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CHIEF EXECUTIVE PRESENTS CHENEY AWARD. PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT, TODAY PRESENTED TO LIEUT. W.L. BOGEN; SERGT. D.D. DODD; AND SERGT. T.J. ROGERS, ALL OF THE ARMY AIR CORPS., WITH THE CHENEY AVIATION AWARD FOR 1933. THE AWARD IS GIVEN YEARLY FOR THE MOST HEROIC ACT IN CONNECTION WITH AIRCRAFT IN THE ARMY AIR CORPS. IN THE PHOTO, L TO R: LIEUT. BOGEN, SERGT. DODD, RECEIVING HIS AWARD FROM PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT, SEATED, SERGT. ROGERS AND MAJOR GENERAL R.D. FOULOIS, CHIEF OF THE ARMY AIR CORPS

CHIEF EXECUTIVE PRESENTS CHENEY AWARD. PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT, TODAY PRES...

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Chief of Army Air Corps congratulates Howard Hughes. Washington, D.C., July 21. General Oscar Westover, Chief of the Army Air Corps, right; Congratulates Howard on his round the world flight, Hughes was a visitor in Washington today, and the chief of the Air Corps was one of the first to congratulate him, 7/21/38

Chief of Army Air Corps congratulates Howard Hughes. Washington, D.C.,...

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U.S. Air Corps Commander asks Congress for new air bases, men and money. Washington, D.C., Maj. General H.H. Arnold, Chief of the Army Air Corps, appearing before the House Military Affairs Committee today told members that national defense requires new air bases in Puerto Rico, Hawaii, Alaska and two in continental U.S. He said that new laws are needed to allow American aircraft industries to produce at full capacity, 1/18/39

U.S. Air Corps Commander asks Congress for new air bases, men and mone...

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Milwaukee, Wisconsin. War production workers at the Heil Company making gasoline trailer tanks for the U.S. Army Air Corps. Mrs. Angeline Kwint, age forty-five, an ex-housewife, checking the tires of trailers. Her husband and son are in the U.S. Army

Milwaukee, Wisconsin. War production workers at the Heil Company makin...

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Scientists for Uncle Sam awarded Magellan Gold Medal. Dr. L.J. Briggs, left, Assistant Director and Dr. Paul R. [Heyl?], Chief of the Sound Section of the United States Bureau of Standards, with the first successful experimental model of the earth inductor compass, which they developed for the Army Air Corps and for which they were awarded the Magellan Gold Medal by the American Philosophical Society. It was a model of this same compass that Capt. Charles Lindbergh used on his epochal flight from New York to Paris

Scientists for Uncle Sam awarded Magellan Gold Medal. Dr. L.J. Briggs,...

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War production workers at the Heil Company making gasoline trailer tanks for the U.S. Army Air Corps, Milwaukee, Wis. Mrs. Angeline Kwint, age 45, an ex-housewife, checking the tires of trailers. Her husband and son are in the U.S. Army

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MATERIALS DIVISION OF AIR CORPS PUTS ON SHOW FOR CHIEF EXECUTIVE. WASHINGTON, D.C. JANUARY 20. THE MATERIALS DIVISION OF THE ARMY AIR CORPS AT BOLLING FIELD HERE TODAY HAD AS ITS GUEST THE COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF OF THE ARMY AND NAVY TO VIEW AN AIRCRAFT AND ORDNANCE EXHIBIT. ACCOMPANYING THE PRESIDENT WERE SECRETARY OF WAR HARRY WOODRING, ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF WAR LOUIS D. JOHNSON, AND MAJOR GENERAL GEORGE BRETT, CHIEF OF THE MATERIALS DIVISION. THE EXHIBIT WAS ARRANGED SO THAT THE PRESIDENT COULD VIEW IT FROM HIS CAR. GEN. BRETT IS SHOWN HERE AS HE POINTS OUT FEATURES OF THE SHOW TO THE PRESIDENT. JOHNSON AND WOODRING CAN BE SEEN IN THE CAR WITH THEM

MATERIALS DIVISION OF AIR CORPS PUTS ON SHOW FOR CHIEF EXECUTIVE. WASH...

