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Home Town Paragould, Arkansas
Last Address Bertram, Texas
Date of Passing Dec 26, 2002
Location of Interment Central Texas State Veterans Cemetery - Killeen, Texas
Brigadier General Paul P. Douglas "retired as a brigadier general on February 1, 1970, having flown four different airplanes over the course of his career. Earning over sixty decorations, Douglas was one of the most decorated flyers in air force history. Following his retirement, he and his wife moved to Conway, where he joined the staff of the University of Central Arkansas. During the next thirteen years, he served as the purchasing agent at the university and operated a cattle farm in nearby Greenbrier (Faulkner County. In 1983 Douglas acquired ranch property in Bertram, Texas. He built a home and moved his family and cattle operation there the following year.
Douglas Died on December 26, 2002. He is buried in the Central Texas State Veteran's Cemetery in Killeen, Texas." Source: http://encyclopediaofarkansas.net
Note: Passed away at Darnall Army Community Hospital at Fort Hood, near Killeen, Texas.
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"Paul Douglas became a World War II ACE and finished the war with a total of EIGHT aerial victories. He flew a total of 136 combat missions and 337 combat hours while serving as commander of the 396th Fighter Squadron, vice commander of the 368th Fighter Group, and later as commander of the 36th Fighter Group in Belgium, France and Germany.. In January 1968 he went to Korat Royal Thai Air Force Base, Thailand, as commander of the 388th Tactical Fighter Wing, flying F-105 Thunderchiefs on combat missions over North Vietnam...Source: http://militarytimes.com
Note: The medals on the right panel are not a complete depiction of all the medals Brig Gen Douglas earned. Douglas received the French Croix de Guerre with Etoil de Vermiel. Thus, in addition to the medal he earned a gold star on the French Croix de Guerre. He also received the Belgian Fouragereand The Third Order of the Sacred Treasure of Japan (for his efforts at the 41st Air Division at Yokota Air Base, Japan). In total he received 35 Air Medals in World War II and 3 in Vietnam, for a total of 38 Air Medals.
The unit was an intermediate command echelon of Tactical Air Command, providing command and control of tactical aircraft (fighter, bomber, transport) and support forces.
It deployed subordinate units to Southeast Asia for combat operations between 1962 and 1965, 1967 and 1971, 1972, and again in 1973. During 1965–1970, some subordinate units functioned as replacement training units for F-4 aircrews. In 1968 the division began supervising B-57 light bomber aircrew training, and between 1967 and 1971, it supervised tests for weapon systems, aircraft armament and munitions, and tactical procedures. Inactivated in 1971 as a result of budget reductions, its units being consolidated directly into Ninth Air Force.
Reactivated in January 1981 with a mission to advise Air Force component commanders and land forces on A-10 aircraft tactics, training, employment and readiness, and subordinate units participated in exercises such as Red Flag and Celtic Echo. Inactivated in 1992 as a result of the end of the Cold War and the inactivation of TAC.
