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Title
Curtis
E
.
LeMay
Photograph
Subject
Military Ohio
World War II
United States. Air Force
Military officers
Place
Columbus (Ohio)
Franklin County (Ohio)
Description
This
is
an
official
U
.
S
.
Air
Force
photograph
of
General
Curtis
E
.
LeMay
,
chief
of
staff
of the
Air
Force
from
1961-1965
.
It
measures
11
"
x
8
"
(27.94
x
20.32
cm)
.
Curtis
LeMay
was
born
in
Columbus
,
Ohio
in
1906
.
After
graduating
from
Ohio
State
University
, he
entered
the
U
.
S
.
Army
Air
Corps
to
begin
flight
training
. He was
instrumental
in
mapping
out
air
routes
between
England
and the
U
.
S
.
prior
to
America's
entry
into
World
War
II
.
LeMay
was a
fervent
advocate
of
strategic
bombardment
and
commanded
the
3rd
Bombardment
division
in
England
until
1944
,
when
he was
relocated
to
head
B-29
bomber
operations
against
Japan
as
chief
of
staff
of the
strategic
air
forces
in the
Pacific
. His
direct
influence
in
conceiving
and
planning
bomb
attacks
against
Japan
hastened
their
defeat
in
1945
.
Following
the
war
,
LeMay
was
promoted
to
Lieutenant
General
and
placed
in
charge
of the
U.S.A.F
. in
Europe
. In this
position
he
organized
the
successful
Berlin
Airlift
,
which
delivered
needed
food
and
supplies
to the
Soviet-blockaded
city
in
1948
. In
1949
he
returned
to the
United
States
to
command
the
Strategic
Air
Command
(S.A.C.)
, the
famous
nuclear
bomber
and
missile
command
that
served
as
America's
primary
deterrent
to
Soviet
aggression
. In
1961
he
became
the
chief
of
staff
of the
Air
Force
.
Creator
United States. Air Force
Date of Original
1951
Source
Audiovisual material
M1/LeMay, Curtis E/pho 24
Submitting Institution
National Museum of the United States Air Force
Rights
For rights and reproduction requests, go to the Ohio Historical Society's Audiovisual and Graphic Reproduction Services page at
http://www.ohiohistory.org/resource/audiovis/photodup.html;
Online access is provided for research purposes only. For rights and reproduction requests or more information, go to
http://www.ohiohistory.org/images/information
Type
StillImage
File Name
Om2700_1974759_001.tif
Image Height
2839
Image Width
2265
File Size
936.063 KB
Format
picture
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