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		Twining turned on her searchlight as a marker for the aircraft and rescued survivors of planes which had gone down in the darkness.
		Twining continued her support of the invasion of Tinian through the end of the month, steaming on station between Tinian and Saipan and occasionally firing at Japanese targets on the island.
		Twining departed Eniwetok on 15 September to rendezvous with Rear Admiral Gerald F. Bogan's Fast Carrier Task Group and thereafter devoted most of her effort for the rest of the war to protecting aircraft carriers.
	www.history.navy.mil /danfs/t10/twining.htm (3230 words)

	Twining, General Nathan Farragut (1897-1982)
		Twining was ordered to Fort Crockett, Texas, in March 1932, and was assigned to the Third Attack Group as a squadron commander; that August he joined the 90th Attack Squadron and a month later, the 60th Service Squadron at the same base.
		Twining was sent to the South Pacific as chief of staff to Maj. Gen.
		On Aug. 15, 1957, Twining was formally sworn in as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff by President Eisenhower in the Cabinet Room of the White House.
	www.daviddarling.info /encyclopedia/T/Twining.html (1184 words)

	Nathan Farragut Twining, General, United States Air Force
		General Nathan Farragut Twining was the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Department of Defense, Washington, D.C. In this capacity, he serves as the senior military adviser to the president, the National Security Council and the secretary of defense.
		General Twining was ordered to Fort Crockett, Texas, in March 1932, and was assigned to the Third Attack Group as a squadron commander; that August he joined the 90th Attack Squadron and a month later, the 60th Service Squadron at the same base.
		On Aug. 15, 1957, General Twining was formally sworn in as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff by President Eisenhower in the Cabinet Room of the White House.
	www.arlingtoncemetery.net /ntwining.htm (1195 words)

	Nathan Farragut Twining - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Twining came from a rich military background; his forebears had served in the United States Army and Navy since the French and Indian War.
		In 1947, Twining was asked to study UFO reports; he recommened that a formal study of the phenomenon take place; Project Sign was the result.
		General Twining died on March 29, 1982 at Lackland Air Force Base in Texas and was buried in Arlington National Cemetery.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Nathan_Twining (513 words)

	GENERAL MERRILL B. TWINING, USMC (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)*
		General Twining was born on 28 November 1902, at Monroe, Wisconsin, and was commissioned a Marine second lieutenant upon graduation from the U.S. Naval Academy in June 1923.
		Twining, former Air Force Chief of Staff, was named by President Eisenhower to serve as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
		His grandfather, Nathan C. Twining, was a Civil War Army captain; and his uncle, Nathan C., a rear admiral.
	www.mclm.com /tohonor/mbtwining.html (914 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Twining coordinated the air campaign against the Japanese in the Solomon Islands until January 1943, when he was promoted to major general and given command of 13th Air Force.
		Twining’s most important achievement during this period, however, was reconfiguring the Air Force to support President Dwight D. Eisenhower’s nuclear defense strategy.
		Robert F. Dorr, an Air Force veteran, lives in Oakton, Va. He is the author of “Chopper,” a history of helicopter pilots.
	www.armytimes.com /print.php?f=1-292308-1584757.php (578 words)

	Nathan F. Twining (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Nathan F. Twining succeeded Vandenberg as Air Force chief and was then named chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the first airman to hold that position.
		Twining came from a rich military background; his forebears had served in the American Army and Navy since the French and Indian War.
		Twining admitted he did not understand why he was given Air Materiel Command, and Alaskan Command was then considered a backwater.
	www.airpower.maxwell.af.mil /airchronicles/cc/twin.html (699 words)

	Military.com Content
		Twining, descended from a line of military forebears who had served the U.S. since the French and Indian Wars, enlisted in the Army in June 1916.
		Twining came to Washington, D.C., in 1940 as assistant chief of staff of the Air Corps' inspection division.
		Twining, as chairman of the Joint Chiefs, was often tasked with making statements on this issue.
	www.military.com /Content/MoreContent/1,12044,ML_twining_bkp,00.html (357 words)

