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... genesis of the book owes a great deal to Thomas A. Sturm , friend , colleague , and counselor , who was my predecessor ... Maj . Gen. John W. Huston , formerly Chief , Office of Air Force History , commented on the work in progress and ...
... genesis of the book owes a great deal to Thomas A. Sturm , friend , colleague , and counselor , who was my predecessor ... Maj . Gen. John W. Huston , formerly Chief , Office of Air Force History , commented on the work in progress and ...
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... General Curtis E. LeMay and Maj . Gen. Haywood S. Hansell , Jr. took the time to recall some of the important organizational issues during the war years . I want to acknowledge a special debt to John F. Loosbrock , for many years Editor ...
... General Curtis E. LeMay and Maj . Gen. Haywood S. Hansell , Jr. took the time to recall some of the important organizational issues during the war years . I want to acknowledge a special debt to John F. Loosbrock , for many years Editor ...
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... Gen. Orvil A. Anderson ; Army Chief of Staff George C. Gen. Hap Arnold and Gen. George C. Marshall , Cairo , 1943 ; Lt. Gen. Barney M. Giles and Brig . Gen. Russell E. Randall , 1944 56 Maj . Gen. William F. Tompkins , Brig . Gen. xvi ...
... Gen. Orvil A. Anderson ; Army Chief of Staff George C. Gen. Hap Arnold and Gen. George C. Marshall , Cairo , 1943 ; Lt. Gen. Barney M. Giles and Brig . Gen. Russell E. Randall , 1944 56 Maj . Gen. William F. Tompkins , Brig . Gen. xvi ...
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Maj . Gen. William F. Tompkins , Brig . Gen. Kendall J. Fielder , Maj . Gen. Russell L. Maxwell , and Brig . Gen. M. W. Marston , Hickam Field , 1945 Lt. Gen. Ira Eaker Maj . Gen. Lauris Norstad Brig . Gen. Glen C. Jamison President ...
Maj . Gen. William F. Tompkins , Brig . Gen. Kendall J. Fielder , Maj . Gen. Russell L. Maxwell , and Brig . Gen. M. W. Marston , Hickam Field , 1945 Lt. Gen. Ira Eaker Maj . Gen. Lauris Norstad Brig . Gen. Glen C. Jamison President ...
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... Maj . Gen. William E. Kepner 156 Vice Adm . Forrest P. Sherman ; Brig . Gen. Lauris Norstad 159 Army Maj . Gen. William E. Hall 163 AAF Commanding General Carl A. Spaatz 166 James Forrestal , Secretary of the Navy ; W. Stuart Symington ...
... Maj . Gen. William E. Kepner 156 Vice Adm . Forrest P. Sherman ; Brig . Gen. Lauris Norstad 159 Army Maj . Gen. William E. Hall 163 AAF Commanding General Carl A. Spaatz 166 James Forrestal , Secretary of the Navy ; W. Stuart Symington ...
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70 groups AAF's air arm Air Bd Air Board Air Corps air defense air power Air Staff aircraft Armed Forces Army Air Forces Army and Navy Army Chief Army Ground Forces Arnold Assistant Chief aviation bomber Brig Gen budget Chief of Air Chief of Staff civilian coequal Committee Congress Continental Air Forces coordination Deputy Chief Eaker Eisenhower Forrestal functions Headquarters Henry H Ibid independent Air Force Joint Chiefs Knerr Kuter Lauris Norstad legislation M-day Maj Gen Marshall Memo Military Establishment National Defense naval officers operations organization peacetime personnel policies postwar Air Force postwar planning President recommended reorganization Reserve responsibility Secretary of Defense Secretary of War separate Air Force single department Spaatz Strategic Air Strategic Air Command Stuart Symington subj Tactical Air Command Truman unification United States Air USAF Vandenberg War Department World War II
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