Lieutenant General George Edward Stratemeyer (1890-1969) was World War II chief of Air Staff and United States Air Force Far East Air Forces commander during the first year of the Korean War. Lieutenant General is a Military rank used in many countries The rank traces its origins to the Middle Ages where the title of Lieutenant General was held by the World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including The Korean War refers to a period of military conflict between North Korean and South Korean regimes with major hostilities lasting from June 25 1950 until the
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Early career
Stratemeyer was born in Cincinnati, Ohio in 1890. Ohio ( is a Midwestern state of the United States. As part of the Great Lakes region, Ohio has long been a cultural and geographical crossroads He graduated from the U.S. Military Academy in June 1915 as a second lieutenant of Infantry. "USMA" redirects here For other uses see USMA (disambiguation The United States Military Academy (also known as USMA, Second Lieutenant is the lowest commissioned officer Military rank in many Armed forces. The Infantry is the oldest and most numerous of the Combat Arms in the Armed forces, and consists He served with the 7th and 34th Infantry divisions in Texas and Arizona until September 1916 when he was detailed to the Aviation Section, U.S. Signal Corps, for flying training at Rockwell Field, San Diego, California. Texas ( is a state geographically located in the South Central United States and is also known as the Lone Star State. The State of Arizona ( is a state located in the southwestern region of the United States. The Aviation Section US Signal Corps, was the name of the military aviation service of the United States Army from 1914 to 1918 and a direct ancestor of the United States California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. Stratemeyer became a first lieutenant in June 1916. First Lieutenant is a Military rank. The rank of Lieutenant has different meanings in different military formations (see Comparative military ranks He became commanding officer of the United States Army Air Service Flying and Technical Schools at Kelly Field, Texas in May 1917. The United States Army Air Service was a forerunner of the United States Air Force. Kelly Field Annex (Formerly Kelly Air Force Base is a United States Air Force facility located in San Antonio Texas. He became a captain in August 1917 and later commanding officer of Chanute Field, Illinois. Chanute Air Force Base (1917-1993 is a former United States Air Force base located south of and adjacent to Rantoul Illinois, about south of Chicago The State of Illinois ( roughly ill-i-NOY is a state of the United States of America, the 21st to be admitted to the Union. Stratemeyer was promoted to major in August 1918. With official transfer to the Air Corps from the Infantry in 1920 he went to Luke Field, Hawaii as commanding officer of the 10th Air Park. The State of Hawaii ( or həˈwaɪʔiː Hawaiian: Mokuāina o Hawaii) is a state in the United States located on an Archipelago in the
He returned to West Point in August 1924 as instructor in tactics. "USMA" redirects here For other uses see USMA (disambiguation The United States Military Academy (also known as USMA, He graduated from the Air Corps Tactical School at Langley Field, Virginia, in June 1930 and from the Command and General Staff School at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, in 1932. Langley Air Force Base is located three Nautical miles (6 km) north of the Central business district of the city of Hampton, Virginia Fort Leavenworth is a United States Army facility located in Leavenworth County Kansas (just north of the city of Leavenworth) in the upper northeast He remained at Leavenworth as an instructor for the next four years. Stratemeyer was promoted to lieutenant colonel in June 1936 and assigned to command the 7th Bomb Group at Hamilton Field, California. Lieutenant Colonel ( Lieutenant-Colonel in English from the French grade 's spelling is a rank of Commissioned officer in the armies The 7th Bomb Wing ( 7 BW) is the premier operational B-1B Lancer unit in the United States Air Force, based at Dyess Air Force Base, Hamilton Air Force Base was a former United States Air Force base located along the northern shore of San Francisco Bay south of Novato, California He graduated from the Army War College in 1939 and went to the office of the Chief of the United States Army Air Corps as head of the Training and Operations Division, with promotion to colonel in March 1940. The United States Army War College is a United States Army school located in Carlisle Pennsylvania, on the 500 acre (2 km² campus of the historic Carlisle The United States Army Air Corps (USAAC was the predecessor of the U Colonel ( RP ˈkɜnəl GA ˈkɜrnəl is a Military rank of a Commissioned officer, with corresponding ranks existing in almost every country
