Ira C. Eaker
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Ira Clarence Eaker (Feld Creek, Texas, 13 avril 1896 - Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland, 6 août 1987) était un général de l'USAAF (force aérienne de l'armée des États-Unis), qui a notamment commandé la 8th USAAF au cours de la Seconde Guerre mondiale.
Début de la carrière militaire
La Seconde Guerre mondiale
La vie civile
Distinctions
Voir aussi
Bibliographie
- (en) Ira C. Eaker, I Used to Be...: Memoirs of an Ad Man on Re-Wind, Jay street publishing, 1998 (ISBN 1889534218)
- (en) James Parton, Air Force Spoken Here: General Ira Eaker and the Command of the Air, Adler publishing corporation, 1986 (ISBN 0917561155)
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