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New Army Bomber arrives at Bolling Field. Washington, D.C., March 10. The new 4 engine Boeing bomber, the first of 13 which will be delivered to the U.S. Army Air Corps, as it landed at Bolling Field today after a short hop from Langley Field, Virginia, 3/10/1937

New Army Bomber arrives at Bolling Field. Washington, D.C., March 10. ...

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[Tuskegee, Ala.  Mar. 1942.  Members of the first class of Negro pilots in the history of the US Army Air Corps who were graduated at the advanced flying school as second lieutenants by Major General George E. Stratemeyer]

[Tuskegee, Ala. Mar. 1942. Members of the first class of Negro pilot...

Six pilots in front of airplane. Benjamin O. Davis is 3rd from left. Farm Security Administration and Office of War Information Collection. No. 21001-AC. U.S> Army Air Forces photo.

Milwaukee, Wisconsin. War production workers at the Heil Company making gasoline trailer tanks for the U.S. Army Air Corps. Enola O'Connell, age thirty-two, widow and mother of one child, welding part of a trailer. She is the only woman welder in the plant. This is her first job outside her house

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Assistant Secretary of War completes final plans with pilots for long air trip to Panama. Final plans were completed at Bolling Field, Washington, today for Assistant Secretary of War F. Trubee Davison, who will start on his long flight to Panama at daylight Sunday, March 11th. In the photograph, to right: Secretary Davison; Maj. General James E. [...]et, Chief of Army Air Corps, who will accompany him; [...]ain Ira C. Eaker and Lieut. Muir S. Fairchild, who [...] pilot the planes

Assistant Secretary of War completes final plans with pilots for long ...

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Women in war. Supercharger plant workers. A former bank clerk and a college graduate who majored in physics, find war jobs in the shipping department of a large Midwest supercharger plant. Betty Hinz (left) whose husband is in the Army Air Corps, left a job in a Milwaukee bank to take a more active part in the war effort. She operates an

Women in war. Supercharger plant workers. A former bank clerk and a co...

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Gordon Bennett International Balloon Trophy goes to U.S. Army Air Corps. The Gordon Bennett International Balloon Trophy, property of the National Aeronautic Association by virtue of three victories by American Balloonists, was today presented to Assistant Secretary of War for Aviation F. Trubee Davison for the Army Air Corps for a year by Orville Wright, secretary of the Contest Committee of the Association An Army pilot, Captain W.G. Kemper, secured the trophy for America by winning the race from Detroit last year. In the photograph, left to right: Ray Cooper, of the National Aeronautic Association, who brought the trophy to Washington by airplane from Michigan; Brig. General Benjamin Foulois, Assistant Chief of the Army Air Corps; Secretary F. Trubee Davison; Orville Wright; and Porter Adams, president of the National Aeronautic Association

Gordon Bennett International Balloon Trophy goes to U.S. Army Air Corp...

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Congratulated on strato flight in S.D. Officials of the National Geographis Society congratulate the two officers who made the record-breaking strato flight for the U.S. Army Air Corps and the National Geographic Society. From left: Dr. John Oliver Le Gorce, Ass't Editor and Vice President of the society; Capt. Albert W. Stevens, Dr. Gilbert Grosvenor, President of the society, and Capt. Orvil A. Anderson, 11/14/35
Cheney award to U.S. Air Corps heroes. Washington, D.C., May 8. For their heroic work in rescuing a crew from a burning balloon which took off from Fort Sill, Okla., last July, Maj. Frederick D. Lynch and staff Sergt. Joseph L. Murray, both of the U.S. Army Air Corps, were today presented with the Cheney Award for 1936. U.S. Chief of staff Malin Craig made the presentation to the men at Bolling Field today. left to right: General Malin Craig, Maj. Frederick D. Lynch, and staff Sergt. Joseph L. Murray, 5/8/1937

Cheney award to U.S. Air Corps heroes. Washington, D.C., May 8. For th...

