Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations. 1900 - 2003. Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities. 1947 - 1984. USAF HONOR GUARD, WASHINGTON, D.C. AREA
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Polhamus, Douglas C. (Douglas Clinton), 1915-1998
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Douglas Clinton Polhamus (b. 1915, Berryville, Va.-d. Dec. 4, 1998), U.S. Air Force officer, graduated from West Point in 1938 and received his pilot wings the following year. Prior to overseas duty, he served as a flight instructor, squadron commander, and director of training with the Air Training Command. In 1945 he was group commander, 330th Bomb Group, flying B-29s for more than 200 combat hours in the air offensive against Japan from Guam. Following an assignment in the Air Force Atomic En...
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...
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 ...
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...
