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spidge · 13-09-2007, 02:39 PM

A Founding father of the independent USAF.

In February 1943, Lieutenant General Andrews became the commander of all United States forces in the European Theater of Operations. In his memoirs, Gen Henry H. "Hap" Arnold, commander of the Army Air Forces in World War II, expressed the belief that Andrews would have been given the command of the Allied invasion of Europe-the position that eventually went to Gen Dwight D. Eisenhower.

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Lt Gen Frank Andrews US Army.jpg

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spidge Super Moderator Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Melbourne Australia Posts: 3,314 You're Top Poster: #3 Awards Showcase Total Awards: 6	General Frank M. Andrews A Founding father of the independent USAF. In February 1943, Lieutenant General Andrews became the commander of all United States forces in the European Theater of Operations. In his memoirs, Gen Henry H. "Hap" Arnold, commander of the Army Air Forces in World War II, expressed the belief that Andrews would have been given the command of the Allied invasion of Europe-the position that eventually went to Gen Dwight D. Eisenhower. http://www.arlingtoncemetery.net/fmandrew.htm Lt Gen Frank Andrews US Army.jpg __________________ Spidge, ------------------------------------------------------- My Avatar is the memorial to the 22 Commonwealth Coastwatchers at the Temakin Cemetery on Betio (Tarawa Atoll) who were beheaded by the Japanese on 15th October 1942. http://www.dva.gov.au/media/publicat...mem_beito.html "You were given the choice between war and dishonor. You chose dishonor and you will have war." (Winston Churchill made this prophetic pronouncement in a House of Commons speech in 1938, just after Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain signed the Munich agreement with Hitler. Chamberlain returned from Germany with the signed agreement in hand, proclaiming that "peace in our time" had been achieved. Churchill attacked Chamberlain's "politics of appeasement" in this and many other speeches.) What did the Australians do in ww2 and other conflicts? Check out this site: http://www.diggerhistory.info/00-pag...ster-index.htm