Background
Ford, Earl H. De was born on September 1, 1890 in Stuart, Iowa, United States. Son of Franklin and Jane Isabelle (Clark) DeFord.
Ford, Earl H. De was born on September 1, 1890 in Stuart, Iowa, United States. Son of Franklin and Jane Isabelle (Clark) DeFord.
Bachelor of Laws, Drake U., Des Moines, Iowa, 1911. Graduate Air Corps Tactical School, Langley Field, 1929, Command and General staff schedul, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, 1935.
Isabelle. Practiced law, 1911-1917. Commissioned captain Infantry Reserve, 1917, captain Regular Army, Infantry, 1920. Major, Air Corps, 1935, and advanced to brigadier general, 1943.
Commanding general XI Bomber Command.
Clubs: Alta, Rotary (Salt Lake City), Kiwanis (Oklahoma City). Mason (Shriner).
Married Zoe Kester, December 25, 1913.