Curtis LeMay
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 34 years ago |
Date of birth | November 15,1906 |
Zodiac sign | Scorpio |
Born | Columbus |
Ohio | |
United States | |
Date of died | October 1,1990 |
Died | Riverside County |
California | |
United States | |
Spouse | Helen E. Maitland |
Children | Patricia Jane LeMay Lodge |
Job | Politician |
Army officer | |
Place of burial | Air Force Academy Cemetery, Air Force Academy, Colorado, United States |
Movies/Shows | The Fog of War |
The Last Bomb | |
JFK | |
In The Year Of The Pig | |
Party | Republican Party |
Books | Superfortress: The Boeing B-29 and American Airpower in World War II |
Superfortress | |
From Wright Field, Ohio, to Hokkaido, Japan: General Curtis E. LeMay's Letters to His Wife Helen, 1941-1945 | |
Founded | Strategic Air Command |
RAND Corporation | |
Education | The Ohio State University |
South High School | |
Ohio State University | |
Date of Reg. | |
Date of Upd. | |
ID | 481177 |
Distinguished Service Cross
Silver Star
Air Medal
Presidential Unit Citation
Legion of Honour
National Defense Service Medal
American Campaign Medal
Distinguished Flying Cross
American Defense Service Medal
Air Force Longevity Service Award
Army of Occupation Medal
Vietnam Service Medal
Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal
Medal for Humane Action
Order of the Rising Sun
Order of the Southern Cross
Croix de Guerre 1939–1945
Croix de guerre
Distinguished Service Medal
Silver Star
Air Medal
Presidential Unit Citation
Legion of Honour
National Defense Service Medal
American Campaign Medal
Distinguished Flying Cross
American Defense Service Medal
Air Force Longevity Service Award
Army of Occupation Medal
Vietnam Service Medal
Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal
Medal for Humane Action
Order of the Rising Sun
Order of the Southern Cross
Croix de Guerre 1939–1945
Croix de guerre
Distinguished Service Medal
Curtis LeMay Life story
Curtis Emerson LeMay was an American Air Force general who implemented an effective but controversial strategic bombing campaign in the Pacific theater of World War II. He later served as Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force, from 1961 to 1965.