Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations. 1900 - 2003. Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities. 1947 - 1984. AF SECRETARY BROWN VISITS FAR EAST, JAPAN, KOREA, AND TAIWAN
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Smith, Pinkham, 1916-1979
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Pinkham Smith (b. 1916, Pelham, N.Y.-d. Dec. 30, 1979), U.S. Air Force officer, graduated from ROTC at Princeton University in 1937 and received his commission in the Field Artillery Reserve. He entered the Army Air Corps as an aviation cadet in 1938 and completed flying school the following year. Beginning in early 1944 he served as a B-29 pilot with the 20th Bomber Command in the China-Burma-India Theater, becoming assistant chief of tactical operations and flying 140 combat hours before the e...
McKee, Sarah H. P.
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Sarah H. Parshall McKee, wife of U.S. Air Force General Seth Jefferson McKee. From the description of McKee, Sarah H. P. (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration). naId: 10613208 ...
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...
Pitts, William F. (William Frederick), 1919-2008
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William Frederick Pitts (b. Nov. 27, 1919, March Field, Calif.-d. Dec. 30, 2008), U.S. Air Force officer, was awarded his pilot wings even before graduating from the U.S. Military Academy in 1943. After serving as an instructor pilot, he served with the 431st Bombardment Squadron in the Marianas flying 25 combat missions in B-29s. After the War he was assigned as assistant air attaché to Cuba, Haiti, and the Dominican Republic. Following a number of assignments in the U.S. and further military e...
McKee, Seth J. (Seth Jefferson), 1916-
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Seth Jefferson McKee was born in 1916, in McGehee, Arkansas. Following graduation from Cape Girardeau High School in 1934, he attended Southeast Missouri State Teachers College for three years and the University of Oklahoma for a half year. He began his military career in 1935, as a member of the Missouri National Guard, and his Air Force career as an aviation cadet in February 1938. He graduated from flight training in February 1939. From February 1939 until January 1944, he served in operation...
Bonesteel, Charles H. (Charles Hartwell), 1909-1977
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Charles Hartwell Bonesteel (1909-1977) was born in Plattsburg, New York, the son of Charles Hartwell and Caroline Mead (Hudson) Bonesteel. He graduated from West Point in 1931 and Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar in 1934. In that same year, he married Alice M. Pratt, with whom he had one son, Charles Hartwell IV. After serving in Europe during World War II, he represented the War Department in the Council of Foreign Ministers in Paris, New York City, and Moscow. In 1947 and 1948, he was app...
Wheless, Hewitt T. Captain
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Hewitt Terrell Wheless (b. 1913, Menard County, Tex.-d. Sept. 7, 1986), U.S. Air Force officer, began his military career in the infantry reserve and, after pilot training, received his commission in the Army Air Corps in 1939. During World War II, he served with the 19th Bombardment Group in the Philippines, Java, and Australia, and as director of operations, 314th Bombardment Wing on Guam. Back in the U.S., he was deputy chief of staff, operations for the 58th Bombardment Wing and 8th Air Forc...
Garland, William C. (William Carroll), 1916-
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William Carroll Garland (1916-2004) was born in Barnesville, Georgia, and attended local schools and Gordon Military Junior College before entering the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York. He graduated in 1942, and entered pilot training at Greenville Aviation School in Ocala, Florida. He earned his pilots wings in March, 1943, and completed B-17 transition training in April, 1943. During World War II, he was assigned to the 401st Bombardment Group in England, and saw action f...
