John William Pauly - Arlington VA - Grave of a Famous Person on Waymarking.com

He is buried in Arlington National Cemetery in Section 30, Site 486-2

Description: From Find A Grave: US Air Force General. He was the commander of the Allied Air Forces Central Europe and Commander-in-Chief of the United States Air Forces in Europe, headquartered at Ramstein Air Base, Germany from August 1978 until July 1980. Born an only child, his father owned a hotel and saloon in Albany, New York. After graduating high school from the Christian Brothers Academy in Albany in 1940, he attended Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York, for two years before entering the US Military Academy at West Point, New York in 1942. In June 1945 he graduated with a commission as a second lieutenant and a Bachelor of Science Degree and also earned his pilot wings while attending the academy. He served briefly at the end of World War II, dropping paratroopers into Germany. He then attended B-25 Mitchell and B-17 Flying Fortress aircraft transition training and Junior Officers Staff School prior to reporting to the 60th Troop Carrier Group in Munich, Germany in February 1946, later serving there as an instructor at the Central Pilots School of the United States Air Forces in Europe and as assistant operations officer for the 11th Troop Carrier Squadron. In June 1948 he returned to the US and was assigned as a training officer and later as commander of the headquarters squadron for the Mobile Air Materiel Area at Brookley Air Force Base, Alabama (closed in 1969 and became the Brookley Aeroplex). In November 1951 he was assigned to the 8th Bombardment Squadron, 3rd Bombardment Wing, at Kunsan Air Base, Korea, as flying safety officer and squadron operations officer. While with the 3rd Bombardment Wing, he flew 55 night intruder combat missions, totaling 230 combat hours in Douglas B-26 Invader aircraft. In July 1952 he returned to the US where he was assigned to Headquarters Tactical Air Command at Langley Air Force Base, Virginia, with duties as an operations staff officer and later as chief of the bombardment division within the Operations Directorate. In February 1956 he returned to Germany and served in a North Atlantic Treaty Organization assignment with Headquarters 4th Allied Tactical Air Force as an operations officer within the Bombardment Division and executive officer for the deputy chief of staff, operations. He returned to the US in July 1959 and was assigned to Headquarters, US Air Force in Washington DC, where he performed duties as a planning and programming officer in the Directorate of Plans until 1962, when he become the assistant executive officer to General Curtis E. LeMay, then the Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force. He entered the National War College at Washington DC in August 1964, and upon graduation the following summer, he become the deputy commander for operations, 317th Troop Carrier Wing, at Lockbourne Air Force Base, Ohio (now Rickenbacker Air National Guard Base). In 1965 he was also awarded a Master of Science Degree in International Relations from The George Washington University in Washington DC. In June 1966 he was assigned to the 315th Air Division at Tachikawa Air Base, Japan, serving as the deputy chief of staff for operations. Two years later, he assumed command of the 315th Air Commando Wing at Phan Rang Air Base, Republic of Vietnam. In July 1969 he returned to the US and was assigned to the Joint Chiefs of Staff in Washington DC as the Air Force member of the Chairman's Staff Group. The following year, he was assigned as deputy director for regional operations, J-3, of the Joint Staff and in June 1972 he became vice director for operations of the Joint Staff. In August 1973 he assumed command of the 1st Strategic Aerospace Division with headquarters at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California. The following year, he returned to Washington and served as assistant to the chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff and, in September 1975 become the deputy chief of staff for plans and operations, Headquarters United States Air Force. Date of birth: 03/12/1923 Date of death: 08/07/2013 Area of notoriety: Military Marker Type: Monument Setting: Outdoor Visiting Hours/Restrictions: None Fee required?: No Web site: [Web Link]

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