Curtis LeMay

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United States Air Force general general human military officer

Curtis LeMay was a U.S. Air Force general known for orchestrating large-scale strategic bombing campaigns during World War II and later serving as Chief of Staff of the Air Force.

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Label Occurrences
Curtis LeMay canonical 12
Curtis E. LeMay 8
General Curtis E. LeMay 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States Air Force general ⓘ
general ⓘ
human ⓘ
military officer ⓘ
allegiance United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
awardReceived Air Force Distinguished Service Medal ⓘ
Air Medal ⓘ
Distinguished Flying Cross ⓘ
Distinguished Service Cross ⓘ
Army Distinguished Service Medal ⓘ
surface form: Distinguished Service Medal (US Army)

Legion of Merit ⓘ
Order of the Bath ⓘ
Order of the British Empire ⓘ
Order of the Rising Sun ⓘ
Silver Star ⓘ
burialPlace United States Air Force Academy Cemetery ⓘ
conflict Cold War ⓘ
Korean War ⓘ
World War II ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1906-11-15 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1990-10-01 ⓘ
education Ohio State University ⓘ
familyName LeMay ⓘ
givenName Curtis ⓘ
memberOf United States Air Force ⓘ
memberOfPoliticalParty American Independent Party ⓘ
militaryBranch United States Air Force ⓘ
United States Army Air Forces ⓘ
militaryRank General ⓘ
nominatedFor Vice President of the United States ⓘ
notableWork advocacy of massive retaliation nuclear strategy ⓘ
book "Mission with LeMay: My Story" ⓘ
development of Strategic Air Command into a nuclear deterrent force ⓘ
implementation of incendiary bombing of Japanese cities ⓘ
orchestration of strategic bombing campaign against Japan in World War II ⓘ
occupation military officer ⓘ
politician ⓘ
participatedIn 1968 United States presidential election ⓘ
placeOfBirth Columbus, Ohio ⓘ
surface form: Columbus, Ohio, United States
placeOfDeath March Air Reserve Base ⓘ
surface form: March Air Force Base, California, United States
positionHeld Chief of Staff of the Air Force ⓘ
surface form: Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force

Commander of Strategic Air Command ⓘ
Commander of Twentieth Air Force ⓘ
Commander of XXI Bomber Command ⓘ
Vice Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force ⓘ
runningMateOf George Wallace ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ

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Allied strategic bombing of Japan → notableCommander → Curtis LeMay ⓘ
Operation Meetinghouse → commander → Curtis LeMay ⓘ
Operation Vittles → implementedBy → Curtis LeMay ⓘ
this entity surface form: General Curtis E. LeMay
1968 United States presidential election → thirdPartyRunningMate → Curtis LeMay ⓘ
Twentieth Air Force → commander → Curtis LeMay ⓘ
this entity surface form: Major General Curtis E. LeMay
American Independent Party → vicePresidentialNominee1968 → Curtis LeMay ⓘ
LeMay Center for Doctrine Development and Education → namedAfter → Curtis LeMay ⓘ
this entity surface form: Curtis E. LeMay
LeMay Center for Doctrine Development and Education → namedAfter → Curtis LeMay ⓘ
this entity surface form: General Curtis LeMay
LeMay Center for Doctrine Development and Education → namedForRole → Curtis LeMay ⓘ
this entity surface form: honors the legacy of General Curtis LeMay in airpower development
Strategic Air Command → notableCommander → Curtis LeMay ⓘ
United States Air Force Strategic Air Command → notableCommander → Curtis LeMay ⓘ
Air Corps Tactical School → notableAlumnus → Curtis LeMay ⓘ
this entity surface form: Curtis E. LeMay
20th Air Force → notableCommander → Curtis LeMay ⓘ
this entity surface form: Curtis E. LeMay
Operation Matterhorn → commander → Curtis LeMay ⓘ
XXI Bomber Command → commander → Curtis LeMay ⓘ
Tokyo air raids → commander → Curtis LeMay ⓘ
LeMay → hasNotableBearer → Curtis LeMay ⓘ
Commander of Strategic Air Command → positionHeldBy → Curtis LeMay ⓘ
book "Mission with LeMay: My Story" → author → Curtis LeMay ⓘ
subject surface form: Mission with LeMay: My Story
this entity surface form: Curtis E. LeMay
book "Mission with LeMay: My Story" → mainSubject → Curtis LeMay ⓘ
subject surface form: Mission with LeMay: My Story
this entity surface form: Curtis E. LeMay
book "Mission with LeMay: My Story" → narrativeVoice → Curtis LeMay ⓘ
subject surface form: Mission with LeMay: My Story
this entity surface form: Curtis E. LeMay
book "Mission with LeMay: My Story" → portrays → Curtis LeMay ⓘ
subject surface form: Mission with LeMay: My Story
this entity surface form: Curtis E. LeMay as a key architect of American air power
doctrine development center for Air University → namedAfter → Curtis LeMay ⓘ
subject surface form: LeMay Center for Doctrine Development and Education
this entity surface form: Curtis E. LeMay
LeMay Center → namedAfter → Curtis LeMay ⓘ
this entity surface form: Curtis E. LeMay
LeMay Center → namedForPerson → Curtis LeMay ⓘ
this entity surface form: General Curtis E. LeMay
Order of the Cloud and Banner → notableRecipient → Curtis LeMay ⓘ