Recitazione
Hewitt T. Wheless
Altri nomi: Hewitt Terrell Wheless, Captain Hewitt T. Wheless, Capt. Hewitt T. Wheless
Data di nascita
31 ottobre 1913
Data di morte
7 settembre 1986
(morto a 72 anni)
Luogo di nascita
Menard County, Texas, USA
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Biografia
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Hewitt Terrell Wheless (October 31, 1913 – September 7, 1986) was a United States Air Force officer known for his heroism on a bombing mission against Japanese ships in the Philippines on December 14, 1941, a week after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. He was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross and mentioned by name in Franklin Roosevelt's Fireside Chat on April 28, 1942. In 1947, he was assigned to the Strategic Air Command and was named SAC chief of staff in 1962. He was assigned to Headquarters U.S. Air Force in 1963 and retired in June 1968 as Assistant Vice Chief of Staff of the Air Force.
