Just outside the museum.

An upright rough-hewn stone inscribed with the name and rank of General LeMay in white lettering. On the top of the monument is the insignia of the 8^th Air Force. A small plaque could also be seen near the top-left corner of the monument. Behind the monument is the flag of the USA.

General Curtis E. LeMay was an American Air Force general who implemented an effective but controversial strategic bombing campaign in the Pacific theater of World War II. Entering the U.S. Army Air Corps in 1928, LeMay advanced to the position of bombardment group commander by 1942. Flying with the 8th Air Force from England (1942–44), he became known for his development of advanced bomber tactics, including pattern bombing and the combat box formation. After commanding B-29s in India and China (1944), LeMay took over the 21st Bomber Command in the Mariana Islands (January 1945); in that post, he planned and originated the low-altitude incendiary-bombing tactics that burned out parts of Tokyo and a number of other Japanese cities in an effort to force a surrender before the Allied invasion of Japan, which was planned for the end of that year.

Source of information: www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk, en.wikipedia.org, www.britannica.com

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GENERAL CURTIS E. LEMAY

1906 – 1990

COMMANDER 3rd AIR DIVISION

8^th A. F. WORLD WAR II