Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations. 1900 - 2003. Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities. 1947 - 1984. GENERAL CARL SPAATZ RECEIVES USAFA'S THOMAS D. WHITE AWARD, COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO
Related Entities
There are 6 Entities related to this resource.
LeMay, Curtis E. (Curtis Emerson), 1906-1990
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6941jhq (person)
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 ...
Spaatz, Carl, 1891-1974
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w62k72cq (person)
Carl Andrew Spaatz (born Spatz; June 28, 1891 – July 14, 1974), nicknamed "Tooey", was an American World War II general. As commander of Strategic Air Forces in Europe in 1944, he successfully pressed for the bombing of the enemy's oil production facilities as a priority over other targets. He became Chief of Staff of the newly formed United States Air Force in 1947. Spaatz retired with the rank of general on June 30, 1948. He was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross, Distinguished Servic...
Olds, Robin, 1922-2007
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w65x7027 (person)
Robin Olds (b. July 14, 1922, Honolulu, Hawaii-d. June 14, 2007), U.S. Air Force officer, graduated from West Point, received his commission and completed flight training in 1943. During World War II, he flew 107 combat missions, and during the Vietnam War in 1966 he completed 152 combat missions. Assignments in England, Germany, Libya, Thailand, and the U.S. included command of squadrons, bases, groups, and wings; he also held positions at Air Force HQ and with the Joint Chiefs of Staff. In 196...
Moorman, Thomas S. (Thomas Samuel), 1910-1997
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6cc218s (person)
Air Force officer. From the description of Reminiscences of Thomas Samuel Moorman : oral history, 1971. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122481366 Thomas S. Moorman, Jr., graduated from West Point in 1933 and earned his wings the following year. By 1937, Moorman entered the field of meteorology, obtained a Master of Science degree from the California Institute of Technology and embarked on an area of activity which would dominate the next tw...
McDermott, Robert F., 1920-2006
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6n59ccb (person)
Air Force officer. From the description of Reminiscences of Robert Francis McDermott : oral history, 1981. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122411671 Robert F. McDermott was born in Boston, Massachusetts in 1920. He graduated from the Boston Latin School in 1937 and attended Norwich University for two years before entering West Point. He graduated West Point in 1943 and served as a fighter pilot in the Zone of Interior until being transferre...
Eaker, Ira, 1896-1987
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6gt61fz (person)
Air Force officer. From the description of Reminiscences of Ira Clarence Eaker : oral history, 1974. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122451540 From the description of Reminiscences of Ira Clarence Eaker : oral history, 1959. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 86147461 U.S. Army officer, U.S. Air Force officer, aviation pioneer, aircraft industry executive, and newspaper columnist. From th...
