Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations. 1900 - 2003. Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities. 1947 - 1984. MAJOR WHITE'S ASTRONAUT WINGS

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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. MAJOR WHITE'S ASTRONAUT WINGS

1962

https://catalog.archives.gov/id/68619

Summary: Coverage of the presentation of Pilot-Astronaut Wings to Maj. Robert M. White, the first man to earn his wings by flying the X-15 to an altitude of 314,750 feet over Edwards AFB, California on 17 July 1962. (Shot list to follow.) Reel 1, 851': 1) Scenes of Gen. Curtis E. LeMay, AF Chief of Staff, entering room and walking to podium followed by Maj. and Mrs. Robert X. White, Senators John Stennis, Stuart Symington, Alexander Wiley and Sec. of AF Eugene M. Zuckert. 2) Gen. Curtis E. LeMay speaking and handing the wings to Mrs. White who pins them on her husband. 3) Scenes of Maj. White being congratulated, posing for photographs, and CU of the pilot-astronaut wings. Reel 2, 247': 1) Scenes of Mrs. White pinning pilot-astronaut wings on her husband and Maj. White being congratulated. 2) Scenes of Maj. & Mrs. Robert M. White arriving at Pentagon by car. 3) MCU's of major talking and aviator wings on uniform. 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 ...

Zuckert, Eugene M., 1911-2000

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