<Li> European Theater of Operations </Li> <Tr> <Th> Awards </Th> <Td> Distinguished Service Cross Army Distinguished Service Medal (3) Silver Star Distinguished Flying Cross (3) Air Medal (5) Order of the Sword (Commander Grand Cross) Order of the Rising Sun (Grand Cordon) Legion of Honour (Commandeur) Order of the Southern Cross Order of Ouissam Alaouite French Croix de Guerre (Palm) Belgian Croix de Guerre (Palm) </Td> </Tr> <P> Curtis Emerson LeMay (November 15, 1906--October 1, 1990) was a general in the United States Air Force and the vice presidential running mate of American Independent Party candidate George Wallace in the 1968 presidential election . LeMay is credited with designing and implementing an effective, but also controversial, systematic strategic bombing campaign in the Pacific theater of World War II . He served as Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force from 1961 to 1965 . </P> <P> LeMay joined the United States Army Air Corps while studying civil engineering at Ohio State University . He had risen to the rank of major by the time of the Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbor . He commanded the 305th Operations Group and the 3d Air Division in the European theatre of World War II from October 1942 to August 1944, when he was transferred to the China Burma India Theater . He was then placed in command of strategic bombing operations against Japan, planning and executing a massive fire bombing campaign against Japanese cities and a crippling minelaying campaign in Japan's internal waterways . </P>

Which u.s. general was the architect of the berlin airlift