Devol Brett
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Carroll Devol "Rock" Brett (August 1, 1923 – August 14, 2010) was a lieutenant general in the United States Air Force (USAF) who piloted aircraft during crises and wars from 1948 (the Berlin Crisis) through the Vietnam War (1960s). He served in Austria, West Germany, South Korea, South Vietnam, the United Kingdom, Iran and Turkey, before his final assignment as commander of Allied Air Forces Southern Europe in 1977. After his retirement in 1978, he was a defense consultant for more than 20 years, retiring in 1998.
Carroll Devol "Rock" Brett (August 1, 1923 – August 14, 2010) was a lieutenant general in the United States Air Force (USAF) who piloted aircraft during crises and wars from 1948 (the Berlin Crisis) through the Vietnam War (1960s). He served in Austria, West Germany, South Korea, South Vietnam, the United Kingdom, Iran and Turkey, before his final assignment as commander of Allied Air Forces Southern Europe in 1977. After his retirement in 1978, he was a defense consultant for more than 20 years, retiring in 1998.
Family
In 1947, Brett married Hermine Mayerl of Austria. Brett, stationed in West Germany, announced the birth of their first son by flying his P-47 Thunderbolt over the village where his in-laws lived, a short flight from his air base, and dropping a canister with the message "It's a boy – George Howard Brett II." The couple had a second child, Karla. Hermine, who went by Mimi, died in 19991. In 2005, Brett married Lou Longino, the widow of a long-time friend of his.
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