Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations. 1900 - 2003. Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities. 1947 - 1984. ARRIVAL OF GENERAL LEMAY (USAF RET), CAM RANH BAY AB, VIETNAM

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Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations. 1900 - 2003. Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities. 1947 - 1984. ARRIVAL OF GENERAL LEMAY (USAF RET), CAM RANH BAY AB, VIETNAM

1968

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Covers arrival of Gen Curtis E. MeMay (USAF Ret) as a vice-presidential candidate on fact-finding tour. Shows C-123B taxiing in, Gen LeMay wearing fatigues (no rank) leaving aircraft, talking with Col White, Comdr 12th TFW. Shows Gen LeMay walking to UH-1D, seated aboard helicopter, and helicopter taking off.

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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 ...