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Call No. 168.7222
IRIS Nos. 01069922-01069927
Colonel. USAAF, 1919-1946. Texas. Air Corps Tactical School, 1939. Served to grade of Technical Sergeant, Air Corps, 1919-1929; commissioned Second Lieutenant, Air Corps, July 1929. Career assignments include: various duties as company and field grade officer, 1929-1943; Commander, Bainbridge Field, March August 1943; Deputy Chief of Staff, Eastern Flying Training Command, August 1943-December 1944; Commander, Maxwell Field, December 1944-October 1945; patient, AAF Convalescent Hospital, October 1945.
Personal and official papers relating mostly to Choate's Army Air Force career. Contains several photographs of the time period Choate was at Maxwell Field (1929-1945), including aerial shots of a local flood in 1929. Also includes a copy of Air Force, the official journal of the US Army Air Forces (August 1944). Contains other mementoes and newsclippings including a schedule for a Combined Tactical Demonstration (21 June 1945). Also contains personnel records (1944-1945).