Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations. 1900 - 2003. Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities. 1947 - 1984. GENERAL EMMETT O'DONNELL RECEIVES DISTINGUISHED SERVICE MEDAL

Johnson, Leon W. (Leon William), 1904-1997

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General Leon William Johnson (13 September 1904 – 10 November 1997) was a United States Air Force general who was awarded the Medal of Honor for leading the attack on the Ploesti oil fields during World War II. Johnson was born in Columbia, Missouri. He received his commission in the infantry from West Point in 1926, then earned his wings and transferred to the Air Corp in 1930. He advanced to the rank of brigadier general in November 1943 and commanded the 14th Combat Bomb Wing from Septembe...

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 ...

Goldwater, Barry M. (Barry Morris), 1909-1998

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Barry Morris Goldwater (January 2, 1909 – May 29, 1998) was an American politician, businessman, and author who was a five-term Senator from Arizona (1953–1965, 1969–1987) and the Republican Party nominee for president of the United States in 1964. Despite his loss of the 1964 presidential election in a landslide, Goldwater is the politician most often credited with having sparked the resurgence of the American conservative political movement in the 1960s. He also had a substantial impact on the...

Symington, Stuart, 1901-1988

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Zuckert, Eugene M., 1911-2000

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Kuhfeld, Albert M. (Albert Meldrum), 1905-1987

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McNamara, Robert S., 1916-2009

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U.S. secretary of defense, president of World Bank, and corporate executive. Full name: Robert Strange McNamara. From the description of Robert S. McNamara papers, 1934-2009 (bulk 1968-2005). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71132706 Robert Strange McNamara (b. 1916) was a business executive and Secretary of Defense during the Kennedy and Johnson administrations. During World War II he worked on the deployment of the B-29 bomber, and served in the Army Air Forces in India, Chi...

Nitze, Paul H.

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Burchinal, David A. (David Arthur), 1915-1990

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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 ...

Martin, William K. (William Kemp), 1915-

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Bogart, Frank A. (Frank Arthur), 1909-1992

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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...

Gilpatric, Roswell L. (Roswell Leavitt), 1906-1996

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Roswell Leavitt Gilpatric (1906-1996), lawyer and government official, was Deputy Secretary of Defense from 1961 to 1964, and was a member of the President's Task Force on Nuclear Proliferation from 1964 to 1967. Gilpatric also served as an adviser to President Lyndon Johnson. From the description of Gilpatric, Roswell L. (Roswell Leavitt), 1906-1996 (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration). naId: 10571798 ...

McHugh, Godfrey T., 1911-

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Godfrey T. McHugh (1911-1997), U.S. Air Force general, was the Deputy Chief Long Range Objectives and Deputy Chief of Staff Plan in Headquarters of the U.S. Air Force from 1960 to 1961, and Air Force Aide to President Kennedy from 1961 to 1963. From the description of McHugh, Godfrey T., 1911-1997 (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration). naId: 10570800 ...

Hester, John K. (John Kenton), 1916-1965

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John Kenton Hester (1916-1965) was born in Plains, Montana. He received his commission as 2nd lieutenant in the Air Corps of the U.S. Army in 1939, and advanced to the rank of major general in 1960. Among his various commands were Chief of Staff of the 2nd Air Force at Barksdale Air Force Base in Louisiana from 1957 to 1959 and Deputy Director at Operations Headquarters of the Air Force in Washington from 1959 to 1962. From the description of Hester, John K. (John Kenton), 1916-1965 ...

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 ...