"Commander First Air Force" General Walter E Todd Hand Written Letter for Sale

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"Commander First Air Force" General Walter E Todd Hand Written Letter:
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Up for sale the "Commander First Air Force" General Walter E Todd Hand Written Letter dated 1953.ES-8837

Going to Europe inMay 1944, the general was named assistant chief of staff for operations of theEighth Air Force, returning to Air Corps headquarters a year later. He wasappointed U.S. Military Air Attache to Russia, with duty station in Moscow inNovember 1945. Returning to the United States in January 1947, GeneralTodd joined the War Department General Staff as deputy director ofIntelligence. That November he was appointed deputy director of the JointIntelligence Group in the Office of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Reassigned toAir Force headquarters in October 1949, the general became deputy to theassistant for programming in the Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff forOperations at Air Force headquarters and named assistant for programming thefollowing July.
Transferred to theAir Defense Command in March 1942, General Todd assumed command of the WesternAir Defense Force at Hamilton Air Force Base, Calif. Going overseas onSept. 15, 1955, General Todd was designated vice commander of the First AirForce, Far East Air Forces, at Tokyo, Japan, becoming vice commander and chiefof staff of the Far East Air Forces on July 12, 1956. On July 1, 1957 he wasnamed commander in chief, U.N. Command with station at Musan-Ni, Korea, with additionalduty as chief of staff, U.S. Forces in Korea. On July 15, 1958, thegeneral became commander of the Air University, Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala. Hisdecorations include the Distinguished Service Medal, Legion of Merit,Distinguished Flying Cross and Air Medal. He is rated a command pilot, combatobserver and technical observer.