Origins of airpower: Hap Arnold's early career in aviation technology, 1903-1935

From: Airpower Journal | Date: January 1, 1996| Author: Dik Daso | Copyright information

HENRY HARLEY ("Hap") Arnold was not supposed to enter the Army.1 His older brother, Thomas, was to attend West Point and continue the Arnold family tradition of American military service that be gan during the War for Independence. Henry Harley, Hap's namesake and great-greatgrandfather, had been a private in the Pennsylvania militia. Another relative, Peter Arnold, fought with Gen George Washington's army. Thomas G. Arnold, his grandfather, had been a nail maker who fought at the Battle of G...

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