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During the Battle of Ong Thanh on Tuesday October 17, 1967, he and his commanding officer were overflying the battle in a helicopter. They observed the entire command unit on the ground had been killed and the remaining men were in serious trouble. Don volunteered to organize a rescue effort.
Andrews was the first head of a centralized American air force and the first air officer to serve on the Army's general staff. In early 1943, he took the place of General Dwight D. Eisenhower as commander of all U.S. troops in the European Theater of Operations. Andrews was killed in an airplane accident during an inspection tour in Iceland in ...
John Allan Chapman (July 14, 1965 – March 4, 2002) was a combat controller in the United States Air Force who was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor on August 22, 2018, for his actions in the Battle of Takur Ghar during the War in Afghanistan. [1]
General Jerome Francis O'Malley (February 25, 1932 – April 20, 1985) was a United States Air Force four-star general who served as Vice Chief of Staff, U.S. Air Force (VCSAF) from 1982 to 1983; Commander in Chief, Pacific Air Forces (CINCPACAF) from 1983 to 1984; and Commander, Tactical Air Command (COMTAC) from 1984 to 1985. He died in an ...
William John Crawford (May 19, 1918 – March 15, 2000) was a United States Army soldier who received the Medal of Honor for his actions during World War II.The Medal of Honor award was believed to be posthumous, although he was a prisoner of war at the time.
Commander, Task Group 67.4 during the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal. Medal of Honor recipient [5] [19] Charles P. Cecil: United States Navy 31 July 1944 Airplane crash (accident) Near Funafuti, Tuvalu: Commander, unit of VII Amphibious Force [20] Theodore E. Chandler: United States Navy 7 January 1945 Hostile fire Lingayen Gulf, Philippines
Michael Joseph Blassie (April 4, 1948 – May 11, 1972) was a United States Air Force officer who was killed in action during the Vietnam War in May 1972. Prior to the identification of his remains, Blassie was the unknown service member from the Vietnam War buried at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery.
Lieutenant Curtis LeMay in 1929. LeMay was born in Columbus, Ohio, on November 15, 1906.LeMay was of English and distant French Huguenot heritage. [3] His father, Erving Edwin LeMay, was at times an ironworker and general handyman, but he never held a job longer than a few months.