Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations. 1900 - 2003. Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities. 1947 - 1984. ARRIVAL OF JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF
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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 ...
Lemnitzer, Lyman L. (Lyman Louis), 1899-1988
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Lyman Louis Lemnitzer (August 29, 1899 – November 12, 1988) was born in Honesdale, Pennsylvania. He received his commission in the Coast Artillery Corps from West Point in 1920 and was an instructor at West Point from 1926 to 1930, and again in 1934 and 1935. He graduated from the Command and General Staff School in 1936 and the Army War College in 1940 and saw duty with war plans division and the staff of Army Ground Forces from May 1941 to June 1942. He reached the rank of brigadier general in...
Gilpatric, Roswell L. (Roswell Leavitt), 1906-1996
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Roswell Leavitt Gilpatric (1906-1996), lawyer and government official, was Deputy Secretary of Defense from 1961 to 1964, and was a member of the President's Task Force on Nuclear Proliferation from 1964 to 1967. Gilpatric also served as an adviser to President Lyndon Johnson. From the description of Gilpatric, Roswell L. (Roswell Leavitt), 1906-1996 (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration). naId: 10571798 ...
Anderson, Samuel E. (Samuel Egbert), 1906-1982
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Samuel Egbert Anderson (1906-1982) was born in Greensboro, North Carolina. A 1928 West Point graduate, Anderson went on to a career in the United States Air Force, including posts as Chief of Staff of the Continental Air Force from 1946 to 1946, and commanding general of the Fifth Air Force in 1953 and 1954. Before his retirement in July 1963, he received four Distinguished Service Medals, the Silver Star, the Bronze Star, and the Distinguished Flying Cross. From the description of A...
Decker, George Henry, 1902-1980
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George Henry Decker (1902-1980) was born in Catskill, New York. He earned a B.S. degree from Lafayette College in 1924 and commissioned in the infantry in the same year. In 1937 he graduated from Command and General Staff School. He was deputy chief of the Third Army and then the Sixth Army between 1942 and 1943. He made brigadier general in August 1944 and major general in June 1945, while chief of staff of Sixth Army. His post-war assignments included commander of VI Corps, from 1955 to 1956. ...
McNamara, Robert S., 1916-2009
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U.S. secretary of defense, president of World Bank, and corporate executive. Full name: Robert Strange McNamara. From the description of Robert S. McNamara papers, 1934-2009 (bulk 1968-2005). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71132706 Robert Strange McNamara (b. 1916) was a business executive and Secretary of Defense during the Kennedy and Johnson administrations. During World War II he worked on the deployment of the B-29 bomber, and served in the Army Air Forces in India, Chi...
Dennison, Robert L. (Robert Lee), 1901-1980
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Naval officer and naval aide to President Harry S. Truman. From the description of Papers, 1946-1972. (Harry S Truman Library). WorldCat record id: 70959607 Robert L. Dennison (1901-1980) was the Naval Aide to President Harry S. Truman from 1948 to 1953. From the description of Dennison, Robert L. (Robert Lee), 1901-1980 (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration). naId: 10572651 ...
Smith, Harold P., 1915-1998
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Harold P. Smith (1915-1998), U.S. Navy admiral. From the description of Smith, Harold P., 1915-1998 (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration). naId: 10616327 ...
Felt, Harry D. (Harry Donald), 1902-1992
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Harry Donald Felt (1902-1992), U.S. Naval officer, was born in Topeka, Kansas. He was commander-in-chief of the U.S. Pacific Command from 1958 to 1964. From the description of Felt, Harry D. (Harry Donald), 1902-1992 (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration). naId: 10610290 ...
Shoup, David M. (David Monroe), 1904-1983
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General, United States Marine Corps; commander of Marine forces at Tarawa, 1943; chief of staff, 2d Marine Division, 1944; commandant of the Marine Corps, 1960-1963. From the description of David M. Shoup papers, 1927-1971. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754870712 Marine Corps officer. From the description of Reminiscences of David Monroe Shoup : oral history, 1972. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122361984 ...
O'Meara, Andrew P. (Andrew Pick), 1907-2005
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Andrew Pick O'Meara (b. March 23, 1907, West Bend, Wis.-d. Sept. 20, 2005, Arlington, Va.), General in the U.S. Army, graduated from West Point in 1930. Early in his military career he was in the horse artillery, an instructor at the Military Academy, and may have written the first field manual on tank gunnery. During World War II, he was assigned several command positions with the artillery in the European Theater of Operations. During the Korean conflict, he was artillery commander for the 7th...
Adams, Paul DeWitt, 1906-1987
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Paul DeWitt Adams (1906-1987), born in Heflin, Alabama, was commissioned to the infantry from West Point in 1928. He served with the 34th Infantry and 8th Infantry Division. He served also as Executive Officer of 1st Special Service Force, the commanding officer of the 143rd Infantry, and then rose to the rank of Brigadier General in March 1945. After World War II, he served as commanding general of the 101st Airborne Division, V Corps, Third Army, and then commander in chief of Strike Command b...
McConnell, John P. (John Paul), 1908-1986
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Air Force officer. From the description of Reminiscences of John Paul McConnell : oral history, 1969. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122481214 ...
Power, Thomas S. (Thomas Sarsfield), 1905-
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Air Force officer. From the description of Reminiscences of Thomas S. Power : oral history, 1960. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122619630 Thomas Sarsfield Power (1905-1970 was an American military officer who served as both Vice-Commander and Commander-in-Chief of the Strategic Air Command. Born on June 18, 1905 in New York City, he graduated from Barnard School for Boys and entered the Air Corps flying school in 1928, receiving his commission as a second lieut...
Anderson, George Whelan, 1906-1992
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George Whelan Anderson, Jr. (December 15, 1906 - March 20, 1992) was an Admiral in the United States Navy. He served as the Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) between 1961 and 1963, and was in charge of the U.S. blockade of Cuba during the 1962 Cuban missile crisis. From the description of Letter, July 8, 1968. (Naval War College). WorldCat record id: 18172262 George Whelan Anderson (b. Dec. 15, 1906, Brooklyn, N.Y.-d. Mar. 20, 1992), diplomat and naval officer, and was Chief o...
