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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 ...

Page, Jerry D. (Jerry Dentler), 1915-1989

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Jerry Dentler Page (b. Feb. 27, 1915, Manila, Philippine Islands-d. Mar. 19, 1989) was commander of the Sheppard Technical Training Center at Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas from August 1969 to August 1972) From the description of Page, Jerry D. (Jerry Dentler), 1915-1989 (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration). naId: 10598270 ...

Fulton, Fitzhugh L., 1925-

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Fitzhugh L. Fulton Jr. (b. June 6, 1925) was a civilian research pilot at NASA''s Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, Calif. from August 1, 1966, until July 3, 1986, following 23 years of service as a pilot in the U.S. Air Force. Fulton was the project pilot on all early tests of the 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA) used to air launch the Space Shuttle prototype Enterprise in the Approach and Landing Tests (ALT) at Dryden in l977. During these flights, the SCA carried the un-powered Enterp...

Lindley, William C. (William Carey), 1917-2000

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Everest, Frank Kendall, 1920-

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Viccellio, Henry, 1911-1978

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Henry Viccellio (1911-1978) was born in Chatham, Virginia, and attended the College of William & Mary. He enlisted as a Private in the U.S. Army Air Corps in 1934, and received his commission as a Second Lieutenant in 1937 after completing flight training at Randolph and Kelly Fields, Texas. Viccellio's World War II service included several assignments and commands in the Pacific Theatre, including at the Fiji Islands, Guadalcanal, and Espiritu Santu in the New Hebrides. He participated in o...

Schriever, Bernard A., 1917-2005

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General Bernard Adolph Schriever (1910-2005) was born in Bremen, Germany, in 1910. Schriever is known for overseeing the U.S. intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) program, which ushered the Pentagon and U.S. government into the space age. From the description of Schriever, Bernard A. (Bernard Adolph), 1910-2005 (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration). naId: 10581689 ...

White, Al, 1918-2006

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Stewart, Jimmy

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Hank Williams was born Hiram Hank Williams near Georgiana, Ala., 17 Oct. 1923. After being taught by a local African-American Rufus Payne and in the Baptist Church to play the guitar and sing, Hank began performing at the age of fourteen. Although Williams and his music were a national phenomena, his personal life was marred by marriage troubles and alcoholism. Hank died of a heart attack at age 29. His grave, and that of his former wife Audrey, are located in Oakwood Ce...

Ryan, John D. (John Dale), 1915-1983

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John Dale Ryan (1915-1983) was the Seventh Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force. He was born in Cherokee, Iowa, where he graduated from Cherokee Junior College before entering the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York. He graduated from West Point in 1938, and attended flight schools at Randolph and Kelly Fields, Texas, receiving his pilot''s wings in 1939. During the early years of World War II, he served as a flight instructor and in training roles at Kelly Field and ...

Twining, Nathan F. (Nathan Farragut), 1897-1982

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Air Force officer. From the description of Reminiscences of Nathan Farragut Twining: oral history, 1967. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122419971 U.S. Army and Air Force officer; later, publishing company executive. From the description of Papers of Nathan F. Twining, 1924-1960 (bulk 1950-1960). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 81804920 Nathan Twining's military career began in 1916 as a member of the Third Oregon Infant...

Brown, Harold, 1927-....

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U.S. secretary of defense, physicist, and educator. From the description of Papers of Harold Brown. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71132876 Harold Brown was born on September 10, 1927 in New York, New York. He received an A.B. (1945), an A.M. (1946) and a Ph.D. (1949) from Columbia University. He was a research scientist at Columbia University from 1945 to 1950 and lecturer in physics at Columbia from 1947 to 1948. From 1949 to 1950 he was a lecturer in physics at Stevens In...

Rumsey, Herman, 1918-1994

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Herman Rumsey (b. 1918, Baltimore, Md.-d. Jan. 12, 1994), U.S. Air Force officer, graduated from university and entered aviation cadet training in 1939, receiving his commission the following year. During his early career he served as flight instructor, squadron commander, director of training, and group commander. He had a long and distinguished career with the Military Air Transport Service beginning in 1948 with assignments in the Pacific and Far East areas. In 1964 he assumed command of MAC'...

Kucheman, Henry B. (Henry Bernard), 1919-1987

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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...

Alison, John R. (John Richardson), 1912-2011

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Aviator, executive. From the description of Reminiscences of John Richardson Alison : oral history, 1971. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122419053 John R. Alison was born on November 21, 1912, the son of Grover Alison and Edelweiss Price, in Gainesville, Florida. He received his A.B.S. in industrial engineering form the University of Florida. From 1936 to 1946, Alison served in the U.S. Air Force, and was decorated with the Silver Star and...

LeBailly, Eugene B. (Eugene Bernard), 1915-1992

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Blanchard, William H., 1916-1966

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Jones, Jack

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Jack Jones was born in Trealaw, Mid Rhondda in 1898. He passed a scholarship to Pentre Grammar School but in 1912 commenced employment in Cambrian Collieries. He was a founder member of the Communist Party in 1920. In about 1923-1924 Jack won the South Wales Miners' Federation Scholarship to the Central Labour College (London). However, in 1926 he was imprisoned in Cardiff Jail along with Lewis Jones during the Coal Strike for selling the 'Daily Worker' on private (colliery) premise...

