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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 ...

Zuckert, Eugene M., 1911-2000

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Upham, John S. (John Southworth), 1907-1993

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John Southworth Upham, Jr. (b. Apr. 5, 1907, Philippine Islands-d. Oct. 8, 1993), U.S. Army officer, graduated from West Point in 1928. He served as an instructor in the math department at the Military Academy for four years; participated in the Normandy landing in 1944; and after the War was an instructor at the Command and General Staff College. During the 1950s, he was the assistant deputy for military operations, Department of the Army; chief of staff, Allied Forces in Southern Europe; and c...

Wilson, Winston P. (Winston Peabody), 1911-1996

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Major General Winston Peabody Wilson was born in Arkadelphia, Ark., in 1911, but grew up in Little Rock where he has maintained his legal residence. His military career began in May 1929, when he enlisted as an airplane mechanic in the 154th Observation Squadron, Arkansas National Guard. He attended Hendrix College in Conway, Ark. The general received his pilot''s license in 1936, and his commercial pilot''s license in 1940. General Wilson was commissioned a second lieutenant and rated as a juni...

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

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

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Hamlett, Barksdale, 1908-

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Barksdale Hamlett was born in Kentucky. He entered the U.S. Military Academy, West Point, NY, in 1926 and served in the African and European theaters during World War II as well as in Korea. Hamlett earned the Distinguished Service medal, the Silver Star, the Legion of Merit with two oak leaf clusters, and the Bronze Star. His final assignment prior to his retirement in 1964, after more than thirty-eight years of service, was as Army Vice-Chief of Staff. He served as president of Norwich Univers...