Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations. 1900 - 2003. Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities. 1947 - 1984. SECRETARY OF LABOR VISITS VANDENBERG AFB
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Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy was born on May 29, 1917, to Joseph P. Kennedy and Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy of Brookline, Massachusetts. John Kennedy, the second of nine children, attended Choate Academy (1932-1935), Princeton University (1935-36), Harvard College (1936-40), and Stanford Business School (1941). In 1940, he published a book based on his senior thesis entitled "Why England Slept." The book criticized British policy of Appeasement. In 1941, Kennedy enlisted in the Navy. In August 1943, Kenn...
Preston, Joseph J. (Joseph James), 1912-1984
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Joseph James Preston (b. 1912, Elgin, Minn.-d. Nov. 27, 1984), U.S. Air Force office, entered the U.S. Army Air Corps in 1938 after graduating from university and was commissioned and earned his pilot wings in 1939. Since winning his pilot's wings he accumulated more than 6,000 hours of flying time, many in jet aircraft. Shortly after the Pearl Harbor attack, he joined the Far East Air Forces on Java Island as a combat crew pilot and flight leader. In 1942 he went with the 305th Bombardment Grou...
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...
