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Brown, George Scratchley

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Brown, George Scratchley (1918–78) Air Force chief of staff (1973–74) and Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) chairman (1974–78), born in Montclair, New Jersey. In World War II, Brown was a squadron commander, group operations officer, and executive officer of the 93rd Bombardment Group; he was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross. In the Office of the Secretary of Defense (1959–63), he proved particularly adept at smoothing interservice rivalries and buffering relations between Secretary Robert S. McNamara and the JCS, and played a similar role as assistant to JCS chairman Gen. Earle Wheeler (1966–68). In the Vietnam War, he commanded the 7th Air Force in South Vietnam (1968–70) and was air deputy for Gen. Creighton Abrams, commander of American forces in Vietnam. As JCS chairman he effected the first major reorganization of the JCS since 1958.

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