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Roger Ramey aspired to medicine but was persuaded by his National Guard captain to take the competitive examination for the Military Academy at West Point. He rose rapidly through the ranks after war broke out in the Pacific, and directed the devastating raids against Wewak. He then commanded Superfortress formations in the strategic bombing of Japan.
Postwar Ramey directed the ABLE shot during the Operation Crossroads nuclear tests. However, he gained unwanted notoriety over the Roswell Incident, which UFO theorists claim was a crashed flying saucer but the Air Force maintains were remnants of a top secret balloon program.
Ramey was remembered by fellow officers as a brilliant leader
with a colorful sense of humor.
| 1905-9-9
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Born at Sulphur Springs,
Texas |
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| 1924 |
West Point |
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| 1928 |
Second lieutenant |
Cavalry |
| 1928 |
Pilot training |
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| 1938 |
Instructor, Randolph Field |
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| 1938-9 |
First lieutenant |
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| 1939-3 |
18 Pursuit Group |
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| 1939-6 |
Captain |
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| 1939-7 |
Commander, 19 Pursuit Squadron |
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| 1940-4 |
Executive officer, 18 Pursuit Group |
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| 1940 |
Commander, 42
Bombardment Squadron |
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| 1941-1 |
Major |
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| 1941-12 |
Lieutenant
colonel |
Staff, 7
Bomber Command |
| 1942-3 |
Colonel |
Staff, 7 Air
Force |
| 1942-9-14 |
Commander, 90
Bombardment Group |
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| 1942-10-21 |
Commander, 43
Bombardment Group |
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| 1943 |
Chief of staff, 5
Bomber Command |
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| 1943-4-19 |
Commander, 5
Bomber Command |
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| 1943-7-1 |
Brigadier general | |
| 1943-10 |
Commander, 38 Flying Training Wing |
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| 1944-6-1 |
Commander, 314
Bombardment Wing |
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| 1944-6-15 |
Commander, 21
Bomber Command |
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| 1945-1-20 |
Commander, 20
Bomber Command |
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| 1945-4-24 |
Commander, 58
Bombardment Wing |
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| 1946 |
Commander, Task Group 1.5 |
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| 1946 |
Commander, 8 Air Force |
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| 1946 |
Chief of staff, 8 Air Force |
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| 1947-1 |
Commander, 8 Air Force |
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| 1948-1 |
Major general |
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| 1950 |
Staff, Headquarters, U.S. Air Force |
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| 1951 |
Military Liaison Committee, Atomic Energy
Commission |
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| 1954 |
Lieutenant general |
Commander, 5 Air Force |
| 1956 |
Deputy Commander, Continental Air Defense
Command |
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| 1957-1-1 |
Retires due to heart problems |
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| 1963-3-4 |
Dies at Torrance, California |
References
Craven and Cate (1947; accessed 2013-8-24)
FindAGrave.com
(accessed 2013-8-24)
Generals.dk (accessed 2013-8-24)
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