James Millikin Bevans James Millikin Bevans was a Major General in the United States Air Force . Biography . Bevans was born in San Francisco , California in 1899 . It cannot be confirmed who his parents were , though it has been considered possible that his parents were United States Army Colonel James Lung Bevans of Platteville , Wisconsin and Dessie Millikin Bevans of Decatur , Illinois , judging by the similarity of the names and the fact that their graves are adjacent to each other at Arlington National Cemetery . He would marry Lorna Downs , who died in 1999 . Bevans died on May 1 , 1977 . Career . Bevans entered the United States Military Academy in 1917 , but would not graduate . However , he enlisted in the Student Army Training Corps at Princeton University . Bevans would complete his officer training at Camp Lee and be commissioned a Second Lieutenant in the Army . In 1922 Bevans graduated from the United States Army Field Artillery School . Bevans would become Professor of Military Science and Tactics at Iowa State College in October 1924 . In 1927 Bevans was transferred to the United States Army Air Corps and assigned to March Field . Bevans would be assigned to serve at France Field in 1930 and would become its Adjutant in 1931 . In 1937 Bevans graduated from the Air Corps Tactical School . The following year he would graduate from the United States Army Command and General Staff College and be assigned as the Adjutant of Mitchel Field . In 1940 he was named Assistant Executive Officer in the Office of the Chief of the Air Corps . He was named Chief of the Enlisted Section of the Military Personnel in June 1941 and Chief of the Officer ' s Section in October of the same year . Bevans served as Assistant for Personnel from January to March 1942 when he was appointed Director of Personnel of the United States Army Air Forces Headquarters . Soon after he was named Assistant Chief of Air Staff . He would be appointed as Deputy for Administration of the U . S . Army Forces in the Mediterranean Theater of Operations in February 1945 . In June of the same year he was named Commanding General of the Air Force in the Mediterranean Theater . That August he became Assistant Chief of Staff for Personnel of the U . S . Forces in Europe . In 1947 he became Director of Personnel and Administration of the U . S . Forces in Europe . He was named Chief of Personnel and Administration of Air Material Command in 1948 . Awards he received include the Distinguished Service Medal , the Legion of Merit , and the Bronze Star Medal . Assignment History . 1940 - Assistant Executive Officer , Office of the Chief of Air Corps 1941 - Chief of Enlisted Section , Military Personnel Division , Headquarters US Army Air Forces 1941 - Chief of Officers ' Section , Military Personnel Division , Headquarters US Army Air Forces 1942 - Assistant Chief of Personnel Division , Headquarters US Army Air Forces 1942 - Director of Personnel , Headquarters US Army Air Forces 1942 - Assistant Chief of Staff for Personnel , Headquarters US Army Air Forces 1945 - Deputy Commanding General for Administration Mediterranean Theater of Operations US Army 1945 - Commanding General Army Air Forces Mediterranean 1945 - Assistant Chief of Staff for Personnel , US Forces in Europe 1947 - Director of Personnel & Administration , European Command 1947 - Attached to Headquarters US Air Force 1948 - Chief of Personnel & Administration , Air Material Command 1951 - Retired