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Curtis Emerson LeMay (November 15, 1906 – October 1, 1990) was a US 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.
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LeMay was widely and fondly known among his troops as "Old Iron Pants" throughout his career. When the U.S. entered World War II in December 1941, LeMay was a Major in the U.S. Army Air Forces (he was still a 1st lieutenant in 1940), and the Commander of a newly created B-17 Flying Fortress unit, the 305th Bomb Group.
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17 Οκτ 2005 · To an adoring American public during the war against the Axis powers Gen. LeMay was "Old Iron Pants" and "Iron Eagle." But his hero image began to fade somewhat during ensuing years as he...
10 Οκτ 2021 · In 1928 Curtis LeMay joined the USAAC as a flying cadet. He was commissioned in 1929-30 as 2nd Lieutenant. In 1937 he was transferred to bombers. As Lt Colonel he led 305th Bombardment Group to England in 1942 as part of the 8th Air Force.
31 Μαΐ 2023 · It was also in Europe that the general became widely known as “Iron Ass” or “Old Iron Pants.” Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara — who was often at odds with LeMay in the 1960s — remembered the general as steely and uncompromising, almost machine rather than man.