A year later Stratemeyer became executive officer to General H.H. Arnold, the chief of the Air Corps, and in August he was promoted to brigadier general. Henry Harley "Hap" Arnold GCB ( June 25, 1886 – January 15, 1950) was a five-star General officer Brigadier General is the lowest ranking General Officer in some countries usually sitting between the ranks of Colonel and Major General. General Stratemeyer commanded the Southeast Air Corps Training Center at Maxwell Field, Alabama, for five months and returned to Washington in June 1942 as chief of Air Staff for General Arnold. Maxwell Air Force Base, officially known as Maxwell-Gunter Air Force Base, is a United States Air Force (USAF installation under the Air Education and Training He had been promoted to major general in February 1942. Major General or Major-General is a Military rank used in many countries
World War II
General Stratemeyer went to the China-Burma-India Theater in mid-1943, becoming commanding general of the India-Burma Sector and air adviser to the commanding general of the China-Burma-India Theater, General Joseph Stilwell, with a status comparable to that of Stilwell. China Burma India Theater (CBI (later IBT or India-Burma theater was the name used by the United States Army for its forces operating in conjuction with Allied air General Joseph Warren Stilwell ( March 19, 1883 – October 12, 1946) was a United States Army four-star General
One of Stratemeyer's favorite cartoons showed him sitting at his desk surrounded by pictures of his eight bosses, all of whom could give him orders in one or another of his capacities. Part of Stratemeyer's command, the Tenth Air Force, had been integrated with the RAF Third Tactical Air Force in India in December 1943 and was operating under Mountbatten's SEAC. Tenth Air Force is a Numbered Air Force headquartered at Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth, Texas The RAF Third Tactical Air Force (Third TAF which was formed in South Asia in December 1943 was one of three Tactical air forces formed by the Royal Air Force Another part of it, the Fourteenth Air Force in China, was at least technically under the jurisdiction of Chiang as theater commander. The Fourteenth Air Force is a Numbered Air Force (NAF of Air Force Space Command (AFSPC And although the India-China wing of the Air Transport Command received its assignments of tonnage from Stratemeyer as Stilwell's deputy, control actually stemmed from Washington.
Stratemeyer was promoted to lieutenant general in May 1945 and from April 1944 until March 1946 was commander of the Army Air Forces in the China Theater with headquarters at Chungking. Lieutenant General is a Military rank used in many countries The rank traces its origins to the Middle Ages where the title of Lieutenant General was held by the Chongqing ( Postal map spelling: Chungking; Wade-Giles: Ch'ung-ch'ing) is the largest and most populous of the People's Republic of China
After the war General Stratemeyer commanded the Air Defense Command at Mitchel Field, N. CONAD (all caps redirects here for the Italian supermarket chain see Conad (upper and lower case Aerospace Defense Command ( Y. , and the Continental Air Command which was organized there in November 1948. Continental Air Command (ConAC (1948 - 1968 was a Major Command of the United States Air Force (USAF responsible primarily for administering the Air National At both positions, Stratemeyer tried to improve America's warning system.
Korean War
He went to Tokyo in April 1949 as commanding general of Far East Air Forces, which he led through the first year of the Korean War. officially, is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan and located on the eastern side of the main island Honshū. The Korean War refers to a period of military conflict between North Korean and South Korean regimes with major hostilities lasting from June 25 1950 until the His units responded rapidly to the North Koreans' invasion of the South and provided South Korea and General Douglas MacArthur with the vital air arm. South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea and often referred to as Korea ( Korean: 대한민국 tɛː General MacArthur redirects here for other meanings see General MacArthur (disambiguation. General Stratemeyer had a serious heart attack in Tokyo in May 1951 and was confined to the Air Force hospital at nearby Tachikawa Air Base.
General Stratemeyer retired Jan. 31, 1952. He died Aug. 11, 1969.
Decorations
His awards include the Distinguished Service Medal with three oak leaf clusters; Distinguished Flying Cross; Air Medal with oak leaf cluster; American Defense Service Medal; Asiatic-Pacific Theater Medal with five service stars; European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal with service star; World War I Victory Medal; World War II Victory Medal; American Campaign Medal with service star; National Defense Service Medal; Korean Service Medal with four service stars; Mexican Border Service Medal; Ho-Tu Medal of Chinese Air Force; Tashou Cloud Banner (Chinese); British Order of Companion of the Bath Chinese Special; Chinese Pilot's Badge; Polish Order of Polonia Restituta Commander's Cross; Most Excellent Order of the British Empire Degree of Knight Commander; Yugoslavian pilot's badge.
References
- This article includes content from Official United States Air Force Biography of George E. Stratemeyer, which as a work of the U. S. Government is presumed to be a public domain resource.