Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
Date | Event |
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1896, Apr. 13 | Born, Field Creek, Tex. |
1917 | Joined Sixty-fourth Infantry Regiment, U.S. Army, El Paso, Tex.; appointed second lieutenant |
1918 | Flight instruction, Austin and Kelly Field, Tex. |
1919-1921 | Second and Third Aero Squadrons, Philippine Islands; promoted to captain |
1922-1923 | Commander, Fifth Aero Squadron and Post Adjutant, Mitchel Field, N.Y. |
1923[?] | Married Leah Chase (divorced 1930) |
1923-1924 | Studied contract law, Columbia University, New York, N.Y. |
1924-1926 | Executive assistant, Office of Air Service, Washington, D.C. |
1926-1927 | Pilot, Pan-American Goodwill flight around South America; received Distinguished Flying Cross |
1927-1928 | Executive officer, Office of Assistant Secretary of War, Washington, D.C. |
1928-1932 | Operations and line maintenance officer, Bolling Field, Washington, D.C. |
1929, Jan. 1-7 | Chief pilot, "Question Mark" refueling endurance flight; received oak leaf cluster to Distinguished Flying Cross |
1931 | Married Ruth Apperson |
1934 | B.A., University of Southern California, Los Angeles, Calif. Commanded Air Mail Route 4, Western Zone, army air corps mail operations |
1934-1935 | Commanded Thirty-fourth Pursuit Squadron and Seventeenth Pursuit Squadron, March Field, Calif.; promoted to major |
1935-1936 | Attended Air Corps Tactical School, Maxwell Field, Ala. |
1940 | Promoted to lieutenant colonel |
1940-1941 | Commander, Twentieth Pursuit Group, Hamilton, Tex. |
1941-1942 | Special duty, Royal Air Force (R.A.F.) to observe and fly new types of fighter planes and to observe British fighter control methods, England |
1942 | Organized and commanded Eighth Bomber Command |
1942-1944 | Commander, Eighth Air Force in England; commanding general, United States Army Air Forces in the United Kingdom |
1944-1945 | Air commander in chief, Mediterranean Allied Air Forces |
1945 | Deputy commander, army air forces, and chief of air staff |
1946 | Promoted to lieutenant general retroactive to 1 Dec. 1944 |
1947 | Retired from military service |
1947-1957 | Vice president, Hughes Tool Co.; represented Hughes Tool Co. at Hughes Aircraft Company, Houston, Tex. (1947-1948) and Culver City, Calif. (1948-1957) |
1957-1961 | Vice president, eastern office, Douglas Aircraft Co., Washington, D.C. |
1961-[?] | Chairman, Advisory Board, Hughes Aircraft Co. |
1962-1980 | Wrote syndicated weekly newspaper column on national security issues |
1972-1973 | First president, United States Strategic Institute, which published the Strategic Review; later vice chairman and member, board of directors |
1985 | Awarded fourth star; made a full general as a result of special legislation |
1987, Aug. 6 | Died, Camp Springs, Md. |