Kennedy, Thomas, Sr., CMSgt

Deceased
 
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Last Rank
Chief Master Sergeant
Last Primary AFSC/MOS
43171C-Aircraft Maintenance Technician
Last AFSC Group
Aircraft Maintenance
Primary Unit
1960-1962, 43171E, 4138th Strategic Wing
Service Years
1940 - 1962
Official/Unofficial US Air Force Certificates
Cuban Missile Crisis
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Chief Master Sergeant

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Home State
Georgia
Georgia
Year of Birth
1916
 
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Contact Info
Home Town
Coolidge
Date of Passing
Nov 15, 1988
 

 Official Badges 

Air Training Command Master Instructor (pre-1966) Air Force Retired 3 US Air Force Honorable Discharge WW II Honorable Discharge Pin




 Unofficial Badges 

Cold War Medal SAC Master Crew Chief Doolittle Tokyo Raiders Gold Medal





World War II/Asian-Pacific Theater
From Month/Year
December / 1941
To Month/Year
September / 1945

Description
The plan of the Pacific subseries was determined by the geography, strategy, and the military organization of a theater largely oceanic. Two independent, coordinate commands, one in the Southwest Pacific under General of the Army Douglas MacArthur and the other in the Central, South, and North Pacific (Pacific Ocean Areas) under Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, were created early in the war. Except in the South and Southwest Pacific, each conducted its own operations with its own ground, air, and naval forces in widely separated areas. These operations required at first only a relatively small number of troops whose efforts often yielded strategic gains which cannot be measured by the size of the forces involved. Indeed, the nature of the objectivesùsmall islands, coral atolls, and jungle-bound harbors and airstrips, made the employment of large ground forces impossible and highlighted the importance of air and naval operations. Thus, until 1945, the war in the Pacific progressed by a double series of amphibious operations each of which fitted into a strategic pattern developed in Washington.

21 Named Campaigns were recognized in the Asiatic Pacific Theater with Battle Streamers and Asiatic Pacific Campaign Medals.  
   
My Participation in This Battle or Operation
From Month/Year
January / 1942
To Month/Year
December / 1942
 
Last Updated:
Mar 16, 2020
   
Personal Memories

Memories
Served as a B-25 Mitchell Flight Engineer/Gunner on "The Doolittle Raid" on April 18, 1942

   
My Photos From This Battle or Operation
No Available Photos

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