Major General Giles was the twin brother of Lt. General Barney M. Giles. Commander of Greenland Base Command, then Eastern Canada Base Command, 1941-43. In March 1944 he was appointed commanding general of the United States Air Forces in the Middle East.
Major General Giles married Helen Gaul, the daughter of J. A. Gaul, in San Antonio. His second marriage was to Captain Ann Mealer, an army nurse who served on Corregidor and was a Japanese prisoner for three years. They were married February 28, 1949. They had one daughter, Sallye Ann Giles Helder.
Major General Giles was the twin brother of Lt. General Barney M. Giles. Commander of Greenland Base Command, then Eastern Canada Base Command, 1941-43. In March 1944 he was appointed commanding general of the United States Air Forces in the Middle East.
Major General Giles married Helen Gaul, the daughter of J. A. Gaul, in San Antonio. His second marriage was to Captain Ann Mealer, an army nurse who served on Corregidor and was a Japanese prisoner for three years. They were married February 28, 1949. They had one daughter, Sallye Ann Giles Helder.
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