My mother’s first husband was killed flying the hump. Her second husband was my father. Wonder what I would have been like if her first husband had been my father.
Other notable people involved in the Hump airlift, and their later careers, included:
• Maj. Gen. Barry Goldwater, Pilot and flight instructor, later US Senator, and presidential nominee.
• Lt. Col. Robert S. McNamara (corporate executive, Secretary of Defense), scheduling analyst for "Reverse Hump" operation.
• Lt. Col. Thomas Watson Jr. (corporate executive, CEO of IBM, ambassador to the Soviet Union).
• Col. Merian C. Cooper (movie producer), liaison officer.
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• Maj. Gen. Barry Goldwater, Pilot and flight instructor, later US Senator, and presidential nominee.
• Lt. Col. Robert S. McNamara (corporate executive, Secretary of Defense), scheduling analyst for "Reverse Hump" operation.
• Lt. Col. Thomas Watson Jr. (corporate executive, CEO of IBM, ambassador to the Soviet Union).
• Col. Merian C. Cooper (movie producer), liaison officer.