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He rose to Assistant Director of the US Army Air Corps in 1935, becoming Director in 1938 and holding that office throughout World War II. In 1940, knowing war was coming, he asked President <a href="/people/115/000024043/">Franklin D. Roosevelt</a> for 100,000 planes over coming years -- far more than his underlings had thought necessary, but a number much closer to reality. A series of heart attacks limited his effectiveness in later years. Even so, Roosevelt in 1944 appointed him a five star general -- a position held also by <a href="/people/737/000031644/">Omar Bradley</a>, <a href="/people/111/000024039/">Dwight D. Eisenhower</a>, <a href="/people/025/000043893/">Douglas MacArthur</a>, and <a href="/people/704/000053545/">George C. Marshall</a>. Arnold was also instrumental in creation of the Civil Air Patrol in 1941. He retired from active duty in 1946 and after writing a memoir, <i>Global Mission</i>, died in 1950 due to his heart condition.<p><b>Brother:</b> Thomas Arnold<br><b>Wife:</b> Eleanor Alexander Pool ("Bee", m. 10-Sep-1913, one daughter, four sons)<br><b>Daughter:</b> Lois Elizabeth Arnold (Colonel, b. 17-Jan-1915)<br><b>Son:</b> Henry H. Arnold, Jr. (USAF Colonel, b. 28-Jan-1917, d.)<br><b>Son:</b> William Bruce Arnold (USAF Colonel, b. 17-Jul-1918, d. 21-Sep-1992 leukemia)<br><b>Son:</b> John Arnold (b. 1921, d. 30-Jun-1923 acute appendicitis)<br><b>Son:</b> David Lee Arnold (USAF Colonel, b. 24-Feb-1927, d. 11-Mar-1992 stroke)<br><p> Military College: <a href="/edu/725/000068521/">US Military Academy, West Point (1907)</a><br> Military College: <a href="/edu/279/000403067/">Army Command and General Staff College (1929)</a><br><p> <a href="/org/393/000051240/">RAND Corporation</a> <br> <a href="/honors/033/000048886/">National Aviation Hall of Fame</a> 1967<br> <a href="/event/170/000087906/">Heart Attack</a> 28-Feb-1943<br> <a href="/event/170/000087906/">Heart Attack</a> 10-May-1943<br> <a href="/event/170/000087906/">Heart Attack</a> 10-May-1944<br> <a href="/event/170/000087906/">Heart Attack</a> 17-Jan-1945<br> <a href="/event/170/000087906/">Heart Attack</a> 1948 (hospitalized 3 months)<br><p> <b>Author of books:</b><br> <i>Winged Warfare</i> (<tt>1941</tt>, with Ira C. 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