LeMay
Americannoun
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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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