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CURTIS E. LEMAY

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CURTIS E. LEMAY
<p><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:windowtext'>CURTIS E. LEMAY </span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial; color:windowtext'>(1906-1990). US Air Force officer whose expertise in strategic bombardment techniques was important during World War II and afterward. Later became SAC commander and then Air Force chief of staff. Brief TLS, 1p, 4to, Newport Beach, CA, Mar 18, 1970. To a Colonel Taylor on his personal letterhead, he states, “<i>I am happy to send you my enclosed wings from my mess dree</i> [sic] <i>uniform for your display</i> [present].<i>My best to you.</i>..”LeMay adds in a postscript, “<i>I found a pair of my stars, which I am sending also.</i>” [Also included.] Boldly signed. Light wrinkling; normal folds, o/w VG/Fine.</span></p>