Radford, Arthur
Radford, Arthur (1896–1973), World War II admiral and chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS).Born in Chicago, Arthur Radford graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1916. Following his designation as a naval aviator in 1920, Radford was assigned to a variety of aviation‐related positions in the interwar years.
From 1941 until 1943, he served as director of aviation training in the Bureau of Aeronautics. In this assignment, Radford skillfully directed a program of intensive expansion of all phases of naval aviation training that enabled the U.S. Navy to fulfill its enormous requirement for combat pilots. Other wartime assignments included command in combat of two different aircraft carrier divisions.
In 1947, Radford was selected by chief of naval operations Louis E. Denfeld to be vice chief of naval operations. He quickly gained a...
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