	Date: Mon Oct 10 1994 15:07:46 To: All Subj: Roswell Critique Dubious Truth About the Rosw
		Nathan F. Twining, head of the Air Materiel Command, as well as about FBI involvement in the Roswell case.
		Twining's response was based on an "estimate" sent to him by Schulgen's office a short time before.
		Yet Twining, according to Randle and Schmitt, was so confident he could keep it under wraps that he recommends Washington to launch an investigation into something but then avoids mentioning the existence of the most crucial evidence.
	www.skepticfiles.org /ufo2/roscrit.htm (2318 words)

	No Bended Knee: The Battle for Guadalcanal: The Memoir of Gen. Merrill B. Twining USMC (Ret) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Twining was the 1st Marine Division's D-3 (operations officer) during the seizure and defense of Guadalcanal.
		Twining gives his firsthand report about the incredible decision of Vice Adm Jack Fletcher to pull the Navy away from Guadalcanal, leaving marines to fend for themselves on half rations, little ammunition, and no combat service support.
		In the preface, Twining mentions how important it is for a staff officer to be able to convert plans and decisions of the commander into ordered and responsive battle actions.
	www.airpower.maxwell.af.mil /airchronicles/bookrev/dgbrad.html (648 words)

	Nathan Twining (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Nathan Farragut Twining, born in Monroe, Wisconsin was the first U.S. Air Force general to serve as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and was largely responsible for the creation of a strategic air force that was second to none.
		At the beginning of World War II Twining was appointed Director of War Organization and Movements in Washington, D.C. He was sent to the South Pacific during 1942 eventually commanding all tactical U.S. and Allied Air Forces there.
		For various achievements during the war Twining was awarded the Distinguished Service Medal, the Legion of Merit with Oak Leaf cluster, the Distinguished Flying Cross and the Air Medal with Oak Leaf cluster as well as the Yugoslav Order of Partisan Star and the rank of Companion of the Order of the British Empire.
	www.aviationhalloffamewisconsin.com /inductees/twining.htm (423 words)

	What Did the Air Force Really Know?
		Twining was a Lieutenant General and therefore outranked Schulgen, the difference being the number of stars worn.
		Twining as the commanding officer of AMC while Schulgen was an assistant chief of staff for intelligence.
		Twining could respond, officially, to Schulgen, mention there had been no crash recovered exhibits in the official analysis of the cases that had been reviewed, and not be telling a lie, even if there had been a crash at Roswell.
	members.aol.com /TPrinty/end.html (2640 words)

	Nathan F. Twining Elementary/Middle School - Nathan F. Twining Elementary/Middle School
		Welcome to Nathan Twining Elementary and Middle School that is cleverly hidden on the Grand Forks Air Force Base in North Dakota.
		Twining boasts an enrollment of approximately 320 students in grades 4 through 8 and each student is known as a Thunderbird!
		As civilian employees at Twining School, we are proud and honored to serve the children of the women and men who comprise the armed forces, and who help ensure the freedom and liberties that we so enjoy as Americans.
	www.grand-forks.k12.nd.us /education/school/school.php?sectionid=15 (380 words)

	Search Results for "Twining"
		Gen Nathan F Twining, Chief of Staff, US Air Force.
		Any of various trailing or twining, often weedy plants of the genera Calystegia and Convolvulus, having white, pink, or purple bell-shaped or funnel-shaped flowers....
		...The flexible twining or climbing stem of certain plants, such as the hop, woodbine, or bindweed.
	bartleby.com /cgi-bin/texis/webinator/sitesearch?FILTER=&query=Twining (324 words)

	Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Twining
		Hadley, Arthur Twining HADLEY, ARTHUR TWINING [Hadley, Arthur Twining] 1856-1930, American economist and educator, b.
		wisteria WISTERIA [wisteria] or wistaria, any plant of the genus Wisteria, woody twining vines of the family Leguminosae (pulse family), cultivated and highly esteemed for the beautiful pendent clusters of pealike flowers, lilac, white, or pink.
		Her powerful floral paintings are fantasies of twining stems and colorful blooms, with bits of human anatomy scattered into flat, frontal designs.
	www.encyclopedia.com /SearchResults.aspx?Q=Twining (511 words)

