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Also Known As Curtis Emerson LeMay
Born November 15, 1906 • Columbus • Ohio
Died October 1, 1990 (aged 83) • March Air Reserve Base • California
Role In Tokyo, Bombing of • World War II • Battle of Okinawa • Pacific War

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