Bogardus Snowden Cairns
Bogardus Snowden "Bugs" Cairns (February 14, 1910 – December 9, 1958) was a U.S. Army cavalry officer who served as the Commanding General of Fort Rucker, Alabama, and as Commandant of the Army Aviation School in 1957–1958. He was one of the key developers of the armed helicopter and the first to formally apply cavalry doctrine to Air Mobility. After his death in a helicopter crash while serving at Fort Rucker, Ozark Field was renamed Cairns Army Airfield in January 1959. He was en route to Matteson Range to observe a firepower rehearsal in preparation for a full-scale armed helicopter display. Early life Major General Cairns was born to a career Army doctor, Lieutenant Colonel Douglas Walker Cairns and Ethel Moore Cairns, on February 14, 1910, in Brooklyn, New York. His father, Lt.Col. Cairns, went on active duty during the First World War, beginning over 100 years of unbroken active duty service of the Cairns progeny. Dr. Cairns was with Gen. John J. "Blackjack" Pershin ...
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Bogardus Snowden Cairns
Bogardus Snowden "Bugs" Cairns (February 14, 1910 – December 9, 1958) was a U.S. Army cavalry officer who served as the Commanding General of Fort Rucker, Alabama, and as Commandant of the Army Aviation School in 1957–1958. He was one of the key developers of the armed helicopter and the first to formally apply cavalry doctrine to Air Mobility. After his death in a helicopter crash while serving at Fort Rucker, Ozark Field was renamed Cairns Army Airfield in January 1959. He was en route to Matteson Range to observe a firepower rehearsal in preparation for a full-scale armed helicopter display. Early life Major General Cairns was born to a career Army doctor, Lieutenant Colonel Douglas Walker Cairns and Ethel Moore Cairns, on February 14, 1910, in Brooklyn, New York. His father, Lt.Col. Cairns, went on active duty during the First World War, beginning over 100 years of unbroken active duty service of the Cairns progeny. Dr. Cairns was with Gen. John J. "Blackjack" Pershin ...
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Lunsford may refer to: People *Thomas Lunsford (ca. 1611–1656), Royalist colonel in the English Civil War *Bascom Lamar Lunsford (1882–1973), American lawyer, folklorist and musician *Earl Lunsford (1933–2008), Canadian football player *Andrea Lunsford, American writer and scholar * Darrell Lunsford (1943–1991), murdered American police officer *Bruce Lunsford (born 1947), American politician *Mel Lunsford (born 1950), American football player * Dale A. Lunsford, sixth president of LeTourneau University *Bret Lunsford (born 1962), American musician * Mike Lunsford, American chief executive *Matt Lunsford, American founder and co-owner of Polyvinyl Record Co. *Trey Lunsford (born 1979), American baseball player * Jennifer Lunsford (born 1982), American politician *Stephen Lunsford (born 1989), American actor Homicides *Murder of Jessica Lunsford *Murder of Darrell Lunsford On January 23, 1991, in Garrison, Texas, police officer Constable Darrell Lunsford pulled over a suspic ...
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Robert McNamara
Robert Strange McNamara (; June 9, 1916 – July 6, 2009) was an American business executive and the eighth United States Secretary of Defense, serving from 1961 to 1968 under Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson. He remains the List of United States Secretaries of Defense by time in office, longest serving Secretary of Defense, having remained in office over seven years. He played a major role in promoting the United States' involvement in the Vietnam War. McNamara was responsible for the institution of systems analysis in public policy, which developed into the discipline known today as policy analysis. He was born in San Francisco, California, graduated from University of California, Berkeley, UC Berkeley and Harvard Business School and served in the United States Army Air Forces during World War II. After the war, Henry Ford II hired McNamara and a group of other Army Air Force veterans to work for Ford Motor Company. These "Whiz Kids (Ford), Whiz Kids" helped re ...
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Howze Board
The Howze Board was the informal name given to the Tactical Mobility Requirements Board created at the direct request of Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara to review and test new concepts integrating helicopters as close air support into the United States Army. Helicopters had been used during the Korean War to ferry wounded and supplies. Some U.S. combat officers recognized the possibility of using armed helicopters to carry heavy ordnance. But other organizations and branches strenuously objected to allowing the Army to deliver ordnance via aircraft. The Army Staff in the Pentagon responded slowly to a study from the Army Aircraft Requirements Review Board chaired by Lieutenant general Gordon B. Rogers that suggested adopting helicopters for use in a combat role. McNamara bypassed Secretary of the Army Elvis Jacob Stahr Jr., in what many considered a slap in the face, to conduct a review "in an atmosphere divorced from traditional viewpoints and past policies." McNamara direct ...
