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United States Air Force |
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To visit his entry on this site, first click on National Aviation Hall of Fame to go to the homepage. Next, highlight and click on "Enshrinees List" at the lower left corner of the page. You will find an alphabetical listing of all enshrinees on this page. Then highlight and click on his name. |
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Hap Arnold's Early Career in Aviation Technology, 1903-1935 by Maj Dik Daso, USAF Henry Harley Arnold was not supposed to enter the Army. His older brother, Thomas, was to attend West Point and continue the Arnold family tradition of American military service that began during the War for Independence. Henry Harley, Hap's namesake and great-great-grandfather, had been a private in the Pennsylvania militia. Another relative, Peter Arnold, fought with Gen George Washington's army. Thomas G. Arnold, his grandfather, had been a nail maker who fought at the Battle of Gettysburg during the Civil War. Herbert, Henry's father, had been a physician during the Spanish-American War, serving in Puerto Rico in 1898. Despite the military legacy, and after attending Penn State during the year prior to the West Point admission tests, Thomas rejected his parents' persistent urging to attend West Point. So Henry Arnold, then called Harley, inherited the opportunity to carry on the family's military heritage, which he did with great distinction. Origins of Airpower which I found on the website of the Aerospace Power Chronicles. I recommend it most heartily to those of you who want to read the rest of the story. You may reach it by clicking on the title of the article. |
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base |
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Photo courtesy of J. N. Parmalee The name of H. H. Arnold is found on the plaque pictured above among the 119 names of pioneer flyers who trained at the Wright Brothers field at Huffman Prairie. To visit the page which lists all of the flyers, and which displays several photographs of the memorial, just click on: |
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where he was stationed after he became a pilot. He held 29th flying license issued in the U.S. From "Hap" Arnold Recollects by H. H. Arnold Clipping from Life Magazine Collection of Lester Bishop Courtesy of David Balanky |
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General of the Air Force as Recorded on the Arlington National Cemetery Website through the courtesy of Michael Patterson, Webmaster An early United States Army aviator who directed the Air Corps throughout World War II and became the first Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force. He was promoted to five-star rank of General of the Army by President Truman in 1944, joining Douglas MacArthur, George C. Marshall, Dwight D. Eisenhower and Omar Nelson Bradley at that rank. Arlington National Cemetery. You will also find biographies for many other of aviation's pioneers. |
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You will find an extensive biography of Gen. Arnold on the Air Force Historical Research website. You may access his page by clicking on the title above. I recommend that you visit the homepage by clicking on: You will find an extensive collection of personal papers and many other items of interest. |
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Sprague Library Harvey Mudd College. "This web site is designed to show what the contents of Sprague Library has to offer in Carruthers Special Collection on aviation history. Specifically, this site deals with the portion of the collection devoted to photographs, posters, artists drawings and media publications. The approximately 4800 books in the Carruthers aviation collection are already in the on-line library catalog. The topics mentioned in this site are limited to the subjects available in this particular collection of approximately 445 Photos; 400 documents, 115 posters, lithographs/engravings; . They represent several periods of aviation history of ballooning since 1783, and heavier-than-air vehicles since 1900 and the people and events which made that history." To visit the page which shows Henry Harley Arnold, along with a number of other pioneers, Just click on: You will find him pictured in the fourth picture down the page. I heartily recommend that you plan some time to enjoy the whole site. Just click on; You will find a wealth of fascinating materials available online. |
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Highly Recommended Links for Further Reading:
BIOGRAPHY: United States Airforce. |
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