Member of the 329th Bomb Squadron and flew 25 missions from England before transferring to the Italian Front.
Awarded the Distinguished Service Cross in 1943 for assuming command of the Ploesti, Romania oil fields low altitude raid after the group commander and ten others planes were shot down.
Appointed assistant to the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff in May 1966.
Took command of the Seventh Air Force in Vietnam in August, 1968.
Became commander of the Air Force Systems Command Headquarters at Andrews Air Force Base in September 1970.
Became Air Force Chief of Staff in August, 1973.
Promoted to Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff in July 1974.
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Military Strategist
Enshrined: 1985
Birth: August 17, 1918
Death: December 5, 1978
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