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Call No. 168.7191
IRIS Nos. 1042923-1042926
Brigadier General. USAF, 1938-1967. Born in Terryville, CT. BS, 1933: MS, 1934; Virginia Polytechnic Institute. Command and General Staff College, 1941; Armed Forces Staff College, 1949. Commissioned Second Lieutenant, Coast Artillery Corps Reserve, October 1933 and served to grade of First Lieutenant, 1933-1938; vacated commission and enlisted as Flying Cadet, October 1938. Commissioned Second Lieutenant, Air Reserve, August 1939. Career assignments include: various duties as company and field grade officer, 1939-1951; Deputy Chief of Staff, Operations, Far East Air Forces bomber Command, 1951-1952; Deputy Chief of Staff, Personnel, Strategic Air Command, 1952-1955; Commander, 371st Bomb Wing, 1955-1957; Chief of Staff, United States Air Force Academy, 1959-1960; National Commander, Civil Air Patrol, 1960-1962; Vice Commander, Thirteenth Air Force, 1962-1963; Commander, Ground Electronics Engineering and Installation Agency, 1964-1967. Retired August 1967.
Official papers relating to McElroy's service as National Commander of the Civil Air Patrol. Includes material on the legal status and administrative concepts of CAP (1941-1959). Also contains CAP opinion survey of wing commanders (1958) and an evaluation of CAP (1960) written by McElroy.