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-[[Image:Curtis LeMay.jpg|thumb|250px|right|General '''Curtis LeMay''', from the National Museum of the [[United States Air Force|USAF]]]]
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-'''Curtis Emerson LeMay''' (1906–1990) [[General]] in the [[United States Air Force]] during and after [[World War II]]. He was the vice presidential running mate of [[George C. Wallace]] in 1968, seeking the election on an independent party ticket.
-During World War II, LeMay ran the systematic strategic bombing campaign in the Pacific Theater.
-At the beginning of the [[Cold War]], LeMay managed the [[Berlin Airlift]]. Subsequently he took over the fledgling [[Strategic Air Command]] and for ten years he built it into the professional, disciplined, and powerful organization that kept the peace for thirty-five years after he left it.
-He consistently argued for more aggressive action by the United States during the [[Cold War]].  During the [[Cuban Missile Crisis]], LeMay put his bombers on alert and wanted Kennedy's approval to bomb Cuba.
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-[[Category: World War II Commanders]]