Henry H. Arnold

Henry Harley Hap Arnold was an American general officer holding the grades of General of the Army and General of the Air Force. Arnold was an aviation pioneer, Chief of the Air Corps , Commanding General of the U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II, the only U.S. Air Force general to ever hold fivestar rank, and the only officer to ever hold a fivestar rank in two different U.S. military services. Arnold was also the founder of Project RAND, which evolved into one of the worlds largest nonprofit global policy think tanks, the RAND Corporation, and one of the founders of Pan American World Airways.

On September 10, 1913, he and Bee married, with Milling acting as his best man. Sent back to the Philippines in January 1914, he was quartered near 1st Lt. George C. Marshall, who became his mentor, friend and patron. Soon after their arrival Bee miscarried, but on January 17, 1915, their first child, Lois Elizabeth Arnold, was born at Fort William McKinley in Manila. After eight months of troop duty, Arnold became battalion adjutant. In January 1916, completing a twoyear tour with the 13th Infantry, Arnold was attached to the 3rd Infantry and returned to the United States. En route to Madison Barracks, New York, he exchanged telegrams from Hawaii with an assistant executive of the Aviation Section, Signal Corps, Major William Billy Mitchell, who alerted him that he was being detailed to the Signal Corps again, as a first lieutenant if he chose nonflying status. However, if he volunteered to requalify for a rating of Junior Military Aviator, a temporary promotion to captain was mandate

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