Editing Curtis LeMay (section)

==Early life==
[[File:Lemay5.jpg|thumb|Lieutenant Curtis LeMay in 1929]]

LeMay was born in [[Columbus, Ohio]], on November 15, 1906. LeMay was of [[English people|English]] and distant [[French people|French]] [[Huguenot]] heritage.<ref>{{cite book |last=Kozak |first=Warren |title=The Life and Wars of General Curtis LeMay |date=October 17, 2011 |publisher=Regnery Publishing, Inc. |isbn=978-1-59698-769-2 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=k43mAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA3}}</ref> His father, Erving Edwin LeMay, was at times an ironworker and general handyman, but he never held a job longer than a few months. His mother, Arizona Dove ([[née]] Carpenter) LeMay,<ref>{{cite book |title=Current Biography |page=403 |publisher=H. W. Wilson |year=1954}}</ref> did her best to hold her family together. With very limited income, his family moved around the country as his father looked for work, going as far as [[Montana]] and [[California]]. Eventually they returned to his native city of Columbus. LeMay attended Columbus public schools, graduating from Columbus South High School, and studied [[civil engineering]] at [[Ohio State University]]. Working his way through college, he graduated with a [[bachelor's degree]] in civil engineering. While at Ohio State he was a member of the [[Pershing Rifles|National Society of Pershing Rifles]] and the Professional Engineering Fraternity [[Theta Tau]].