Curtis LeMay Military person

Curtis Emerson LeMay (November 15, 1906 – October 1, 1990) was a general in the United States Air Force and the vice presidential running mate of American Independent Party presidential candidate George Wallace in 1968. He is credited with designing and implementing an effective, but also controversial, systematic strategic bombing campaign in the Pacific theater of World War II. During the war, he was known for planning and executing a massive bombing campaign against cities in Japan and a crippling minelaying campaign of Japan's internal waterways. After the war, he headed the Berlin airlift, then reorganized the Strategic Air Command (SAC) into an effective instrument of nuclear war.

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Birth date	November 15, 1906
Birth place	Columbus Ohio , United States
Date of death	October 01, 1990
Place of death	California , March Air Reserve Base , United States
Resting place	Colorado , Colorado Springs Colorado , United States Air Force Academy Cemetery

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award	Distinguished Service Medal (U.S. Army) Silver Star Distinguished Service Cross (United States) Order of Ouissam Alaouite Legion of Honour Air Medal Order of the Sword Croix de guerre (Belgium) Distinguished Flying Cross (United States) Order of the Rising Sun Order of the Southern Cross Croix de guerre 1939–1945 (France)
military operations	World War II European Theater of Operations United States Army Pacific War
military branch	United States Army Air Corps United States Air Force United States Army Ohio National Guard United States Army Air Forces
military command	25px Strategic Air Command 25px Twentieth Air Force 25px USAF Chief of Staff
service start	1928
service end	1965