But the Air Force was sort ... by Stuart Symington, an American Businesman

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“But the Air Force was sort of a bastard child of the Army, much like the Marines with the Navy. Everything had to be done over by the Army after it had already been done by the Air Corps, a mess.”

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Name: Stuart Symington

Nationality: American

Date of Birth: Jun 26, 1901

Date of Death: Dec 14, 1988

Profession: Businesman

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FDR had been Assistant Secretary of the Navy. They told me, now forgotten, just how many pictures of ships they took out of the White House after he died. But he could choose good men.

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