| Title: |
Reminiscences of Ira Clarence Eaker
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| RLIN number: |
NXCP87-A47
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| Document type: |
Oral history
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| Accessibility: |
Free Only
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| Repository: |
Columbia University. Oral History Research Office
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| Collection: |
Henry H. Arnold Project
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| Description: |
Early interest in aviation; participation in races; hemispheric flight, 1926-1927; transcontinental blind flight; Mitchell court martial case; Army Air Corps and air mail, 1934; Long Beach earthquake; pressure for a separate Air Force; Air Force intelligence; George C. Marshall and air power; relation of General Arnold and General Malin Craig; Winston Churchill and around-the-clock bombing; 8th Air Force Bomber Command, England from 1942: transfer of units to England, relations with Royal Air Force, critique of operations; Ploesti and Tokyo raids; pro- and anti-Air Force interests in government in early 1960s; impressions of Generals Frank Andrews and Carl Spaatz.
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| Extent: |
Transcript: 184 leaves
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| Restrictions: |
Access: Written permission required from W. Bruce Arnold. Permission required to cite, quote, and reproduce. Contact repository for information.
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| Original Language: |
English
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| Time span: |
Not indicated ... to 1959 (Year of interview)
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| Speaker: |
Eaker, Ira Clarence, 1896-1987
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| Speaker gender: |
Male
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| Speaker date of birth: |
1896
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| Speaker occupation: |
Air Force officer
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| Age at speaking: |
63
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| Document date: |
1959
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| Interviewer: |
Shaughnessy, Donald F.
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| Organizations discussed: |
U.S. Air Force; U.S. Army Air Force, 1918-1947
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| Historical events discussed: |
World War II, 1939-1945
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| Locations discussed: |
North America; United States
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
Aeronautics; Aeronautics, Military; Air pilots; North America; Oral history; U.S. Air Force; U.S. Army Air Force, 1918-1947; United States; Veterans; World War II, 1939-1945
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| Topics discussed - Other terms: |
Arnold, Henry Harley, 1886-1950; Aviation; Eaker, Ira Clarence, 1896-1987; Mitchell, William, 1879-1936; World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations, American
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| ASP release: |
2005-06
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| Document code: |
OHI0018238-13681
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