Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations. 1900 - 2003. Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities. 1947 - 1984. GENERAL KUTER'S RETIREMENT CEREMONY, PETERSON FIELD, COLORADO
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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 ...
Kuter, Laurence Sherman, 1905-1979
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A 1927 West Point graduate, Laurence Kuter transferred to the Air Corps in 1930. In 1941 he was one of the principal authors of the basic plan for employment of air power in World War II and he then took command of a bomber wing in England. After tours of duty in North Africa, Washington, D.C. and the Pacific Ocean Area, Kuter was promoted to major general. He participated in a series of combined Chief of Staff Conferences at Quebec, Cairo, and London. When General Arnold became suddenly and ser...
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 ...
Gerhart, John K. (John Koehler), 1907-1981
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John Koehler Gerhart (1907-1981) was born in Saginaw, Michigan, and graduated from the University of Chicago in 1928 with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Philosophy. After graduating from Advanced Flying School at Kelly Field, Texas, he was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army Air Corps Reserve. He served as a flight test pilot during the 1930s, and graduated from the Air Corps Tactical School in April, 1941. Early in World War II, Gerhart was assigned to the 8th Air Force, and was ...
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 ...
Zuckert, Eugene M., 1911-2000
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