Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations. 1900 - 2003. Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities. 1947 - 1984. PRESENTATION OF DSM TO GEN, BRADLEY AND MONEY TREE TROPHY TO GEN. POWER, PENTAGON

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 ...

McKee, William F. (William Fulton), 1906-1987

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William Fulton McKee (1906-1987) was born in Chilhowie, Virginia. He received his commission in the Coast Artillery Corps from West Point in 1929 and later advanced to the rank of brigadier general in February 1945. His positions in the U.S. Air Force include Vice Commander of the Air Materiel Command from 1952 to 1961, Commander of Air Force Logistics in 1961 and 1962, and Vice Chief of Staff of the U.S. Air Force from 1962 until his retirement in July 1964. From the description of ...

Gerrity, Thomas P. (Thomas Patrick), 1913-1968

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Thomas Patrick Gerrity (1913-1968) was born in Harlowton, Montana, and raised in Chicago, Illinois. He attended Tilden Tech and the Armour Institute, the predecessor to the Illinois Institute of Technology. He entered military service in August, 1939 as an aviation cadet. He graduated from flight school in May, 1940, and was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the Army Air Corps Reserve. He served at several air fields with the 15th Bombardment Squadron and the 17th Bombardment Squadron prior...

Finnegan, Terence P., 1904-1990

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Terence P. Finnegan (b. 1904, Norwich, Conn.-d. Jan. 17, 1990), chaplain in the U.S. Air Force, an ordained Roman Catholic priest, entered active military service in 1937. He was named division chaplain, 25th Infantry Division, while serving in Hawaii at the time of the attack on Pearl Harbor. He later was awarded the Bronze Star for service against the Japanese at Guadalcanal. After the War, he became chaplain, USA Forces, Mediterranean Theater of Operations. He transferred to the Air Force in ...

Holzapple, Joseph R. (Joseph Randall), 1914-1973

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Senter, William O. (William Oscar), 1910-2009

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William Oscar Senter (b. 1910, Stamford, Tex.-d. Apr. 19, 2009), U.S. Air Force officer, graduated from West Point in 1933 and received pilot wings a year later, transferring to the Air Corps. After completing a course in meteorology at MIT in the late 1930s, he served as a weather officer and weather regional control officer. During World War II, he was assigned to the Directorate of Weather, Army Air Force HQ; commanded the Army Air Forces Weather Wing; was staff weather officer, Far East Air ...

Bradley, Mark E. (Mark Edward), 1907-

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Blanchard, William H., 1916-1966

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Stone, William S. (William Sebastian), 1910-1968

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William Sebastian Stone (b. 1910, Cape Girardeau, Mo.-d. Dec. 2, 1968), U.S. Air Force officer, graduated from West Point in 1934 and completed flying training the following year. Two years later, he completed a master's degree in meteorology and was assigned as Weather Officer at Fort Lewis, Washington. After serving as an instructor at the Military Academy, he was assigned to head the Air Corps Weather Research project in 1942, and later served as chief of staff and deputy commander, Air Corps...

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...