Paul L. Williams (general)
| Paul L. Williams | |
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Major General Paul L. Williams
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| Born |
April 16, 1894 Detroit, Michigan |
| Died | March 3, 1968 (aged 73) |
| Allegiance |
 United States of America
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| Service/branch |
 United States Army United States Air Force
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| Years of service | 1917–1950 |
| Rank |
 Major General
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| Commands held |
Tenth Air Force Second Air Force Ninth Air Force Third Air Force IX Troop Carrier Command 51st Troop Carrier Wing XII Air Support Command 27th Bombardment Group 3rd Bombardment Group 90th Attack Squadron |
| Battles/wars | |
| Awards |
Distinguished Service Medal Legion of Merit Distinguished Flying Cross (2) Air Medal Légion d'honneur (France) Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (UK) |
Paul Langdon Williams (16 April 1894 – 3 March 1968) was a United States Army Air Forces and United States Air Force general. As head of the IX Troop Carrier Command during World War II, he was responsible for the airlift of the airborne landings in North Africa, Sicily, Italy, Normandy, southern France, the Netherlands and Germany.
Paul Langdon Williams was born in Detroit, Michigan on 16 April 1894 but his family moved to Los Angeles when he was still a boy. He graduated Stanford University in 1917 with a Bachelor of Arts degree.
Williams was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the Infantry Reserve on 28 April 1917. On 20 October he enlisted as a private first class in the aviation cadet in the Aviation Section, Signal Enlisted Reserve Corps. On graduation from flight training on 19 February 1918 he was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the Aviation Section, Signal Reserve. In April 1918 he was posted to Carlstrom Field near Arcadia, Florida. In December 1918 he moved to Gerstner Field, Louisiana, and then, in November 1919, to Calexico, California, for border patrol duty with the 9th Aero Squadron. From December 1919 to December 1920 he served with it at Rockwell Field and Mather Field in California.
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