Four Star General, U.S. Air Force; Commanding General of
Mediterranean Allied Tactical Forces 1943-1945; Commander of
Allied Air Forces in European and Mediterranean theatres, W.W.
II; Strategist for "Operation Strangle"; Commander in Chief U.S.
Air Force in Europe, 1945-1948; Head of Air Force Tactical
Command, 1951-1954. Papers include biographical material,
correspondence, personal papers, miscellaneous reports and
orders, flight record, decorations, citations, awards.
Correspondence primarily from the period when Cannon served as
Commander in Chief of U.S. Air Forces in Europe (1945) with a
limited amount of material in regard to his post as Commander of
the U.S. 12th Air Force and all allied air forces in the European
and Mediterranean theatres of World War II. Also includes
collection of correspondence by Mrs. Cannon (LaVon Bennion) and
such dignitaries as Dwight D. Eisenhower and Charles A.
Lindbergh.
Inventory Of The Collection
Box #1: Biographical Material And Addresses (twelve folders)
Folder #l - Biographical data
Folder #2 - Biographical data
Folder #3 - Biographical Sketch (150 page draft)
Folder #4 - Biographical Sketch (unpaged draft)
Folder #5 - Address, 6-21-1951: at Army War College, Fort Leavenworth KS
Folder #6 - Address, 11-8-1951: at Army War College, Fort Leavenworth KS
Folder #7 - Address, 6-7-1952: at Utah State Agricultural College, Logan
Folder #8 - Address, 7-16-1952: at Nato Defense College
Folder #9 - Address, 6-7-1953: at Miami International Airport, Florida
Folder #10- Address, 7-25-1953: at Quantico Marine Corps School, VA
Folder #11- Addresses, Misc.
Folder #12- Addresses, Misc.
Box #2: Correspondence, Incoming: A thru D (sixteen folders)
Folder #l - Aimone-Cat, Mario - Alexander, Sir H.R.
Folder #2 - Allard, Jack - Anderson, F.L.
Folder #3 - Archaimbault, H. - Ayer, Frederick
Folder #4 - Backman, Gus - Bay, C. Ulrick
Folder #5 - Beamish, George - Bevans, J. M.
Folder #6 - Biffle, Leslie L. - Bowman, H.W.
Folder #7 - Bradley, Follett - Brizuela, Luis E.
Folder #8 - Brook, W.A.D. - Bryan, Travis B.
Folder #9 - Bull, H.R. - Burwell, James B.
Folder #10- Campbell, John Neal - Chang, Sun W.
Folder #11- Charbonneaux, P.E. - Churchill, Sir Winston
Folder #12- Cigerza, Enrico - Cleveland, Chester W.
Folder #13- Cochran, Jacqueline - Copenhaver, John R.
Folder #14 - Craig, H.A. - Cunningham, Sir Allan G.
Folder #15 - D'Allra, Sir John Henry - Dick, William W.
Folder #16 - Donohue, Tilnothy W.- Drake, Alonzo
Box #3: Correspondence, Incoming: E thru K (eighteen folders)
Folder #1 - Eaker, Ira C. - Jan. - Sept. 1945
Folder #2 - Eaker, Ira C. - Oct. 1945 - Jan. 1946
Folder #3 - Earle, Edward Mead - Early, James
Folder #4 - Edelman, Leonard E. - Evill, SirDouglas C.S.
Folder #5 - Fagg, W.L. - Fullerton, Hugh S.
Folder #6 - Gaffney, D.V. - Gerdine, Leigh
Folder #7 - Gilbert, Donald L. - Gullett, John F.
Folder #8 - Haeff, Emrny ten - Hanley, Paul
Folder #9 - Hardin, Thomas 0. - Haynes, C.V.
Folder #10 - Heilfron, M. - Homes,Madeline
Folder #ll - Hopper, Effie - Hughes, John E.
Folder #12 - Hull, Harris B. - Hutchinson, John M.
Folder #13 - Infante, Adolfo - Jensen, Dale H.
Folder #14 - Johnson, Harry A. - Jones, Robert H.
Folder #15 - Keenan, Joseph - Keyes, Geoffrey
Folder #16 - Kibler, Franklin A. - Kislenko
Folder #17 - Knapp, Robert D. - Kroll, Bob
Folder #18 - Kuter, Lawrence
Box #4: Correspondence, Incoming: L thru Q (eighteen folders)
Folder #l - Lackas, John C. - Larson, W.T.
