Numerous WWII / Korea reports prepared during and after the wars. See "Document to Roll Index" at pp.1170-1176. Items include aerial mishaps over Switzerland, pp.219-232; the disappearance & rescue of USAAF General Twining, pp.257-260; a Feb 1953 report on German air activities during Operation OVERLORD, pp.351-355; a Feb 1953 report on Japanese air sorties & bomb tonnage in the Battle of Okinawa, pp.356-358; March 1924 Army Air Corps bombing of an ice gorge on Nebraska's Platt River, pp. 585-588; March 1955 letters regarding a D-Day mission for a lieutenant in command of an American Indian demolition team that eerily follows details in the movie "Inglorious Basterds," pp.589-592; 1951 report on USAF personnel strength, 1940-1950, pp.636-641; Report on USAAF general officer commands with commanding generals, 7 Dec 41 to 1 Mar 46, pp.673-682; March 1951 computer printout with data on all U.S. Air Force generals including birth dates, promotion dates for their current/retired/dismissed rank, and death dates, pp.733-821; Nov 1951 report of hypoxia pilot saved by flyers who used their wings to hold his wings steady until he descended to breathing altitude, pp.849-852;historical data on 1944-45 operations in China, pp.996-1001; Air Transport Command 1942-45 "hump" operations, pp.1002-1006; historical data on longbows and muskets, pp.1021-1025; June 1955 statistical report on explosives detonated by USAF in WWII & Korea, pp.1026-1029; 5 Oct 1953 report detailing AAF & USAF named officers' reconnaissance work, pp.1030-1037; 9 Feb 1956 summary of Apr-May 1944 photographic reconnaissance missions flown in support of U.S. Fifth Army, pp.1038-1044; 1962 report (with photos) of 1941 aerial reconnaissance missions over the Japanese islands, pp.1045-1069; 22 Jul 1955 report dispelling the myth that a modern nation will stop fighting after 10% of its population has died, pp.1070-1072; 1956 report on USAAF named Puerto Rican KIAs in WWII, pp.1073-1077; 1957 report on USAAF generals KIA/MIA in WWII, pp.1078-1079; 1954 totals for allied & axis KIAs & wounded in WWII, broken down by service branch, pp.1080-1084; 26 Jun 1954 report on 1950-53 communist military casualties inflicted by air power in Korea, pp.1085-1091; bibliographic notes on aircraft insignia & nicknames, pp.1096-1100; April 1957 notes on the early history of air refueling, 1106-1113; bibliographical notes on war neuroses, pp.1118-1120; Oct 1961 report on 1948-61 armed forces appropriations & expenditures, pp.1121-1126; 1960 report on Air Force achievements of major scientific significance, pp.1127-1137; 1960 report on great air actions of USAF, pp.1138-1148; report on operation of carrier-based aviation against land areas, pp.1149-1168; a 1952 report on the 1917-51 evolution of USAF's tactical air doctrine, pp.1184-1242.

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