Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations. 1900 - 2003. Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities. 1947 - 1984. DOCUMENTATION IN VIETNAM AND THAILAND
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O'Donnell, Emmett, 1906-1971
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General Emmett (Rosy) O'Donnell was one of aviation's pioneers who from his days as an Army Air Corps air mail pilot went on to build an impressive list of military aviation firsts. In 1941 he led the first mass flight of B-17 Flying Fortresses across the Pacific from Hawaii to the Philippines. Before World War II was two days old, he had earned the Distinguished Flying Cross. In the midst of an enemy air attack, O'Donnell dove his B-17 through antiaircraft fire to attack a Japanese cruiser and ...
Harkins, Paul D. (Paul Donal), 1904-1984
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Paul Donal Harkins (b. May 15, 1904, Boston, Mass.-d. Aug. 21, 1984, Dallas, Tex.), U.S. Army officer, graduated from West Point in 1929. He was Deputy Chief of Staff during World War II to General Patton, served during the Korean War, and was the first Military Assistance Command, Vietnam (MACV) commander from 1962 to 1964, the year he retired. He was commandant of cadets at West Point in 1951 when a cheating ring was exposed and was criticized by some for taking a hard line against those cadet...
Anthis, Rollen H. (Rollen Henry), 1915-1995
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Rollen Henry "Buck" Anthis (1915-1995) was born in Navina, Oklahoma. He graduated from El Reno High School in 1933, attended Oklahoma Military Academy and studied law at the University of Oklahoma. In 1938 he became a flying cadet at Randolph Field, Texas. He was commissioned a second lieutenant in the U.S. Army Air Corps in 1939 and received his pilot wings at Kelly Field, Texas. General Anthis was assigned first to the 3rd Attack Group at Barksdale Field, Louisiana. In 1940, he became a test p...
