Military Historian; professor of history.  Born– December 11, 1917, in Waterford, Miss. Parents– James Chester and Oliva Brooks Futrell.  Married– JoAnn MGowan. Education– University of Mississippi, B.A., 1938; M.A., 1939; Vanderbilt University, Ph.D., 1950. Taught at University of Mississippi, 1938; special consultant to U.S. War Department, 1946; historian for Army Air Force and U.S. Air Force History Office, 1946-1949; Air University, 1950-1951; professor, Aerospace Studies Institute, 1951-1971; senior historian, Albert F. Simpson Historical Research Center. Retired 1974 with emeritus status. Served in WWII, Korea, and Vietnam; retired with rank of lieutenant colonel in the U. S. Air Force Reserve. Member of the Southern Historical Association, American Military Institute and Air Force History Foundation, and other professional organizations. Died March 17, 1999.

Source:

Directory of American Scholars, 1978; obituary.

Publication(s):

Aces and Aerial Victories; the United States Air Force in Southeast Asia, 1965-1973. Montgomery, Ala.; Albert F. Simpson Historical Research Center, Air University, 1976.

Background and Growth of Military Civic Actions. Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala.; Aerospace Studies Institute, 1956.

Command of Observation Aviation. Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala.; USAF Historical Division, Research Studies Institute, 1956.

Development of Aeromedical Evacuation in the USAF, 1909-1960. Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala.; USAF Historical Division, Research Studies Institute, 1960.

Ideas, Concepts, Doctrine; a History of Basic Thinking in the United States Air Force, 1917-1964. Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala.; Aerospace Studies Institute, 1971.

Joint_Publication(s):

The United States Air Force in Korea, 1950-1953. New York; Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1961.

The United States Air Force in Southeast Asia. Washington, D.C.; Office of Air Force History, United States Air Force, 1980-.