TY  - GEN
AU  - Spaatz,Carl
AU  - Eaker,Ira
AU  - Hopper,Bruce C.
TI  - Carl Spaatz papers,
KW  - Anderson, Frederick L.,
KW  - Arnold, Eleanor Pool
KW  - Arnold, Henry Harley,
KW  - Bradley, Omar Nelson,
KW  - Cherne, Leo,
KW  - Cochran, Jacqueline
KW  - De Seversky, Alexander P.
KW  - Eisenhower, Dwight D.
KW  - Knerr, Hugh Johnston,
KW  - Lahm, Frank Purdy,
KW  - LeMay, Curtis E.
KW  - Lovett, Robert A.
KW  - Mack, Ted
KW  - Marshall, George C.
KW  - Mitchell, William,
KW  - Nixon, Richard M.
KW  - Patterson, Robert Porter,
KW  - Quesada, Elwood R.
KW  - Snyder, John W.
KW  - Stimson, Henry L.
KW  - Symington, Stuart,
KW  - Twining, Nathan F.
KW  - Truman, Harry S.,
KW  - Vandenberg, Hoyt Sanford,
KW  - Warner, Jack,
KW  - White, Thomas D.
KW  - United States
KW  - Air Force
KW  - Army Air Forces
KW  - United States Strategic Air Forces in Europe
KW  - Operation Overlord
KW  - Operation Torch, 1942
KW  - World War, 1939-1945
KW  - Aerial operations
KW  - Campaigns
KW  - Africa, North
KW  - France
KW  - Normandy
KW  - Air Force officers
KW  - itoamc
KW  - Army officers
N1  - Open to research; Classified, in part; Restrictions may apply to unprocessed material
N2  - Part I of the Spaatz papers consists of correspondence, diaries, cables, reports, research notes, typescripts of articles and speeches, flight records, personnel file, and miscellaneous papers spanning from 1910 to 1953 and chiefly for the period 1942-1948. Includes material relating to Spaatz's tenure as commander in chief of the U.S. Strategic Air Forces in Europe (1944) and in Japan (1945), as commanding general of the U.S. Army Air Forces (1946), and as chief of staff of the U.S. Air Force (1947-1948); correspondence and reports of Gen. Ira Eaker; and records of the U.S. Strategic Air Forces, including those of its Historical Section and of Bruce C. Hopper; Correspondents include Henry Harley Arnold, Omar Nelson Bradley, Jacqueline Cochran, Alexander P. De Seversky, Ira Eaker, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Hugh Johnston Knerr, Frank Purdy Lahm, Curtis E. LeMay, Robert A. Lovett, Ted Mack, George C. Marshall, William Mitchell, Robert Porter Patterson, John W. Snyder, Henry Lewis Stimson, Nathan F. Twining, Hoyt Sanford Vandenberg, Jack Warner, and Thomas D. White; Part II of the collection consists of correspondence, speeches, writings, family and biographical material, and other papers spanning from 1915 to 1981 (chiefly 1948-1963) relating mostly to Spaatz's activities in retirement.  Includes material on Operation Torch (1942) in North Africa and Operation Overlord (1944) in Normandy during World War II.  Correspondents include Frederick L. Anderson, Eleanor Pool Arnold, Leo Cherne, Ira Eaker, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Curtis E. LeMay, Richard M. Nixon, Elwood R. Quesada, Stuart Symington, and Harry S. Truman
UR  - http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms003033
UR  - http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms003033.3
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