George E. Stratemeyer

George Edward Stratemeyer
George Edward Stratemeyer
	Army Distinguished Service Medal (4); Distinguished Flying Cross; Air Medal (2)

China Burma India Theater of World War II and was Far East Air Forces commander during the first year of the Korean War

.

Early career

Stratemeyer was born in

Chanute Field, Illinois. Stratemeyer was promoted to major in August 1918. With official transfer to the Air Corps from the Infantry in 1920 he went to Luke Field, Hawaii

as commanding officer of the 10th Air Park.

Stratemeyer returned to

Hamilton Field, California. He graduated from the Army War College in 1939 and went to the office of the Chief of the United States Army Air Corps as head of the Training and Operations Division, with promotion to colonel

in March 1940.

A year later Stratemeyer became executive officer to General

Maxwell Field, Alabama, for five months and returned to Washington in June 1942 as chief of Air Staff for General Arnold. He had been promoted to major general

in February 1942.

World War II

Stratemeyer went to the

China Burma India Theater in mid-1943, appointed Commanding General of the Army Air Forces' India-Burma Sector, deputy Air Commander Southeast Asia, and commander of the Eastern Air Command, South East Asia Command (SEAC). Although officially air advisor to General Joseph Stilwell

, his status was comparable to that of Stilwell.

Part of Stratemeyer's command, the

Sir Richard Peirse, Major General Daniel I. Sultan

, and FDR), all of whom could give him orders in one or another of his capacities.

Stratemeyer was promoted to

Claire Chennault out as commander of the 14th Air Force, headquartered in Kunming

.

After the war, Stratemeyer commanded the

Air Defense Command at Mitchel Field, New York, and the Continental Air Command

, which was organized there in November 1948. At both positions, Stratemeyer tried to improve America's warning system.

Korean War

Stratemeyer went to Tokyo in April 1949 as commanding general of Far East Air Forces, which he led through the first year of the Korean War. His units responded rapidly to the North Koreans' invasion of the South and provided South Korea and General Douglas MacArthur with the vital air arm. General Stratemeyer had a serious heart attack in Tokyo in May 1951 and was confined to the Air Force hospital at nearby Tachikawa Air Base.

Stratemeyer retired on 31 January 1952. He died in Winter Park, Florida on 9 August 1969.^[1]

Decorations

Stratemeyer awards include the

Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire

; Yugoslavian pilot's badge.

References

^ "George Stratemeyer, AF General, is Dead". New York Daily News. Winter Park, Florida. AP. 11 August 1969. p. 32. Retrieved 2 December 2022 – via Newspapers.com.

This article includes content from Official United States Air Force Biography of George E. Stratemeyer, which as a work of the U.S. Government is presumed to be a public domain resource.

External links

Website about George E. Stratemeyer Archived 30 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine

[1] "George Stratemeyer, AF General, is Dead". New York Daily News. Winter Park, Florida. AP. 11 August 1969. p. 32. Retrieved 2 December 2022 – via Newspapers.com.

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