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LeMay

American  
[luh-mey] / ləˈmeɪ /

noun

  1. Curtis (Emerson), 1906–90, U.S. Air Force officer: chief of the Strategic Air Command 1948–61; Chief of Staff of the Air Force 1961–65.


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Sixteen years later, Mr. LeMay would refer to his review as “condescending and cringey.”

From New York Times Jan. 17, 2024

Those 10 customized cars had been on view at LeMay — America’s Car Museum in Tacoma, Wash., and just returned home.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 6, 2023

LeMay justified the decision because many such homes doubled as small factories, a vital cottage industry that fed parts to Japan's ravenous war machine.

From Salon Oct. 30, 2022

As head of the 21st Bomber Command on Guam, LeMay chose to abandon America's longtime strategy of daylight high-altitude precision attacks in favor of burning Japanese cities in low-level nighttime raids.

From Salon Oct. 30, 2022

“This is the greatest defeat in our history,” LeMay howled, pounding a table.

From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin

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