	Early Official UFO file on Project 1947
		General Twining was authorized on his own authority, then, to initiate a "flying disc" investigation, and this apparently he did with no relation to the Roswell incident."
		While, Twining may have had the authority to start a UFO investigation on his own, he probably either co-ordinated with General Vandenberg or received orders from Vandenberg to investigate UFOs on or before the 2nd of July.
		It should also be noted that Twining gave the job of investigating UFOs not to Colonel McCoy of Deputy Commanding General, Technical Intelligence, T-2, but rather to General Brentnall, Deputy Commanding General for Engineering, T-3.
	ufoinfo.com /news/proj1947file.shtml (534 words)

	The General Twining Memo
		This letter was sent out to Air Material Commands (AMC) in response to General Schulgen's Collection Memorandum.
		Twining requested that investigations be conducted that might shed some light on the recent rash of Flying Saucer sightings.
		The Walker Memo was sent out as a result of this letter.
	www.roswellfiles.com /Articles/twining.htm (624 words)

	Nathan Farragut Twining
		Twining naît le 11 Octobre 1897 à Monroe (Wisconsin).
		L'article cite également Twining, joint au téléphone, qui déclare que l'armée enquête sur ces affaires.
		Twining doute donc qu'il s'agisse de missiles guidés : la technique de télécommande n'est pas au point quand l'éloignement est trop important.
	www.rr0.org /TwiningNathanFarragut.html (672 words)

	The Air Force in the Jet Age - March 1956 (PRINT-FRIENDLY) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Nathan F. Twining—General Twining became USAF Chief of Staff in 1953.
		Born in Wisconsin in 1897, General Twining was graduated from West Point in 1918 and won his wings in ’24.
		In World War II, he had tactical command of all AFs in the South Pacific, later heading the 15th AF in Italy and the Mediterranean Allied Strategic AFs.
	www.afa.org /magazine/march1956/0356jetage.html (2520 words)

	twining, nathan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The Leadership of General Nathan F. Twining, pp 139-164.
		Gen Nathan F. Twining, Chief of Staff USAF, 1953-1957.
		Twining Outlines Problems of U.S. Military Structure; Advises Army.
	www.au.af.mil /au/aul/bibs/great/twin.htm (309 words)

	PROJECT 1947 - Sighting Summary From Twining to Brentnall, July 2 1947 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		On or before the 2nd of July 1947, Dave Johnson, the aviation editor of the Boise, Idaho, Statesman newspaper, contacted Lieutenant General Nathan F. Twining, Commanding General of AMC, concerning the flying disc sightings.
		General Twining sent a routing slip dated 2 July to General Brentnall, Deputy Commanding General, T-3, Engineering saying that AMC should investigate flying discs.
		Included was a sheet with short summaries of the sightings of Richard Rankin, Kenneth Arnold and a reference to a sighting by Forest Service Fire Watch personnel.
	www.project1947.com /fig/summtext.html (190 words)

	Truman Library - Roswell Gilpatric Oral History Interview
		Finletter is very controlled, somewhat of an introvert, very dispassionate, unemotional, and yet I recall seeing him before some of the appropriations and armed service committee hearings, where he really went all out within his capabilities to present the Air Force case.
		Incidentally, I was responsible in bringing together two of the senior officers of the Air Force and Navy who subsequently rose to great heights, namely, General [Nathan F.] Twining, who was Vice Chief of Staff for the Air Force, and Admiral [Arthur W.] Radford, who was then CINCPAC--this was in '52.
		Subsequently, during the Eisenhower administration, of course, the thing erupted and became a major issue that had to be dealt with by the President himself.
	www.trumanlibrary.org /oralhist/gilpatrc.htm (6880 words)

