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Lt.. General Hoyt S. Vandenberg Was Born January 24, 1899, In Milwaukee And Graduated From West Point In 1923. In 1942 He Served As Chief Of Staff And Deputy Commander Of The 12th Air Force Then Deputy Commander And Chief Of Staff Of The Northwest African Strategic Air Force 1943-44 Chief Of Air Staff Of Military Mission To Russia And In 1944 He Was Deputy Commander Of The Allied Expeditionary Air Forces And Commanding General Of The 9th Air Force. His Decorations Are Th D.S.M. With Oakleaf Cluster, Legion Of Merit The Silver Star, D.F.C., The Air Medal With 4 Cluster, Legion Of Merit The American Defense, American Theater, European Theater, Commander Of The French Legion Of Honor, The French Croix De Guerre With Palm, Companion Of The Order Of The Bath, The Luxemburg Grand Cross Of The Order Of Adolph Of Nassau, And The War Cross Of Luxemburg.
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