Oscar M. Westover was a major general and fourth chief of the United States Army Air Corps.
He was born in Bay City, Michigan and enlisted in the Army when he was 18. He began his service as a private in 1901 before being appointed to the United States Military Academy at West Point. He graduated from there in 1906, ranked 43rd in his class, and was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the 14th Infantry. Westover was promoted to first lieutenant on April 13, 1911 to captain on July 1, 1916 and brevetted to major on October 20, 1917.
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