The Gladwyne native knew the value of discretion when pushing for the development of the U.S. Air Force around World War II.

This dispatch was a kick in the teeth for Lieut. General Henry H. (“Hap”) Arnold, chief of the U.S. Army Air Forces, and the man to whom the U.S. people look for accurate reports on the ...

The German army had demonstrated the effectiveness of using gliders early in the war, and U.S. Army Air Corps General “Hap” ...

The proposal was ultimately approved. Almost simultaneously, General Hap Arnold asked Cochran to return to the U.S. to establish a program to train women to fly. In August of 1943, the two schemes ...

Hap Arnold stated, “If ever there were a doubt ... A recent publication is The Women with Silver Wings by Katherine Sharp Landdeck, one of the Museum’s former Guggenheim Fellows and an ...

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General Henry H. Arnold, chief of the Corps ... Among the latter, the men who must build-their nation’s wings up to world war strength in two years eyed particularly a chunky Congressman ...