Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations. 1900 - 2003. Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities. 1947 - 1984. VISITING DIGNITARIES, KUNSAN AB, KOREA

Cheney, James S. (James Spiers), 1918-1998

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Major General James Spiers Cheney was born in Tucson, Arizona on August 13, 1918. He graduated from Robert E. Lee High School, Jacksonville, Florida, in 1938. He received his bachelor of laws degree from Atlanta Law School in 1950. He began his military career as an aviation cadet at Kelly Field, Texas, in October 1941. In January 1942 he received his wings as a rated navigator and later served as an instructor in the Navigation School. From July 1942 to February 1943 he served with replacement ...

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...

Yeager, Chuck, 1923-

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Air Force officer, air pilot. From the description of Reminiscences of Charles E. Yeager : oral history, 1974. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122513014 From the description of Reminiscences of Charles E. Yeager : oral history, 1960. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122528260 ...

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...

Clark, A. P. (Albert Patton), 1913-

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Albert Patton Clark (b. 1913, Schofield Barracks, Hawaii), U.S. Air Force officer, graduated from West Point in 1936 and completed flying training the following year. In June 1942 he went to England as second in command of the 31st Fighter Group, the first American fighter unit in the European Theater of Operations. He was shot down in France in July 1942 and was a prisoner of war until April 1945. After the War, this highly-decorated officer served with Tactical Air Command, Continental Air Com...

Curtin, Robert H. (Robert Harriman), 1916-

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Robert Harriman Curtin (1917-2007) was born in Winchendon, Massachusetts, and attended Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute for one year before receiving his appointment to the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York. He graduated in 1939, and was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant assigned to the 11th Engineering Regiment, Canal Zone. In 1943, he was assigned briefly to the 30th Engineer Aviation Training Center, MacDill Field, Florida. The following year, he was sent to the Europea...

Edmundson, James V. (James Valentine), 1915-2001

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Hardin, Ernest C., 1916-1986

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Ernest C. Hardin, Jr., (1916-1986) was born in Wheatcroft, Kentucky. He was Director of Operations, 6th Air Division at MacDill Air Force Base in Florida from 1953 to 1954, and from 1958 to 1960, was Deputy Commander of the Sixteenth Air Force at Torrejon Air Base in Spain. In 1973, he was appointed Deputy Commander in Chief of the Readiness Command at MacDill Air Force Base. He retired from Air Force service in June 1975. From the description of Hardin, Ernest C., 1916-1986 (U.S. Na...