In 1949, Curtis LeMay was appointed as head of Strategic Air Command (SAC) and is credited with overseeing its transformation into a modern air force. LeMay . Local historian Ed Lentz tells us about Columbus native Curtis LeMay, who was credited with designing and implementing a strategic bombing campaign in the . Transcription - Biographer Warren Kozak discusses the American reaction and aftermath of the Japanese firebombings of WWII under General Curtis LeMay. Warren Kozaks .