Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations. 1900 - 2003. Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities. 1947 - 1984. USA AND USAF PARACHUTISTS RECEIVE DISTINGUISHED FLYING CROSSES

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Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations. 1900 - 2003. Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities. 1947 - 1984. USA AND USAF PARACHUTISTS RECEIVE DISTINGUISHED FLYING CROSSES

1964

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Summary: Coverage of Gen. Curtis E. Lemay, AF Chief of Staff, awarding Distinguished Flying Crosses to 14 members of the USA and USAF for a record mass parachute free fall drop which was a part of Project HALO (High Altitude-Low Opening). Also present at ceremonies were Gen. Earle G. Wheeler USA Chief of Staff and Lt. Gen. Charles B. Westover. Vice Comdr, TAC. Reel 1: Coverage of the awards ceremony showing the 14 USA and USAF parachutists on platform; USA Gen. Wheeler and Gen. LeMay speaking; citation being read; Gen LeMay pinning DFC on Lt. Col. Merrill E. Sheppard (USA). Capt. John J. Garrity, Jr; Capt. Charles J. Corey; Lt. James E. Garvey; M/Sgt. James A. Howell; Sgt. First Class James R. Smith (USA); S/Sgt. Vernon Morgan; S/Sgt. George D. Mclean; Sgt. Paul S. Newman (USA); Sgt. Robert L. Tisdale (USA); S/Sgt. Wilfred J. Charette (USA); S/Sgt. James W. Hauck (USA); S/Sgt. Loren B. Hollinggorth (USA) and Specialist 5th Class William W. Bohringer (USA). Shows assembled guests and MCU of Lt. Gen. Charles B. Westover. USA Gen. Wheeler and Gen. LeMay talking, then Gen. Wheeler walks over to Lt. Col. Sheppard (USA)--swish pan back to the two generals talking. 831' Total footage in reel. Reel 2: Shows Gen. LeMay and USA Gen Wheeler taking their places at side of parachutists; Gen. LeMay speaking, some of the men receiving the DFC with ECU of the medal; group posing for picture and CUs of citation accompanying the DFC in folder. 468': Total footage in reel. Fair-good

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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 ...

Westover, Charles B. (Charles Bainbridge), 1915-1978

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Charles Bainbridge Westover (b. 1915, Fort Gibbon, Tanana, Alaska-d. July 28, 1978), U.S. Air Force officer, graduated from West Point in 1937 and earned his pilot wings the following year. During World War II he served as executive officer of a special U.S. air mission in the U.S.S.R., and as chief of staff, 2nd Bomb Division, then commander, 448th Bomb Group, 8th Air Force, in England, flying 42 combat missions. From 1949 to 1952, he was assigned to Strategic Air Command (SAC) HQ serving as ch...

Wheeler, Earle G. (Earle Gilmore), 1908-1975

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General Earle G. Wheeler was born in 1908; served in the District of Columbia National Guard (1924-1928); graduated from the United States Military Academy (1932); attended the Infantry School (1937). Participated in the Rhineland and Central Europe campaigns on World War II (WII). He died in 1975. From the description of The Earle G. Wheeler papers, 1957-1975. (US Army, Mil Hist Institute). WorldCat record id: 47101991 Earle Gilmore Wheeler (1908-1975) was born in Washingto...