Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1893, Aug. 28 | Born, Emporium, Pa. |
| 1915 | Graduated United States Military Academy, West Point, N.Y. |
| 1917 | Married Helen Wahrenberger (died 1975) |
| 1917-1919 | United States Army Air Service, France |
| 1920-1925 | Student and instructor, Air Corps Tactical School, Langley Field, Va. |
| 1926 | Graduated Command and General Staff School, Fort Leavenworth, Kans. |
| 1926-1929 | Member, Air Section, Military Intelligence Division, United States War Department, Washington, D.C. |
| 1933-1935 | Instructor, Army War College, Washington, D.C. |
| 1939-1941 | Member, Joint Army-Navy Planning Committee to adapt military to World War II; chief of staff, United States Army Special Observer Group, London, England; member, Roberts Commission on the Facts of the Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbor |
| 1942-1944 | Developed plan for land-based anti-submarine warfare leading to the formation of the United States Army Air Forces Antisubmarine Command; appointed deputy supreme allied commander in chief, Mediterranean Theatre |
| 1945-1947 | Commanding general, United States Forces, European Theater; commander in chief, United States Forces of Occupation in Europe; and military governor, American-occupied zone, Frankfurt, Germany. |
| 1947-1952 | General, United States Air Force |
| 1952 | Retired, United States military |
| 1972, Feb. 1 | Died, La Jolla, Calif. |