Merced Army Flying School - Yearbook (Merced, CA)

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ce...-1-. RALPH P. CUUSINS Qeneaaf Commanding General, Army Air Forces West Coast Training Center Ralph P. Cousins, Maior General, Commanding General, AAFWCTC, Santa Ana, California. Born: Mexia, Texas, on December l, l89l. Home Town: Austin, Texas, where his brother, R. B. Cousins, lives. Schools Attended: West Texas Normal College, graduating, l9ll, United States Military Academy, West Point, B.S. degree, l9l5, Sheffield Scientific School, Yale University, M.S. degree, l922. M geforations: World War I Victory Medal, Mexican Interior and Border e a s. Service Schools Attended: Air Corps Tactical School, Langley Field, l93l, Command and General Staff School, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, I933, War College, Washington, D. C., I937. Ratings: Command Pilot and Command Observer. Other Former Stations: Border Patrol, Brownsville, Texas, Interior of Mexico, San Diego, California, Mexican Border, Austin, Texas, Washington, D. C., England and France during World War I, Roosevelt Field, New York, Payne Field, Mississippi, Kelly Field, Texas, Fort Sill, Oklahoma, Schenectady, New York, Camp Vail, New Jersey, Chanute Field, Illinois, Clark Field, Philippines. Detailed as a member of the General Staff Corps and assigned to General Staff with Troops as of August 20, I938. Assumed command of the Army Air Forces West Coast Training Center January 26, l942.