Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations. 1900 - 2003. Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities. 1947 - 1984. MAJOR GENERAL BENJAMIN D. FOULOIS

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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. MAJOR GENERAL BENJAMIN D. FOULOIS

1965

A film interview by Dr. Alfred Goldberg, United States Air Force Historical Division of Maj. Gen. Benjamin D. Foulois (USAF Ret) in which Gen. Foulois recollects experiences and events during his military career including, Wright Brothers, World War I, Mexican Punitive Expedition, Philippine Insurrection and during the early 1930's.

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Foulois, Benjamin Delahauf, 1879-1967

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Benjamin "Benny" Delahauf Foulois (December 9, 1879 – April 25, 1967) was a United States Army general who learned to fly the first military planes purchased from the Wright Brothers. He became the first military aviator as an airship pilot, and achieved numerous other military aviation "firsts". He led strategic development of the Air Force in the United States. Foulois was born in Washington, Connecticut to a Franco-American pipe-fitter and a Boston-born nurse. At age 18, he used his older...