Kenneth Hills Bitting
Military
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Object Number - UPL 35026 - Colonel Kenneth H Bitting, Director of Personnel, USSTAF
Bitting enlisted as a Private during the First World War and fought in the four major battles in France. He was awarded the Purple Heart and other medals and received a battlefield commission as a Lieutenant. He always loved being known as "Private Bitting."
On 8 December 1941, his 44th birthday, Bitting re-enlisted as a Captain in the US Army Air Corps. From Wright Patterson Field in Dayton Ohio he was shipped to England as Director of Personnel for the 8th Air Corps, and beginning in 1944 for the USSTAF, receiving the US Distinguished Service Medal, the Legion of Merit, the French Legion D'Honneur with Oakleaf Cluster(two), the Order of the British Empire and others.
After Victory in Europe arrived on May 10, 1945, Bitting and his colleagues produced a Proclamation signed by each member of the USSTAF for Personnel.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Headquarters
- Type Category: Combat organisation
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: US Strategic Air Forces Headquarters (Eighth Air Force)
- Highest Rank: General
- Role/Job: Commanding General, 8th Air Force
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
New York, NY, USA | 8 December 1897 | |
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Enlisted |
England, UK | 8 December 1941 | US ARMORY, ST. LOUIS, MO |
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Enlisted |
France | Pvt, Yankee Division, Benefit Street Armory, Providence, RI | |
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Based |
Bushey Hall | WWI, US Army, France WWII, US Army Air Corps, Wright Patterson Field and England, 1941-1945 |
