Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations. 1900 - 2003. Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities. 1947 - 1984. GENERAL LEMAY VISITS ALASKA

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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. GENERAL LEMAY VISITS ALASKA

1962

Summary: Coverage of the arrival of Gen. Curtis E. LeMay, AF Chief of Staff and Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands by VC-135A. They were greeted by Lt. Gen. George W. Mundy. CINC, Maj. Gen. Wendell W. Bowman, Comdr AAC, and Brig. Gen. Hubert S. Judy. USAF Asst. Chief of Staff for Operations, after which Gen. LeMay and Prince Bernhard held a news conference at side of aircraft. Good (Basic: Orig color)

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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 ...

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 ...

Mundy, George W., 1905-2000

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George W. Mundy (b. 1905, Cedartown, Ga.-d. Mar. 3, 2000) took command of the Second Air Force in June 1957 and was later assigned commandant of the Industrial College of the Armed Forces in November 1957. He retired from Air Force service on July 31, 1963. From the description of Mundy, George W., 1905-2000 (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration). naId: 10597140 ...

Judy, Hubert S. (Hubert Stonewall), 1915-1985

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Hubert Stonewall Judy (b. 1915, Woodward, Okla.-d. Aug. 19, 1985), U. S. Air Force officer, earned his commission and pilot wings in 1941 after graduating from university and serving in the Oklahoma National Guard. During World War II, he was deputy commander of a B-24 Group, assigned to the 8th Air Force, engaged in combat operations against Germany, logging 144 combat hours in B-24 aircraft. At the end of the War, he served as deputy to the Berlin air commander at Headquarters, Office of Milit...