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Henry H. "Hap" Arnold

General of the Air Force and pioneer airman who was taught to fly by the Wright Brothers, and commander of Army Air Forces in victory over Germany and Japan in World War II, his life paralleled the growth of America's air power and he personally contributed to most of the major milestones of development during the long period until he retired in 1946.

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