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War production workers at the Heil Company making gasoline trailer tanks for the U.S. Army Air Corps., Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Mrs. Angeline Kwint, age 45, an ex-housewife, checking the tires of trailers. Her husband and son are in the U.S. Army

War production workers at the Heil Company making gasoline trailer tan...

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Manila, the Philippine Islands. For extraordinary heroism during attacks on Jap bridgeheads at Vigan, in Northern Luzon, Lieutenant Jack Dale of the U.S. Army Air Corps received a Distinguished Service Cross from General MacArthur (right) before Japanese forces forced American troop retirement from Manila. Other air heroes decorated with the Distinguished Service Cross were Captain Jesus A. Villamor (center rear) of the Philippine Army, and posthumously, Captain Colin P. Kelly, Jr., who bombed and sank a Jap battleship off Luzon. This picture, made December 22, 1941, was one of the last to leave the Philippines

Manila, the Philippine Islands. For extraordinary heroism during attac...

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"Here's where your parachute came from," Deena Clark, civilian defense volunteer tells Technical Sergeant Leo Matkins of the Army Air Corps. The worn out nylon stockings in this barrel full of salvaged stockings will be reprocessed and made into parachutes for army fliers, tow ropes for glider planes and other war material. The worn out silk stockings return to service as powder bags for the Army's big guns. The collection is typical of the thousands of salvage stations in retail stores throughout the country, which have collected 626,127 pounds of old silk and nylon stockings in three months. The campaign is directed by local salvage committees

"Here's where your parachute came from," Deena Clark, civilian defense...

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Milwaukee, Wisconsin. War production workers at the Heil Company making gasoline trailer tanks for the U.S. Army Air Corps. Assembling parts

Milwaukee, Wisconsin. War production workers at the Heil Company makin...

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Milwaukee, Wisconsin. War production workers at the Heil Company making gasoline trailer tanks for the U.S. Army Air Corps. Assembling a chassis

Milwaukee, Wisconsin. War production workers at the Heil Company makin...

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Washington, D.C. U.S. Army Air Corps major about to leave to take over a Libyan bomber command, with a New York department store executive visiting in Washington

Washington, D.C. U.S. Army Air Corps major about to leave to take over...

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The Speaker's Secretary. Margaret M. Robertson, Secretary to Speaker Joe Byrns for the past 13 years, is one of the most obliging persons on Capitol Hill. She interviews all members of Congress who call upon the Speaker. She is the wife of Lieut. W.A.R. Robertson, U.S. Army Air Corps. They have four children, three girls and a boy. 1/25/35

The Speaker's Secretary. Margaret M. Robertson, Secretary to Speaker J...

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Air Corps Chief before Senate Committee. Washington, D.C., May 24. Maj. General Oscars Westover, (left) Chief of the U.S. Army Air Corps, with Senator Elbert D. Thomas of Utah, Chairman of the Senate Military Affairs Subcommittee now conducting hearings on the Helium gas bill. General Westover is expected to testify tomorrow, 5/24/37

Air Corps Chief before Senate Committee. Washington, D.C., May 24. Maj...

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War production workers at the Heil Company making gasoline trailer tanks for the U.S. Army Air Corps, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Elizabeth Little, age 30, the mother of two children, spraying small parts. Her husband runs a farm

War production workers at the Heil Company making gasoline trailer tan...

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Lititz, Pennsylvania. Mrs. Julian Bachman, twenty-three, has been married a year. Her husband is in Officers' Candidate School of the U.S. Army Air Corps in Kentucky, so she is living at home and works at the Animal Trap Company from 7 to 4. She spends her evening writing him daily letters

Lititz, Pennsylvania. Mrs. Julian Bachman, twenty-three, has been marr...

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Lititz, Pennsylvania. Mrs. R.W. (Elizabeth) Almoney in her living room, with pictures of her relatives in the service. She has one son in the U.S. Army Air Corps in Mississippi, one in a tank division in Texas, another in the Engineer Corps in Hawaii

Lititz, Pennsylvania. Mrs. R.W. (Elizabeth) Almoney in her living room...

