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John P. Flynn
Lieutenant general (United States), Lieutenant General John Peter Flynn (17 July 19225 March 1997) was a Lieutenant general (United States), lieutenant general in the United States Air Force (USAF) who served in World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War. He was the senior American prisoner of war in North Vietnam from October 1967 to March 1973. Following his release from captivity he continued his USAF career, finally serving as the 21st Inspector General of the Air Force. Early life and education He was born on 17 July 1922 in Cleveland Ohio. Military career He enlisted in the Ohio Army National Guard on 20 September 1938 and was honorably discharged on 24 September 1940. He enlisted in the United States Army Reserve on 18 November 1942 and began air training on 18 February 1943. He was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the United States Army Air Forces and awarded his wings on 23 May 1944. He was assigned to the 31st Fighter Wing in Italy, where he flew North Ame ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cleveland
Cleveland ( ), officially the City of Cleveland, is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Cuyahoga County. Located in the northeastern part of the state, it is situated along the southern shore of Lake Erie, across the U.S. maritime border with Canada, northeast of Cincinnati, northeast of Columbus, and approximately west of Pennsylvania. The largest city on Lake Erie and one of the major cities of the Great Lakes region, Cleveland ranks as the 54th-largest city in the U.S. with a 2020 population of 372,624. The city anchors both the Greater Cleveland metropolitan statistical area (MSA) and the larger Cleveland–Akron–Canton combined statistical area (CSA). The CSA is the most populous in Ohio and the 17th largest in the country, with a population of 3.63 million in 2020, while the MSA ranks as 34th largest at 2.09 million. Cleveland was founded in 1796 near the mouth of the Cuyahoga River by General Moses Cleaveland, after whom the city was named ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
