Lt. Gen. Carl Spaatz

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Predicate Object
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gptkbp:allegiance gptkb:United_States
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gptkb:Distinguished_Service_Cross
gptkb:Distinguished_Service_Medal
gptkb:Legion_of_Honour
gptkb:Legion_of_Merit
gptkb:Order_of_the_Bath
gptkb:Order_of_the_British_Empire
gptkb:Silver_Star
gptkbp:birthDate 1891-06-28
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Boyertown,_Pennsylvania,_United_States
gptkbp:burialPlace gptkb:United_States_Air_Force_Academy_Cemetery
gptkbp:children gptkb:Carl_Spaatz_Jr.
gptkbp:commanded gptkb:Twelfth_Air_Force
gptkb:Eighth_Air_Force
gptkb:United_States_Air_Forces_in_Europe
gptkb:United_States_Strategic_Air_Forces_in_Europe
gptkbp:deathDate 1974-07-14
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Washington,_D.C.,_United_States
gptkbp:education gptkb:United_States_Military_Academy
gptkbp:fullName gptkb:Carl_Andrew_Spaatz
gptkbp:honor Carl A. Spaatz Center for Officer Education
Spaatz Award (Civil Air Patrol)
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Lt. Gen. Carl Spaatz
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:Order_of_Daedalians
gptkb:Society_of_the_Cincinnati
gptkbp:militaryBranch gptkb:United_States_Air_Force
gptkb:United_States_Army_Air_Forces
gptkbp:militaryRank gptkb:General
Lieutenant General
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:Tooey
gptkbp:notableFor World War II service
first Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:military_officer
gptkbp:participatedIn gptkb:World_War_I
gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:precededBy position established (Chief of Staff, USAF)
gptkbp:promotedToFieldMarshal 1945
gptkbp:retired 1948
gptkbp:serviceYears 1914–1948
gptkbp:signature Carl_Spaatz_signature.svg
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Ruth_Harrison
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Hoyt_Vandenberg
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Air_Forces_European_Theater
gptkbp:bfsLayer 8