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Dummy Oscar ready for Army Air Corps anniversary. Washington, D.C., June 30. Dummy Oscar, jauntily attired in the now antiquated army aviator's uniform of the first decade of the 20th century, sits clasping the sticks of the army's first airplane in readiness for the 30th anniversary of the birth of the Army Air Corps early in August. Paul Garber, Assistant Curator in charge of the Smithsonian aircraft collection, is shown with the dummy in the plane built by the Wright Brothers and accepted by the government in 1909. The plane now in the Smithsonian Institution is the same one used in the test flights at Fort Meyer, Virginia by Orville Wright

Dummy Oscar ready for Army Air Corps anniversary. Washington, D.C., Ju...

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War production workers at the Heil Company making gasoline trailer tanks for the U.S. Army Air Corps, Milwaukee, Wis. Mrs. Angeline Kwint, age 45, an ex-housewife, checking the tires of trailers. Her husband and son are in the U.S. Army

War production workers at the Heil Company making gasoline trailer tan...

12002-22. Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944. General information about the FSA/OWI Color Photographs is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsac Title from FSA or OWI agency caption. Add... More

Manila, the Philippine Islands. In one of the last pictures to leave the Philippines before Manila fell to the Japs, General Douglas MacArthur (left) is shown pinning a Distinguished Service Cross on Captain Jesus A. Villamor, of the Philippine Air Force, for heroism in the air. In the center background is Lieutenant Jack Dale, of the U.S. Army Air Corps, who also received a Distinguished Service Cross. At the same time, a posthumous award of the same medal went to Captain Colin P. Kelly, Jr., who bombed and sank a Jap battleship near Luzon

Manila, the Philippine Islands. In one of the last pictures to leave t...

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Milwaukee, Wisconsin. War production workers at the Heil Company making gasoline trailer tanks for the U.S. Army Air Corps. Lucile Mazurek, age twenty-nine, whose husband is in the armed service. She assembles black-out lamps for trainers

Milwaukee, Wisconsin. War production workers at the Heil Company makin...

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New Air Corps Chief takes oath of office. Maj. General James F. Fechet being sworn in as Chief of the Army Air Corps to succeed Maj. General Mason M. Patrick, retired. In the photograph, left to right; Maj. Charles P. Summerall, Chief of Staff. F. Trubee Davison, Assistant Secretary of War for Aviation; Lieut, Col. Joseph I. McMullen, a boyhood friend of General Fechet who administered the oath; and Maj. General Fechet

New Air Corps Chief takes oath of office. Maj. General James F. Fechet...

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Congratulated on strato flight in S.D., Wash. D.C. Officials of the National Geographic Society congratulate the two officers who made the record-breaking strato flight for the U.S. Army Air Corps. and the National Geographic Society. From the left: Dr. John Oliver La Gorce, Ass't editor and vice president of the society; Capt. Albert W. Stephens, Dr. Gilbert Grosvenor, President of the society, and Capt. Orvil A. Anderson. 11/14/35

Congratulated on strato flight in S.D., Wash. D.C. Officials of the Na...

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American Flyers superior to those of other nations senate committee told. Washington, D.C., March 10. Albert J. Baumler of Trenton, N.J., a 24-year-old American aviator who served eight months with Loyalist Forces in Spain, today told the House Military Affairs Subcommittee that American trained fliers were superior to those of other nations engaged in the civil war. He was testifying in connection with an inquiry into the efficiency of the U.S. Army Air Corps by a group headed by Rep. Dow Harter, 3/10/38

American Flyers superior to those of other nations senate committee to...