Wilcox, William W., U.S. Air Force officer

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William W. Wilcox, U.S. Air Force officer, was commander of the 81st Bombardment Squadron, 9th Air Force, engaged in desert combat in the Middle East in 1942. The next year he commanded the 12th Bombardment Group, 12th Air Force, participating in campaigns in Italy, followed by action in the China-India-Burma Theater. During the 1950s he was commander, 581st Air Resupply Group, then the 322nd Troop Carrier Squadron on Okinawa. In 1957 he began various assignments with the Strategic Air Command (...

Stone, William S. (William Sebastian), 1910-1968

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William Sebastian Stone (b. 1910, Cape Girardeau, Mo.-d. Dec. 2, 1968), U.S. Air Force officer, graduated from West Point in 1934 and completed flying training the following year. Two years later, he completed a master's degree in meteorology and was assigned as Weather Officer at Fort Lewis, Washington. After serving as an instructor at the Military Academy, he was assigned to head the Air Corps Weather Research project in 1942, and later served as chief of staff and deputy commander, Air Corps...

Ferguson, James H., 1913-2000

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James Ferguson worked for the Associated Press and was a resident of Portland, Oregon. He visited Alaska in 1948 (probably) and in 1950. The latter trip was as part of a press tour. He wrote several articles for the Oregonian on Alaska. From the description of Photograph negatives, 1948-1950. (UAA/APU Consortium Library). WorldCat record id: 58480225 ...

Thatcher, Herbert B. (Herbert Bishop), 1909-1986

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Air Force officer. From the description of Reminiscences of Herbert B. Thatcher : oral history, 1970. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122451730 Herbert Bishop Thatcher (1909-1986) was born in East Orange, New Jersey, and attended the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, where he graduated in 1932. He was commissioned as an Infantry Officer in the U.S. Army. After completing flight instruction and attending the Advanced Fl...

Foss, Joe, 1915-2003

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Joseph Jacob Foss (b. April 17, 1915, Sioux Falls, S.D.-d. Jan. 1, 2003, Scottsdale, Ariz.), U.S. Marine Corps officer, enlisted in the Marine Reserves and joined the Naval Aviation Cadet program after graduating from college in 1940. By 1942 he was deployed with Marine Fighting Squadron 115 to the South Pacific, participating in the Battle of Guadalcanal. He led a group of “Wildcat” aircraft called “Foss's Flying Circus,” which shot down seventy-two Japanese planes, twenty-six of them by Foss p...

Adams, Paul DeWitt, 1906-1987

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Paul DeWitt Adams (1906-1987), born in Heflin, Alabama, was commissioned to the infantry from West Point in 1928. He served with the 34th Infantry and 8th Infantry Division. He served also as Executive Officer of 1st Special Service Force, the commanding officer of the 143rd Infantry, and then rose to the rank of Brigadier General in March 1945. After World War II, he served as commanding general of the 101st Airborne Division, V Corps, Third Army, and then commander in chief of Strike Command b...

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...

Clark, A. P. (Albert Patton), 1913-

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Albert Patton Clark (b. 1913, Schofield Barracks, Hawaii), U.S. Air Force officer, graduated from West Point in 1936 and completed flying training the following year. In June 1942 he went to England as second in command of the 31st Fighter Group, the first American fighter unit in the European Theater of Operations. He was shot down in France in July 1942 and was a prisoner of war until April 1945. After the War, this highly-decorated officer served with Tactical Air Command, Continental Air Com...

Doolittle, James Harold, 1896-1993

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James Harold "Jimmy" Doolittle (December 14, 1896 – September 27, 1993) was an American military general and aviation pioneer who received the Medal of Honor for his daring raids on Japan during World War II. He also made early coast-to-coast flights, won many flying races, and helped develop instrument flying. Born in Alameda, California, Doolittle studied as an undergraduate at University of California, Berkeley, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in 1922. He also earned a doctorate in aero...

Crumm, William J. (William Joseph), 1919-1967

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Estes, Howell M. (Howell Marion), 1914-

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Howell Marion Estes, Jr. (b. 1914, Fort Oglethorpe, Ga.-d. July 2, 2007), General in the U.S. Air Force, graduated from West Point in 1936 and completed pilot training in 1940. During World War II, he was director of training at the Brooks Field Advanced Flying School and commanded two Army Air Bases in Texas. At the end of the War, he became chief of the Plans and Policy Branch, Operations Division, U.S. Air Forces in Europe, and later assistant chief of staff for plans. During the Korean War, ...

Wade, David, 1911-1990

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David Wade biography (b. 1911, Minden, La.; d. May 11, 1990) reached the rank of lieutenant general and assumed command of SAC's Second Air Force, Barksdale Air Force Base in Louisiana on August 1, 1963. He later took command of the Eighth Air Force on August 1, 1966. He retired from Air Force service on March 1, 1967. From the description of Wade, David, 1911-1990 (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration). naId: 10597518 ...

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

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Engle, Joe, 1932-

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Joe Engle (b. Aug. 26, 1932, Chapman, KS) was an Air Force pilot and NASA Astronaut. He was commander on the second flight of the Columbia Space Shuttle (STS-2) and mission commander on Discovery (STS-51-I). Engle also participated in the Challenger disaster investigation in 1986. Additionally, he was the Air National Guard Assistant to the Commander in Chief, United States Space Command and North American Air Defense Command (NORAD)before retiring from both the Air Force and NASA in 1986....

McConnell, John P. (John Paul), 1908-1986

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Air Force officer. From the description of Reminiscences of John Paul McConnell : oral history, 1969. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122481214 ...

Compton, Keith K. (Keith Karl), 1915-2004

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Maddux, Sam, 1914-1990

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Hobson, Kenneth B. (Kenneth Burton), 1908-1979

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