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Ira C. Eaker
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Born
April 13
,
1896
·
Field Creek, Texas, USA
Died
August 6
,
1987
·
Camp Springs, Maryland, USA
Birth name
Ira Clarence Eaker
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Ira C. Eaker was born on April 13, 1896 in Field Creek, Texas, USA. He was married to Ruth Huff Apperson and Leah Chase. He died on August 6, 1987 in Camp Springs, Maryland, USA.
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Ruth Huff Apperson
(November 23, 1931 - August 6, 1987) (his death)
Leah Chase
(1930 - 1930) (divorced)
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Biography in: "The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives". Volume Two, 1986-1990, pages 265-266. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1999.
Commanding General, U.S. 8th Air Force during the Second World War.
Founder, with Gen.
Curtis LeMay
, of the US Air Force's Strategic Air Command (SAC). Eaker was SAC's first commanding general.
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