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.

Aliases (5)

Curtis E. LeMay ×1
General Curtis E. LeMay ×1
General Curtis LeMay ×1
Major General Curtis E. LeMay ×1
honors the legacy of General Curtis LeMay in airpower development ×1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States Air Force general → general → human → military officer →
allegiance	United States →
awardReceived	Air Force Distinguished Service Medal → Air Medal → Distinguished Flying Cross → Distinguished Service Cross → 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, United States →
placeOfDeath	March Air Force Base, California, United States →
positionHeld	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 →

Referenced by (10)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Operation Meetinghouse → Twentieth Air Force ("Major General Curtis E. LeMay") →	commander
LeMay Center for Doctrine Development and Education ("Curtis E. LeMay") → LeMay Center for Doctrine Development and Education ("General Curtis LeMay") →	namedAfter
Allied strategic bombing of Japan → Strategic Air Command →	notableCommander
Operation Vittles ("General Curtis E. LeMay") →	implementedBy
LeMay Center for Doctrine Development and Education ("honors the legacy of General Curtis LeMay in airpower development") →	namedForRole
1968 United States presidential election →	thirdPartyRunningMate
American Independent Party →	vicePresidentialNominee1968