| Birth: | Jun. 11, 1910
Pomona
Los Angeles County
California, USA | | Death: | Feb. 23, 2001
Shreveport
Caddo Parish
Louisiana, USA | 
Military Figure. United States Air Force general and air power pioneer and advocate. At the close of his four-decade career he was commander of the U.S. Air Force's Tactical Air Command, or TAC. A 1933 graduate of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, he commanded the 37th Fighter Group in Panama and, in the closing months of World War II, led the 311th Fighter Group and then the 312th Fighter Wing in China. After the war he commanded Air Training Command's Flying Training Air Force and the 12th Air Force in West Germany. Before taking charge of Tactical Air Command, he was head of the U.S. Air Forces in Europe. Recipient of the Distinguished Service Medal, Legion of Merit, Bronze Star and Air Medals, the Chinese Cloud and Banner, the Chinese Order of Yun Hui and the Brazilian Southern Cross. (bio by: John Andrew Prime)
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Spouse:
Dorothy Ford Disosway (1914 - 2010)*
*Calculated relationship
Search Amazon for Gabriel Disosway | | | Burial:
Forest Park East Cemetery
Shreveport
Caddo Parish
Louisiana, USA
Plot: Section 9 |
Maintained by: Find A Grave
Originally Created by: John Andrew Prime
Record added: Jun 24, 2006
Find A Grave Memorial# 14718676 |
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