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Joseph Smith (general)
Joseph Smith (31 October 1901 – 19 May 1993) was a United States Air Force lieutenant general (United States), lieutenant general. He graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, in June 1923 and was commissioned in the United States Cavalry, Cavalry but transferred to the United States Army Air Corps in 1929. During World War II, he served in the China-Burma-India Theater and on Okinawa. After the war he became the commandant of the Air Tactical School. He commanded the Military Air Transport Service from 1952 until his retirement in 1958. Early life and career Joseph Smith was born in Scranton, Pennsylvania, on 31 October 1901. He entered the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, on 13 June 1919 and graduated on 12 June 1923, ranked 134th in his class. He was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the United States Cavalry and posted to the 8th Cavalry Regiment, 8th Cavalry at Fort Bliss, Texas. In October 1924, he joined the 2n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scranton, Pennsylvania
Scranton is a city in the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, United States, and the county seat of Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, Lackawanna County. With a population of 76,328 as of the 2020 United States census, 2020 U.S. census, Scranton is the largest city in Northeastern Pennsylvania, the Wyoming Valley, and the Scranton–Wilkes-Barre–Hazleton Metropolitan Statistical Area, which has a population of 562,037 as of 2020. It is List of cities and boroughs in Pennsylvania by population, the sixth largest city in Pennsylvania. The contiguous network of five cities and more than 40 boroughs all built in a straight line in Northeastern Pennsylvania's urban area act culturally and logistically as one continuous city, so while the city of Scranton itself is a smaller town, the larger unofficial city of Scranton/Wilkes-Barre contains nearly half a million residents in roughly 200 square miles. Scranton/Wilkes-Barre is the cultural and economic center of a re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
