Stuart Symington
Stuart Symington
William Stuart Symington, Jr.was an American businessman and politician from Missouri. He served as the first Secretary of the Air Force from 1947 to 1950 and was a Democratic United States Senator from Missouri from 1953 to 1976...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBusinessman
Date of Birth26 June 1901
CountryUnited States of America
air asked hardly honored korean left ran
Hardly had I left when we ran into the Korean war, doubled what I had asked for and doubled it again. I had told him I would stay in Government, be honored to, but not with the Air Force.
asked board build england gun plant power production united war
In 1941 the War Production Board asked if I would go to England and find out how to build the first power gun turret plant in the United States.