominee for president of the United States in 1964. Despite his loss of the 1964 presidential election in a landslide, Goldwater is the politician most often credited with having sparked the resurgence of the American conservative political movement in the 1960s. He also had a substantial impact on the...
Grant, Harold W. (Harold Winfield), 1906-1989
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Graul, Donald P. (Donald Philip), 1906-1979
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Donald Philip Graul (b. Feb. 24, 1906, Lehighton, Pennsylvania-d. April 3, 1979), Major General in the U.S. Air Force, received his commission at West Point in 1929 and began his military career with various assignments in the Signal Corps. After completing a master's degree in meteorology he was assigned to Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, and later assumed command of the 226th Signal Operations Company. During World War II, he served as Signal Officer for the 8th Fighter Command in England and...
Bestic, John B. (John Brereton), 1915-1969
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John Brereton Bestic (b. 1915, Fargo, North Dakota-d. Dec. 6, 1969), major general in the U.S. Air Force, attended the University of Minnesota and later graduated from the U.S. Military Academy in 1939. After completing the first air course at Fort Leavenworth, he was assigned to the 5th Air Force in 1941 as communications officer. In this role, he served in New Guinea, the Philippine Islands, Okinawa, and Japan. Following World War II, General Bestic served as chief of the Communications Divisi...
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...
Bergquist, Kenneth P. (Kenneth Paul), 1912-1993
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Reeves, Raymond J. (Raymond Judson), 1909-1998
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