Folder #2 - Learned, E.P. - Leese, Sir Oliver
Folder #3 - Lehne, Hank - Littlejohn, Robert M.
Folder #4 - Lloyd, Sir Hugh P. - Loewy, Erwin
Folder #5 - Longfellow, Newt - Lyon, Ben
Folder #6 - McAfee, James B. - McCrary
Folder #7 - McDaniel, Carl B. - McKenna, Charles F.
Folder #8 - McKim, Kenneth W. - McRae, Thomas
Folder #9 - Mace, Don - Mickle, Joe J.
Folder #10 - Miller, Joseph A. - Moore, Samuel T.
Folder #11 - Morgan, Ed - Mow, P.T.
Folder #12 - Muller, Walter J. - Myers, James
Folder #13 - Nebeker, A.H. - Niergarth, O.O.
Folder #14 - Nordlinger, David A. - Nugent, R.E.
Folder #15 - Obermeyre, David H. - Oringer, Sanford G.
Folder #16 - Parkinson, Cannon - Paxton, A.G.
Folder #17 - Pelisse, P.A. - Powers, Edward Micheal
Folder #18 - Prendergost, Albert C. - Quesada, E.A.
Box #5: Correspondence, Incoming: R thru Z (twenty- one folders)
Folder #l - Rainey, Leroy A. - Rixey, George F.
Folder #2 - Roberts, G.C. - Rust, Armistead
Folder #3 - Saltzman, Charles E. - Sawbridge, B.M.
Folder #4 - Schaller, Maurice - Schweiger, John M.
Folder #5 - Secco, Vasco Alves - Skanchy, Rex
Folder #6 - Slessor, Sir John C. - Smyser, Rudolph E.
Folder #7 - Snagge, Ralph M. - Spalding, James T.
Folder #8 - Spivey, Dlemar T. - Stowell, James S.
Folder #9 - Stranathan, Leland S. - Stuyvesant, E.D.
Folder #10 - Sullivan, Joseph P. - Symington, W. Stuart
Folder #11 - Taft, Robert - Taylor, Myron C.
Folder #12 - Tedder, Lord - Timberlake, E.J.
Folder #13 - Tobin, Ralph C. - Trudeau, Arthur G.
Folder #14 - Tucker, John H. - Twining, Nathan F.
Folder #15 - Ulrich, Edward F. - Von Ritter, Egan
Folder #16 - Wade, Lee - Warner, Homer C.
Folder #17 - Webber, Kenneth E. - Weyland, O.P.
Folder #18 - Wheeler, Charles A. - Whittington, V.V.
Folder #19 - Wiehe, Anita - Wimsatt, Robert W.C.
Folder #20 - Withey, William W. - Wymond, G.O.
Folder #21 - Yates, Donald N. - Zumwalt, Ken
Box #6: Correspondence, Outgoing: A thru J (seventeen folders)
Folder #l - Airey, Sir Terence - Atkinson, J.H.
Folder #2 - Barcus, Glenn 0. - Bertrandeau, Victor E.
Folder #3 - Biffle, Leslie L. - Brewer, C.W.
Folder #4 - Brizuela, Luis E. - Burwell, James B.
Folder #5 - Caffery, Jefferson - Cavoli, Joseph William
Folder #6 - Chauncey, C.C. - Cleveland, Chester W.
Folder #7 - Cochrane, Sir Ralph - Culmsee, Carlton
Folder #8 - Dahl, Leo P. - Deichelmann, Matthew K.
Folder #9 - Devers, Jacob L. - Dribben, William H.
Folder #10 - Eaker, Ira June - September, 1945
Folder #11 - Eaker, Ira October - November, 1945
Folder #12 - Eaker, Ira December - February, 1946
Folder #13 - Earle, Edward Mead - French, C.R,
Folder #14 - Gaffney, D.V. - Fulliver, Ashbel Green
Folder #15 - Hall, Melvin - Howard, Walter
Folder #16 - Hudleston, E.C. - Hutchison, John M.
Folder #17 - Infante, Adolfo - Jones, Robert H.
Box #7: Correspondence, Outgoing: K thru S (nineteen folders)
Folder #l - Kepner, William E. - Keyes, Geoffrey
Folder #2 - Kibler, Franklin A. - Kuter, Lawrence S.
Folder #3 - Lackas, John C. - Larson, W.T.
Folder #4 - Learned, E.P. - Lewis, Millard
Folder #5 - Lindbergh, Charles A. - Lyon, Ben
Folder #6 - McAfee, James B. - Mcllnay, O.F.
