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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. ...
Heinrich-Hartmut Richard Gustav "Henry" Arnhold (September 15, 1921 – August 23, 2018) was an American banker and philanthropist. [1] He was born in Dresden, the fourth child of Lisa and Heinrich Arnhold. The Arnhold family owned Arnhold Brothers, one of Germany's largest private banks, founded in 1864.
Henry H. Arnold: 15 Dec 1941 19 Mar 1943 1 Additional Chief of Staff for Air, 1941–1942. Commanding General, Army Air Forces, 1942–1946. (1886–1950) [23] Promoted to general, 19 Mar 1943; to general of the Army, 21 Dec 1944; to general of the Air Force, 7 May 1949. 31: George H. Brett: 7 Jan 1942 10 May 1946 4
General of the Army Arnold retained the rank after the U.S. Air Force gained its independence from the U.S. Army on 18 September 1947. [6] On 7 May 1949, under Pub. L. 81–58, Henry Arnold's official U.S. rank was redesignated from General of the Army to General of the Air Force. General of the Air Force Arnold is the only individual in the U ...
Major General Henry H. Arnold.. Operation Bolero was the commonly used reference for the code name of the United States military troop buildup in the United Kingdom during World War II in preparation for the initial cross-channel invasion plan known as Operation Roundup, to be implemented in mid-1943, or for its lesser contingency alternative, Operation Sledgehammer, to be executed in the fall ...
Henry H. Arnold (1886–1950) 29 September 1938 20 June 1941 2 years, 264 days 6 Major general George H. Brett (1886–1963) 20 June 1941 9 March 1942 262 days
Dwight D. Eisenhower was appointed temporary general in February 1943, to command Allied forces in North Africa and later Europe; [174] Henry H. Arnold in March 1943, as commanding general of Army Air Forces and member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; [175] and Joseph W. Stilwell in August 1944, [176] as commander of the China Burma India Theater ...
Arnold, a general in the Army, was the Commanding General of the Army Air Forces throughout World War II, when he was promoted. After his United States Air Force became a separate service on 18 September 1947, Arnold's rank was carried over to the Air Force, just as all Army Air Forces airmen's rank carried over.