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Henry Harley Arnold

(Arnold, Henry Harley, 1886-1950)

General of the Air Force Henry H. Arnold was a pioneer airman who was taught to fly by the Wright Brothers, and commander of Army Air Forces in victory over Germany and Japan in World War II: born Gladwyne, Pa., June 25, 1886, died Sonoma, Calif., Jan. 15, 1950.

Henry Harley "Hap" Arnold (25 June 1886 – 15 January 1950) was an American general officer holding the ranks of General of the Army and later, General of the Air Force. Arnold was an aviation pioneer, Chief of the Air Corps (1938–1941), commanding general of the United States Army Air Forces, the only United States Air Force general to hold five-star rank, and the only officer to hold a five-star rank in two different U.S. military services. Arnold was also the founder of Project RAND, which evolved into one of the world's largest non-profit global policy think tanks, the RAND Corporation, and was one of the founders of Pan American World Airways. (From Wikipedia)

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Huston, John W.

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Filed under: Arnold, Henry Harley, 1886-1950

Architects of American Air Supremacy: Gen. Hap Arnold and Dr. Theodore von Kármán (Maxwell AFB, AL: Air University Press, 1997), by Dik A. Daso (PDF with commentary at Air University Press)

Filed under: Arnold, Henry Harley, 1886-1950 -- Diaries

American Airpower Comes of Age: General Henry H. "Hap" Arnold's World War II Diaries (2 volumes; Maxwell AFB, AL: Air University Press, 2002), by Henry Harley Arnold, ed. by John W. Huston
- Volume 1: PDF with commentary at Air University Press
- Volume 2: PDF with commentary at Air University Press

1 additional book about Henry Harley Arnold in the extended shelves:

Henry H. Arnold, military aviator (Air Force History and Museums Program :, 1997), by Richard G. Davis and Air Force History and Museums Program (U.S.) (page images at HathiTrust)

Books by Henry Harley Arnold:

Arnold, Henry Harley, 1886-1950: American Airpower Comes of Age: General Henry H. "Hap" Arnold's World War II Diaries (2 volumes; Maxwell AFB, AL: Air University Press, 2002), ed. by John W. Huston
- Volume 1: PDF with commentary at Air University Press
- Volume 2: PDF with commentary at Air University Press

Additional books by Henry Harley Arnold in the extended shelves:

Arnold, Henry Harley, 1886-1950: Airmen and aircraft : an introduction to aeronautics (Ronald Press, 1926) (page images at HathiTrust)
Arnold, Henry Harley, 1886-1950: Bill Bruce and the pioneer aviators (A. L. Burt company, 1928) (page images at HathiTrust)
Arnold, Henry Harley, 1886-1950: Bill Bruce in the trans-continental race (A. L. Burt company, 1928) (page images at HathiTrust)
Arnold, Henry Harley, 1886-1950: Bill Bruce on Forest Patrol (Gutenberg ebook)
Arnold, Henry Harley, 1886-1950: Relazione del Comando supremo americano. (Overseas Editions, 1945), also by Ernest Joseph King, George C. Marshall, United States Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, United States. Army Air Forces, and United States. War Department. General Staff (page images at HathiTrust)
Arnold, Henry Harley, 1886-1950: This flying game (Funk & Wagnalls, 1936), also by Ira Eaker (page images at HathiTrust)
Arnold, Henry Harley, 1886-1950: This flying game (Funk & Wagnalls Company, 1943), also by Ira Eaker (page images at HathiTrust)

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