	Convair B-36 Peacemaker -- Chapter 1 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Nathan F. Twining, the commander of the Air Materiel Command agreed with this assessment.
		They felt that the problems that had been experienced with the B-36 were normal at this stage in its development and that they could eventually be solved given sufficient time.
		General Carl Spaatz, who was now the commander of the USAAF, agreed with General Twining, and the B-36 contract was retained.
	www.csd.uwo.ca /~pettypi/elevon/baugher_us/b036-01.html (2733 words)

	13th Air Force USAAF, 1942 - 1945, The "Jungle Air Force"
		On 13 January 1943 Major General Millard Harmon, the Commanding General of the South Pacific region (COMGENSOPAC) established the 13th Air Force which was to be known as the "Jungle Air Force".
		The 13th Air Force was placed under the command of Brigadier General Nathan F. Twining.
		The Headquarters for the 13th Air Force were established at Espirito Santo in the New Hebrides, which is located about 560 miles south east of Guadalcanal.
	home.st.net.au /~dunn/usaaf/13thaf.htm (119 words)

	UFOs: Project Sign - UFO Evidence (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The Commander of the Air Materiel Command at Wright-Patterson, Lt. General Nathan F. Twining, held a conference with persons from the Air Institute of Technology, Intelligence T-2, the Office of Chief Engineering Division, and the the Aircraft, Power Plant, and Propeller Laborotories of Engineering Division T-3.
		Although this was almost three months after Roswell, and Twining was at Wright-Patterson, where the Roswell debris was supposed to have been sent, he states that there is a...lack of physical evidence in the shape of crash recovered exhibits...
		By this time, U. intelligence had completed its analysis of German projects that were in existence during the War, and had found nothing that could account for UFO sightings, even with post-war continued development in the Soviet Union.
	www.ufoevidence.org /documents/doc1264.htm (1115 words)

	UFOs Continue to Visit Nuclear Energy Sites
		We are reminded of a statement made by General Nathan F.
		Twining of the Army Air Forces(the original UFO study Project Sign) in 1947 forty years ago.
		General Twining said, "all pertinent data would be made available to the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC)." Perhaps answers to the many question posed at the beginning of this article were furnished to the Atomic Energy Commission, but they have yet to see the light of day in the public sector through 1987.
	www.ufomind.com /misc/1997/sep/d23-008.shtml (2405 words)

	Project Blue Book played a key role in government efforts to downplay the UFO phenomenon
		Following the first explosion of UFO sightings in the United States during the summer of 1947, the commander-in-chief of the newly independent United States Air Force asked Lt. General Nathan F. Twining to undertake a study of the strange objects zipping about in America's skies.
		On September 23, 1947, Twining sent in a preliminary report, in which he suggested the Air Force set up a permanent project to study UFOs.
		Twining's initial report also noted that the reported performance of UFOs exceeded that of any known aircraft -- "ours" or "theirs" (the Soviets').
	www.stardocs.hit.bg /bluebookproject.htm (1567 words)

	"T" Famous People
		Thomése, P F (1958-) Novelist, born in Doetinchem, E Netherlands.
		Toomer, Jean (Eugene Nathan) 1894-1967 Jean Toomer, a writer of mixed racial heritage...
		Twining, Nathan F(arragut) (1897-1982) Aviator, born in Monroe, Wisconsin, USA.
	www.jonathanselby.com /Tfam (9117 words)

	NewspaperARCHIVE.com - Search old newspapers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		When word of the imitation to Twining goi oa: last week top government officials let it be known they would give serious cons.deration to any bid for the joint chiefs to visit Russia.
		Twining reported that approach to the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
		Div'sion of Opinion There was a division of opinion in the Pentagon and elsewhere in the administration as to whether Twining should have accepted the invitation.
	www.newspaperarchive.com /newspapers1/na0010/396599/4273923.html (2844 words)

	325 His (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The air echelon of ground personnel departed Theodore F. Greene field on 6-7 January and proceeded to Morrison Field, Florida.
		On 23 January the balance of the personnel departed Theodore F. Greene Field for Camp Kilmer, New Jersey.
		At the ceremony held during the afternoon of that day, Major General Nathan F.
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