Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations. 1900 - 2003. Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities. 1947 - 1984. GENERAL HOLLOWAY AND PARTY VISIT UDORN AB, THAILAND

Wilson, James W. (James Walter), 1917-2001

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James Walter Wilson was born in Rawlins, Wyoming in 1917. He completed high school in Bowling Green, Ohio, and in July 1935 entered the U.S. Military Academy at West Point., graduating four years later. In September 1939 he entered Glenview School of Aeronautics, and in December transferred to Kelly and Randolph fields, Texas, where he completed flying training in July 1940. He then was assigned to the 19th Bombardment Group at March Field, Calif. In August 1941 he was transferred to the 47th Li...

Holloway, Bruce K.

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Holzapple, Joseph R. (Joseph Randall), 1914-1973

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Bench, Herbert G. (Herbert George), 1917-

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Herbert George Bench (b. 1917, Eaton, Colorado), a Brigadier General in the U.S. Air Force, entered military service in June 1941 as an enlisted man after graduating from college and coaching various high school athletic teams in Missouri. Following training as an aviation cadet and attending Officer Candidate School, he was commissioned a second lieutenant, Army Air Corps, and served as a training officer in California during World War II. In the late 1940s, General Bench entered airborne train...

Catton, Jack J. (Jack Joseph), 1920-1990

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Jack J. Catton (b. 1920, Berkeley, Calif.-d. Dec. 5, 1990), U.S. Air Force officer, was commissioned a second lieutenant in the Army Air Corps early in 1941. After serving as an instructor pilot and squadron commander in the U.S., he flew the first B-29 bomber across the Pacific in 1944. While with the 21st Bomber Command, General Catton received awards for extraordinary achievement during combat missions against Japan. Following the War, he took part in the first two atomic weapons tests in the...

Disosway, Gabriel P. (Gabriel Pollion), 1910-2001

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Momyer, William W.

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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...