[SAMWolf]

Curtis LeMay Bump

[vetvetdoug]

LeMay's command of the 8th AAF was given to him after the previous commander, General Nathan Bedford Forrest III, was killed leading a formation of B-17's over Germany. LeMay designed the "box" formation that afforded the B-17's protection against the tenacious Nazi fighters. LeMay tried one B-29 raid in May of 1945 that featured low flying bombing runs over Tokyo that resulted in a very high loss of men and planes (including my cousin). After that he resulted to high altitude bombing of the Japanese targets.

LeMay was an outspoken commander and demanded his troops discipline and spit and polish. LeMay was a common sense commander too, he was the General that selected the M-16 for use by combat USAF personnel before the Army and the USMC took up the weapon.

[Defender2]

General Lemay knew how to deal with our enemies, He just out and out trashed them and turned them into ashes!!!! That's one of the reasons why the Enemy during the Cold War
Blinked on more than one occasion. That's why Kruschev blinked during the Cuban Missile Crisis of October, 1962.

Lemay did not play!!!! If the Enemy were to just cut U.S. bad, Lemay would just turn 'em into Ashes!!!!