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General Bernard Adolph Schriever USAF (ret.) 1910-2005.(Obituary)

Publication: Air Power History
Publication Date: 22-SEP-05
Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

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Gen. Bernard Adolph Schriever, USAF (Ret.) died on June 20, 2005, at his home in Washington, D.C. He was ninety-four years old.

Regarded universally as the "father" of the Air Force's ballistic missile and space programs, Schriever was born in Bremen, Germany, on September 14, a...

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...1910. He and his family immigrated to the United States in 1917 and became naturalized citizens in 1923. "Bennie" Schriever grew up in San Antonio and graduated from Texas A&M in 1931 with BS degree in engineering.

Commissioned in the Field Artillery, he began flight training at Randolph Field and earned his wings and commission in the Air Corps in June 1933. First...

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