Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1892, Sept. 25 | Born, Hiner’s Mill, W.Va. |
| 1910 | Surveyor, Baltimore and Ohio Railroad |
| 1916-1917 | Enlisted in the Maryland National Guard as a private and served with it on the Mexican border |
| 1918-1919 | Served on the Western Front during World War I and was transferred to the United States Army Air Service |
| 1938-1939 | Director of Air Tactics and Strategy and head of Air Corps Tactical School, the forerunner of the Air University at Maxwell Field in Alabama |
| 1942-1944 | Chief of staff, Fifth Air Force |
| 1944 | Assistant chief of staff, United States Army Air Forces for Organization, Commitments and Requirements |
| 1945 | Present at the Battle of Iwo Jima as an official Army Air Forces observer Assumed command of Air Force Proving Ground Command. |
| 1947 | Discharged from army with rank of major general |
| 1973 | Published Wooing Peponi: My Odyssey thru Many Years. [Carmel, Calif.]: D. Wilson |
| 1978, June 21 | Died |