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Stearley Heights Elementary School was named for

Major General Ralph R. Stearley

Commander, Twentieth Air Force

(31 July 1950 to 14 January 1953)

At the time, Twentieth AF was the major USAF headquarters on Kadena. The housing area where SHES is located and the Wing Commander's Quarters are also named after General Stearley.

(Standing: Far left: BG Ralph Stearley, 2nd: LTG Hoyt Vandenberg, CG, Ninth Air Force , 3rd: LTG Walter "Beetle" Smith, C/S to SACEUR and CinC, ETO, 4th: BG Otto Weyland, CG, XIX Tactical Command (supporting Third Army), 5th: BG Richard Nugent, CG, XXIX Tactical Command (supporting Ninth Army) Seated:
Far left: LTG William "Bull" Simpson, CG, Ninth Army , 2nd: GEN George Patton, CG, Third Army, 3rd: GEN Carl Spaatz, CG, US Strategic Air Forces, Europe, 4th: General of the Army, Dwight Eisenhower, SACEUR and CinC, ETO, 5th: GEN Omar Bradley, CG, 12th Army Group, 6th: GEN Courtney Hodges, CG, First Army, 7th: LTG Leonard Gerow, CG, Fifteenth (Reserve) Army

 

 

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