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Anthony McAuliffe
Anthony Clement "Nuts" McAuliffe (July 2, 1898 – August 10, 1975) was a senior United States Army Officer (armed forces), officer who earned fame as the acting commander of the 101st Airborne Division defending Bastogne, Belgium, during the Battle of the Bulge in World War II. He is celebrated for his one-word reply to a German surrender ultimatum: "Nuts!" After the battle, McAuliffe was promoted and given command of the 103rd Infantry Division (United States), 103rd Infantry Division, which he led from January 1945 to July 1945. In the post-war era, he was commander of United States Army Europe. Early life and military career McAuliffe was born in Washington, D.C., on July 2, 1898. He attended West Virginia University from 1916 to 1917. He was a member of the West Virginia Beta chapter of Sigma Phi Epsilon Fraternity during his time at West Virginia University. He enrolled at United States Military Academy, West Point in 1917. McAuliffe was part of an accelerated program an ...
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BG Bogardus Cairns Greets General MacAuliffe -- France-- 29 Mar 1955
BG or bg may refer to: Organizations Businesses * Bergdorf Goodman, a department store on 5th Avenue, New York, US * Bord Gáis Energy, an Irish gas supplier * Bowman Gilfillan, a South African law firm * British Gas (other) (privatised and later split between BG plc and Centrica) ** BG Group, one part of the demerged British Gas plc Education * Bishop Grosseteste University, a higher education institution in Lincoln, UK * Bishop Guertin High School, Nashua, New Hampshire, US * Bowling Green State University, Ohio, US * Bones Gate, a fraternity at Dartmouth College, US Music * Bee Gees (BGs), an English-Australian music group. * B.G. (rapper) ("Baby Gangsta" or "B. Gizzle"), stage name of American rapper Christopher N. Dorsey. * B.G. Knocc Out, American rapper. * B.G., the Prince of Rap, Bernard Greene, American rapper and dance music artist. * Benny Goodman, American jazz musician. * Blind Guardian, a German power metal band. * Boris Grebenshchikov, Russian singer and po ...
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Bogardus Snowden Cairns And The Generals Inventing Air Assault
Bogardus is the surname of: * Abraham Bogardus (1822–1908), American daguerreotypist and photographer * Adam Bogardus (1834–1913), American trap shooter * Charles Bogardus (1841–1929), American politician, Union Army colonel, farmer and businessman * Edgar Bogardus (1927–1958), American poet * Emory S. Bogardus (1882–1973), American sociologist * Everardus Bogardus (1607–1647), Dutch Reformed Church clergyman in the New Netherland (North America) * James Bogardus (1800–1874), American inventor and architect * Robert Bogardus (1771–1841), American politician and general * Rose Bogardus (), American politician * Stephen Bogardus Stephen Bogardus (born March 11, 1954) is an American actor. Biography Born in Norfolk, Virginia, Bogardus graduated from Choate Rosemary Hall in 1972 and Princeton University in 1976, where he was a member of the Princeton Nassoons and the ...

Bogardus Snowden Cairns Order Of The British Empire
Bogardus is the surname of: * Abraham Bogardus (1822–1908), American daguerreotypist and photographer * Adam Bogardus (1834–1913), American trap shooter * Charles Bogardus (1841–1929), American politician, Union Army colonel, farmer and businessman * Edgar Bogardus (1927–1958), American poet * Emory S. Bogardus (1882–1973), American sociologist * Everardus Bogardus (1607–1647), Dutch Reformed Church clergyman in the New Netherland (North America) * James Bogardus (1800–1874), American inventor and architect * Robert Bogardus (1771–1841), American politician and general * Rose Bogardus (), American politician * Stephen Bogardus Stephen Bogardus (born March 11, 1954) is an American actor. Biography Born in Norfolk, Virginia, Bogardus graduated from Choate Rosemary Hall in 1972 and Princeton University in 1976, where he was a member of the Princeton Nassoons and the ...

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Mark may refer to: Currency * Bosnia and Herzegovina convertible mark, the currency of Bosnia and Herzegovina * East German mark, the currency of the German Democratic Republic * Estonian mark, the currency of Estonia between 1918 and 1927 * Finnish markka ( sv, finsk mark, links=no), the currency of Finland from 1860 until 28 February 2002 * Mark (currency), a currency or unit of account in many nations * Polish mark ( pl, marka polska, links=no), the currency of the Kingdom of Poland and of the Republic of Poland between 1917 and 1924 German * Deutsche Mark, the official currency of West Germany from 1948 until 1990 and later the unified Germany from 1990 until 2002 * German gold mark, the currency used in the German Empire from 1873 to 1914 * German Papiermark, the German currency from 4 August 1914 * German rentenmark, a currency issued on 15 November 1923 to stop the hyperinflation of 1922 and 1923 in Weimar Germany * Lodz Ghetto mark, a special currency for Lodz Ghetto. * ...
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