William J. Evans

William John Evans (March 4, 1924 – December 12, 2000) was a general in the United States Air Force and commander of Allied Air Forces Central Europe.

Early life Evans was born in Norwich, Connecticut, in 1924. He graduated from St. Mary Parochial School and in 1942 from Norwich Free Academy. He was offered a scholarship to Yale University and entered that summer.

Military career Later that year he received an appointment to the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, which he entered in July 1943 and was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Army Air Corps and received a Bachelor of Science degree in military engineering in June 1946.

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