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Brigadier General Edward H. Alexander.(United States Air Force)(Biography)
BRIGADIER GENERAL EDWARD H. ALEXANDER
Died Nov. 14, 1978.
Edward Harrison Alexander was born at Watseka, Ill., in 1902. In June 1926, while attending the University of Illinois, he was appointed a second lieutenant in the Air Corps Reserve. A year later he graduated from the university with a bachelor of arts degree and in August 1927 served a brief tour of duty with the Sixth Field Artillery Brigade.
In February 1928 General Alexander became a flying cadet and a year later graduated from the Air Corps Advanced Flying School at Kelly Field, Texas, with the rating of pilot. In March 1929 he joined the 94th Pursuit Squadron at Selfridge Field, ...
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