Curtis E. LeMay: Quick Facts


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Also Known As Curtis Emerson LeMay
Born November 15, 1906 • Columbus • Ohio • (Birthday in 2 days)
Died October 1, 1990 (aged 83) • March Air Reserve Base • California
Role In Battle of Okinawa • Bombing of Tokyo • United States presidential election of 1968 • World War II • Pacific War

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Claire L. Chennault.
Claire L. Chennault
United States major general
Henry (“Hap”) Arnold
Henry Harley Arnold
American military officer and strategist
James H. Doolittle, wearing flight gear and goggles, smiles while seated in the cockpit of an airplane, with his hand on the instrument panel.
James H. Doolittle
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Nathan F. Twining
Nathan F. Twining
United States Air Force officer
Harry S. Truman
Harry S. Truman
president of United States
Carl Spaatz
Carl Spaatz
United States military officer
Frank Andrews
Frank M. Andrews
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Paul Warfield Tibbets, Jr.
United States brigadier general
Franklin D. Roosevelt smiling and leaning on a surface, holding a cigarette in a holder, wearing a suit and glasses, photographed in 1937.
Franklin D. Roosevelt
president of United States
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Dwight D. Eisenhower
president of United States
Douglas MacArthur
Douglas MacArthur
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George C. Marshall
George C. Marshall
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Edward O'Hare
Edward O’Hare
American aviator and WWII hero
Lloyd Bentsen.
Lloyd Bentsen
American politician
Portrait of John Hay Whitney wearing glasses, a suit, and a tie, looking directly at the camera.
John Hay Whitney
American sportsman and businessman
Chuck Yeager
Chuck Yeager
American pilot
Benjamin Oliver Davis, Jr.
Benjamin O. Davis, Jr.
United States general
Chester W. Nimitz
Chester W. Nimitz
United States admiral
Robert Eichelberger
Robert L. Eichelberger
United States general
Stilwell, Joseph W.
Joseph W. Stilwell
United States general