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Milwaukee, Wisconsin. War production workers at the Heil Company making gasoline trailer tanks for the U.S. Army Air Corps. Mrs. Angeline Kwint, age forty-five, an ex-housewife, checking the tires of trailers. Her husband and son are in the U.S. Army

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Milwaukee, Wisconsin. War production workers at the Heil Company making gasoline trailer tanks for the U.S. Army Air Corps. Irean Smotinski, age twenty-nine, and ex-housewife, cleaning a chassis before it goes to the paint room

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Training. Brooklyn Avaiation Center. Major John Donaldson, U.S. Army Air Corps, discusses the construction of an airplane wing section with Kay Hoo Chung at the Brooklyn Aviation Trade Center. Major Donaldson, a veteran of the first world war, is the head of the school, which trains workers for airplane factories. Mr. Chung, who was born in China, is nearing completion of the course offered by the school

Training. Brooklyn Avaiation Center. Major John Donaldson, U.S. Army A...

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Milwaukee, Wisconsin. War production workers at the Heil company making gasoline trailer tanks for the U.S. Army Air Corps. Helen Ryan (left) age forty-one, widow, who used to work in shoe factory. Her brother is in the U.S. Army. Agnes Clienka (right), age twenty-three, married, who used to be a clerk in a department store. Her brother is in the U.S. Army

Milwaukee, Wisconsin. War production workers at the Heil company makin...

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Solons inspect new Army Bomber. Washington, D.C. March 10. Members of the House Military Affairs Committee with U.S. Chief of staff General Mailin Craig inspecting the new 4-Engine Boeing Bomber which arrived at Bolling Field today. This ship is first of 13 which will be delivered to the Army Air Corps in the newer future. In the photograph, left to right, can't be seen: Rep. Andrew Edmiston, West Virginia; Rep. Charles I. Faddis, Pennsylvania; Capt. C.E. O'Connor, pilot of the ship; Rep. Andrew J. May, Kentucky; Maj. General Malin H. Craig

Solons inspect new Army Bomber. Washington, D.C. March 10. Members of ...

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Clinton, Iowa. Also staying at the Disher rooming house is James Lynch, engineer on the Pacific Limited who has four sons in the Navy, Marine Corps, Army Air Corps, and Army

Clinton, Iowa. Also staying at the Disher rooming house is James Lynch...

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Lititz, Pennsylvania. Mrs. Julian Bachman shopping. She's twenty-three has been married one year, and works at the animal trap company from 7 to 4. Her husband is in Officers' Candidate School of the U.S. Army Air Corps in Kentucky, so she lives with her parents

Lititz, Pennsylvania. Mrs. Julian Bachman shopping. She's twenty-three...

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War Secretary presents Army Flyers with Mackay Trophy. Washington, D.C., Oct. 14. As a reward for their development and demonstration of the original automatic landing device for aircraft, Captains Carl J. Crane and George V. Holloman, U.S. Army Air Corps, were today presented with the MacKay trophy for 1937 by Secretary of War Harry H. Woodring. Gold medals, emblematic of the trophy were presented the Flyers at the same time. Left to right: Charles F. Horner, Chairman of the National Aeronautic Association; Secretary Woodring, Capt. Carl J. Crane, and Capt. George V. Holloman, 10/14/38

War Secretary presents Army Flyers with Mackay Trophy. Washington, D.C...

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Lititz, Pennsylvania. Mrs. Julian Bachman, twenty-three, has been married a year. Her husband is in Officers' Candidate School of the U.S. Army Air Corps in Kentucky, so she is living at home and works at the Animal Trap Company from 4 to 7. She spends her evenings writing him daily letters

Lititz, Pennsylvania. Mrs. Julian Bachman, twenty-three, has been marr...

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Milwaukee, Wisconsin. War production workers at the Heil company making gasoline trailer tanks for the U.S. Army Air Corps. Helen Ryan (left) age forty-one, widow, who used to work in shoe factory. Her brother is in the U.S. Army. Agnes Clienka (right), age twenty-three, married, who used to be a clerk in a department store. Her brother is in the U.S. Army

Milwaukee, Wisconsin. War production workers at the Heil company makin...

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Milwaukee, Wisconsin. War production workers at the Heil Company making gasoline trailer tanks for the U.S. Army Air Corps. Elizabeth Little, age thirty, the mother of two children, spraying small parts. Her husband runs a farm

Milwaukee, Wisconsin. War production workers at the Heil Company makin...

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