Clinton D. "Casey" Vincent, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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United States Air Force general
Date of Birth: 29-Nov-1914
Place of Birth: Gail, Texas, United States
Date of Death: 05-Jul-1955
Profession: military officer
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius 
About Clinton D. "Casey" Vincent
- Clinton Dermott "Casey" Vincent (November 29, 1914 – July 5, 1955) was an American flying ace who became the second youngest general officer in United States Army Air Forces history.
- Vincent was one of Claire Chennault's two top fighter commanders in the China Burma India Theater of World War II.
- He served as the model for two comic strip characters by Milton Caniff: "Colonel Vince Casey", and "Brigadier General P.G.
- 'Shanty' Town".Vincent planned and carried out daring offensive air tactics in China, forming the 14th Air Force Forward Echelon which staged out of forward airfields to attack the enemy unexpectedly.
- The successful concept was twinned and reorganized by Chennault into two mixed-aircraft groups, with Vincent commanding one of them, the 68th Composite Wing.
- A string of Allied victories throughout 1943 caused the Japanese to plan a major retaliatory move.
- Beginning in May 1944, the airmen were hit repeatedly and forced into retreat as the Japanese implemented Operation Ichi-Go.
- Vincent's men demolished their valuable airbases and fell back to Chennault's stronghold at Kunming.
- Vincent returned to the U.S.
- afterward, his tour of duty complete. Back home, Vincent was put in command of a training wing and in 1946 was asked to teach at the Air War College.
- Following this, he held the position of second-in-command of the Western Air Defense Force.
- Vincent died of a heart attack in 1955.
- The United States Air Force (USAF) named an air base after him in 1956: the Vincent Air Force Base in Yuma, Arizona.
- The airfield was turned over to the Marines in 1962, and is today the Marine Corps Air Station Yuma (Vincent Field).
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