James U. Cross

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General

James U. Cross
Brigadier General
Commands heldPilot of Air Force One, military aide to President Lyndon B. Johnson, commander of the 75th Tactical Reconnaissance Wing at Bergstrom Air Force Base, Texas
Other workAuthor

James Underwood Cross (April 25, 1925 – July 11, 2015) was a

United States president Lyndon B. Johnson.[2]

Personal life

Cross was born in

U.S. Air Force.[4] His wife, Marie Campbell Cross of Austin, Texas died in February 2010 and is buried in Pleasant Home, Alabama, near Andalusia.[5] They had four children together; one child, June Rainwater, died in 2001. Cross died on July 11, 2015, in Gatesville, Texas. Cross will be buried in Alabama next to his wife.[6]

Professional life

General Cross was trained as a pilot by the

VC-137 presidential aircraft is based. He served as a co-pilot for one year and then served as Armed Forces Aide and pilot to President Lyndon Johnson from 1965 to 1968.[8]

Major James Cross and President Lyndon B. Johnson on the front lawn of the LBJ Ranch near Stonewall, Texas

In August 2010, Cross arranged for one of the

C-140 Lockheed JetStar planes formerly used to transport President Johnson from the White House to his Texas ranch to be loaned from the National Museum of the United States Air Force, refinished and relocated to the Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park in honor of what would have been Johnson's 102nd birthday.[9][10]

On February 23, 1962, Cross flew Vice President Lyndon Johnson, then-Chairman of the

Patrick Air Force Base, Florida.[11]

General Cross' military decorations include the

Air Force Outstanding Unit Award with oak leaf cluster, and the Presidential Service Badge.[4]

Notes

  1. ^ Even though the source at the US Air Force archive states "Army Air Corps", by 1944 when Cross was commissioned, the AAC had been reorganized and renamed the "US Army Air Forces".

References

  1. ISBN 978-0-292-71768-8
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  2. ^ Johnson, Lyndon (1971). The Vantage Point. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston. p. 482.
  3. ISBN 978-0-292-71768-8
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  4. ^ a b "Brigadier General James U. Cross". Archived from the original on 26 June 2013. Retrieved 3 May 2013.
  5. ^ "Marie Cross – and had a brother named Aubrey Cross Obituary". Austin American Statesman. Retrieved 29 July 2013.
  6. ^ "Remembering General James "Jim" Cross". LBJ Library. Retrieved 12 July 2015.
  7. ^ "LBJ's Personal Pilot Visits ROTC Class". Baylor Media Communications. Retrieved 29 July 2013.
  8. ^ Jones, Richard. "Hamilton woman, Air Force One pilot rekindle friendship". Journal News. Retrieved 29 July 2013.
  9. ^ "For President Johnson's 102nd birthday, aircraft becomes showpiece acquisition at LBJ Ranch". Associated Press. Retrieved 29 July 2013.
  10. ^ Cross, James (2008). Around the World With LBJ. Austin, Texas: University of Texas Press. pp. 37–38.
  11. ^ Frasketi, Joe. "The Grand Turk Island Connection with The Project Mercury/Glenn Flight". Retrieved 29 July 2013.

External links

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