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Air Medal | memorials = | spouse = Cheyney MacNabb Norton Leslie Cameron Smith | relations = | laterwork = | signature = | signature_size = | signature_alt = | website = | module = }} Lieutenant General John "Jack" Norton (April 14, 1918 – December 6, 2004) was a general in the United States Army. His decorations include the Distinguished Service Medal (4 times) and the Silver Star. He was key in founding the Army Air Corps (later the United States Air Force) and pioneered the use of helicopters in combat, and is a member of the Army Aviation Hall of Fame and the Army Field Experimentation Hall of Fame. ==Early life and career== Norton was born on April 14, 1918 in Shenandoah County, Virginia to Colonel Agustus Norton and Nancy Reed Norton. His father was a front-line artillery officer during World War I, and was an influence on Norton's desire to join the military and become an army officer. Norton spent his early life in Norfolk, Virginia, attending Matthew Fontaine Maury High School. In 1935, Norton enlisted in the Citizens' Military Training Camp in Fort George G. Meade. He enlisted in the army on July 1, 1936 and won an appointment to the United States Military Academy in 1937. Norton was president of his class during his second-class year and First Captain during his first-class year. Norton graduated in 1941 and commissioned in the infantry. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「John Norton (soldier)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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