If any one man could be said to personify the U.S. Air Force, General Henry Harley (“Hap”) Arnold was that man. He attended its birth, grew up with it, commanded it all through its great years ...

Up on a hill in Portland’s River View Cemetery ... Memo from U.S. Army Commanding General Hap Arnold to Jacqueline Cochran instructing her to deactivate the WASP, sent on Oct. 1, 1944.