Spaatz, Carl, 1891-1974
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Spaatz retired with the rank of general on June 30, 1948. He was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross, Distinguished Service Medal with two oak leaf clusters, Legion of Merit, Distinguished Flying Cross and Bronze Star Medal. He also has the Mexican Interior Campaign ribbon, the World War I ribbon with three battle stars, the pre-Pearl Harbor ribbon with star, the European Theater ribbon with six stars, the Pacific Theater ribbons, the American Theater ribbon, and the World War II Victory ribbon. His foreign honors include a Grand Officer of the French Legion of Honor, the French Croix de Guerre with Palm, a Grand Commander of the British Empire, Russia's Second Order of Suvorov and Poland's Polonia Restituta, Commander's Cross with Star.
General Spaatz died July 14, 1974, at the age of 83. He was interred at the U.S. Air Force Academy.
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correspondedWith | Anderson, Frederick L., 1905-1969 |
correspondedWith | Andrews, Frank Maxwell, 1884-1943. |
correspondedWith | Arnold, Eleanor Pool |
correspondedWith | Arnold, Henry Harley, 1886-1950 |
associatedWith | Arnold, Henry Harley, 1886-1950. |
associatedWith | Birren, William B., 1898-1973. |
correspondedWith | Bradley, Omar Nelson, 1893-1981 |
correspondedWith | Bush, Vannevar, 1890-1974. |
correspondedWith | Cherne, Leo, 1912- |
correspondedWith | Cochran, Jacqueline |
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Birth 1891-06-28
Death 1974-07-14
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