Folder #7 - McKee, William F. - Mashburn, Neely C.
Folder #8 - Mechling, Edward - Moore, Samuel T.
Folder #9 - Morgan, Ed - Myers, James
Folder #10 - Neal, Wilson H. - Nugent, R.E.
Folder #11 - Obermyer, David H. - Philardeau, P.
Folder #12 - Pletzer, Joe - Quesada, E.R.
Folder #13 - Rainey, Leroy A. - Ridgeway, Lindsey S
Folder #14 - Rivele, John R. - Rumberg, Charles H.
Folder #15 - Saltzman, Charles E. - Secco, Vasco Alves
Folder #16 - Shannon, Edith Ratcliff - Slessor, Sir John C.
Folder #17 - Smart, Jacob E. - Sprague, John T.
Folder #18 - Stannard, Bruce R. - Stratemeyer, George E.
Folder #19 - Strickland, A.C. - Symington, W. Stuart
Box #8 Correspondence, Outgoing And Misc. (fifteen folders)
Folder #l - Talbot, Clarence P. - Twining, Nathan F.
Folder #2 - Ulrich, Edward F. - Warner, Homer C.
Folder #3 - Weber, Kenneth E. - Weyland, O. P
Folder- ft4 - Wheeler, Charles A. - Wittkoll, H.M.
Folder #5 - Wolfe, K.B. - Zurnwalt, Ken
Fan Mail
Folder #6 - Baron, William - Crouch, Kenneth E.
Folder #7 - Dalton, Arthur Treadwell - Grice, James
Folder #8 - Hawk, John - Lubin, Sheldon
Folder #9 - McDonald, Chester - Russell, Clayton
Folder #10 - Santos, Ernest A. - Spalding, James T.
Folder #11 - Timbers, James - Zingone, Marie A.
Folder #12 - Invitations
Folder #13 - Misc. Correspondence
Folder #14 - Misc. Corrispondence
Folder #15 - Partial Correspondents List
Box #9: Personal Awards And Notices (fifteen folders)
Folder #1 - Commendations 1938 - 1944
Folder #2 - Decorations and Certificates 1943 - 1951
Folder #3 - Flight Record 1932 - 1934
Folder #4 - Flight Record 1935 - 1936
Folder #5 - Flight Record 1937 - 1938
Folder #6 - Filght Record 1939 - 1940
Folder #7 - Flight Record 1941 - 1942
Folder #8 - Orders, General 1943 - 1945
Folder #9 - Orders, Personal 1922 - 1946
Folder #10 - Orders, Special 1936 - 1945
Folder #11 - Press Releases 1943 - 1953
Folder #12 - Report: Experiences at Anzia Beachhead
Folder #13 - Report: Henkell Family Investigation, 1948 - 1949
Folder #14 - Misc.
Folder #15 - Misc.
Box #10: Publications (five folders, three envelopes)
Folder #l - Curtis-Wright Flying Mission to Salonika, Greece
Folder #2 - Foreign Press relating to J.K. Cannon.
Folder #3 - Newspapers, Air Force: Mach Meter, Cannon Air Base, NM 5-7-57, 5-20-60, 10-28-60 Ramjet, Ramstein Air Base, Germany 2-25-57 Tailspinner, Langley Air Base, Va 2-12-57
Folder #4 - Newspapers, Clovis News Journal: rededication of Clovis Air Force Base to Cannon Air Force Base, 6-9-57
Folder #5 - Newsclippings 1942 - 1945
Folder #6 - Newsclippings 1946 - 1949
Folder #7 - Newsclippings 1950 - 1957
Folder #8 - Magazines, Various Titles (six issues)
Box #11: Memorabilia
Box #12: Miscellaneous.
Box #13: Citations And Certificates (thirty-four) Medals (eleven)
Box #14: Medals (eighteen).
Box #15: Correspondence, Lavon B. Cannon (twenty folders)
Folder #1 - Ackerman, Faith - Brossard, Edgar B.
Folder #2 - Cannon, John Kenneth - April - May, 193()
Folder #3 - Cannon, John Kenneth - June - July, l930
Folder #4 - Cannon, John Kenneth - 1942
Folder #5 - Cannon, John Kenneth - Jan - June, 1943
Folder #6 - Cannon, John Kenneth - July-- Dec, 1943
Folder #7 - Cannon, John Kenneth - Jan - Aug, 1944
For more information: 435/797-2663; Manuscript Librarian.
Special Collections & Archives, Merrill Library, Utah State University Libraries, Utah State University 84322-3000
