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Charles Michael Sweeny (January 26, 1882 – February 27, 1963) was an American soldier of fortune, United States Army lieutenant colonel, French Foreign Legion officer, [1] Polish army brigadier general, [2] [3] Royal Air Force (RAF) group captain, and journalist who fought in numerous conflicts in the 20th century.
Colonel: Colonel: Nelson S. Irey: MC: Before 1965 Colonel: Colonel: Valentine B. Sky: MC: 21 June 1971: Inactive 22 June 1971 15 October 2008; Colonel: Jeffrey B. Clark [10] MC: 16 October 2008 [1] April 2010 [10] Assumed command of the 65th Medical Brigade when the 18th MEDCOM moved to Hawaii. Retired as a Major General. [10] Colonel: Rafael ...
Charles William Sweeney (27 December 1919 – 16 July 2004) was an officer in the United States Army Air Forces during World War II and the pilot who flew Bockscar carrying the Fat Man atomic bomb to the Japanese city of Nagasaki on 9 August 1945.
Appointed to serve out remaining two years of late GOP Sen. John McCain's term by Gov. Doug Ducey (2019–2020); first U.S. Air Force Academy graduate to be appointed to U.S Senate; pilot; retired as a Colonel (United States) in May 2010 after serving 22 years as a Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II pilot
Otis Air National Guard Base is named for pilot, flight surgeon, and eminent Boston City Hospital surgeon Lt. Frank "Jesse" Otis. [2] He was a member of the 101st Observation Squadron who was killed on 11 January 1937 when his Douglas O-46A crashed at Hennepin, Illinois while on a cross-country training mission.
Quilter II, Colonel Charles J. (1993). United States Marines in the Persian Gulf, 1990–1991 with the I Marine Expeditionary Force in Desert Shield and Storm. District of Columbia, United States of America: History and Museums Division, Headquarters, United States Marine Corps. Jean H. Morin; Richard H. Gimblett (1997).
The Walter Reed Army Medical Center (WRAMC), officially known as Walter Reed General Hospital (WRGH) until 1951, was the U.S. Army's flagship medical center from 1909 to 2011. Located on 113 acres (46 ha) in Washington, D.C. , it served more than 150,000 active and retired personnel from all branches of the United States Armed Forces .
Above and Beyond is a 1952 American World War II film about Lt. Col. Paul W. Tibbets Jr., the pilot of the aircraft that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima in August 1945. Directed by Melvin Frank and Norman Panama , it stars Robert Taylor as Tibbets and features a love story with Eleanor Parker as his wife.