American
officers
Please
note: dates given are day-month-year [e.g.
01.03.1944 = March 1st, 1944]
| US
Navy |
| |
A |
B |
C |
D |
E |
F |
G |
H |
I |
J |
K |
L |
M |
N |
O |
P |
Q |
R |
S |
T |
U |
V |
W |
X |
Y |
Z |
| US
Air Force |
| |
A |
B |
C |
D |
E |
F |
G |
H |
I |
J |
K |
L |
M |
N |
O |
P |
Q |
R |
S |
T |
U |
V |
W |
X |
Y |
Z |
Sources
For all American servicemen
the primary (available) sources have been:
-
Who was Who in American history:
the military (Chicago, Ill. : Marquis Who's Who, 1975)
-
Who's who in America : with world notables : a
biographical dictionary of notable living men and women. Vol. 36 (1970-1971)
(Chicago, Ill. : Marquis, 1970)
-
Register of graduates and former cadets
of the United States Military Academy (West Point, N.Y. : USMA) 1990
-
Army List and Directory (Washington, DC :
War Department) Jan 1, 1931 & Oct 20, 1939
-
Official Army Register (Washington : US
Government Printing Office). Vol. II: Army of the United States and other
retired lists 1 Jan. 1956
-
The Army Almanac : a book of facts
concerning the United States Army (Harrisburg, Pa. : The Stackpole Company,
1959)
-
R. Manning Ancell with Christine M. Miller, The
biographical dictionary of World War II generals and flag officers : the U.S.
Armed Forces (Westport, Conn. ; London : Greenwood Press,
1996)
-
Robert McHenry (ed.), Webster's American military
biographies (New York : Dover Publications, 1978)
Possible additional sources
and/or literature are given, in short, at the end of each individual biography.
Following here are some detailed descriptions:
-
[Boatner]
Mark M. Boatner III. Biographical dictionary of World War II
(Novato, CA : Presidio Press, 1996)
-
[Bombs]
Bombs away! : your air force in action : a photographic epic of AAF
operations of World War II told by the great leaders who flew the world
over in defense of their country from the dark day of Pearl Harbor to the
final victory in 1945 (New York : Wise, 1947)
-
[D-Day enc] David
G. Chandler, James Lawton Collins, Jr. (eds.). The D-Day encyclopedia
(Oxford
: Helicon, 1994)
-
[DuPre]
Col. Flint O. DuPre. U.S. Air Force biographical dictionary (New
York : Franklin Watts, 1965)