Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations. 1900 - 2003. Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities. 1947 - 1984. GEN THOMAS D. WHITE RETIRES

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Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations. 1900 - 2003. Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities. 1947 - 1984. GEN THOMAS D. WHITE RETIRES

1961

https://catalog.archives.gov/id/68563

Summary: Covers retirement ceremonies, including review, presentation of colors, aircraft over-flight, and departure of retiring AF Chief of Staff Thomas D. White; other dignitaries shown include Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara, Secretary of the Air Force Eugene Zuckert, and Gen. White's replacement, Gen Curtis E. LeMay; also shows crowd reaction shots. Fair (Basic: Orig negative)

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SNAC Resource ID: 6497849

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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 ...

Zuckert, Eugene M., 1911-2000

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