| Title: |
Reminiscences of Benjamin Scott Custer
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| RLIN number: |
NXCP87-A60
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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: |
Naval History Project
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| Description: |
Family background, childhood; Naval Academy; early cruises; Pensacola, flight training; flying boat squadron, Alaska; teaching at Annapolis; Caribbean Sea Frontier, Admiral John Hoover; executive officer, CROATAN; Admiral John Vest; command of the NORTON SOUND; World War II; Atlantic and Pacific theaters; atomic bomb; Flight Safety Board, Pay Board; Naval Attache to Canada; Northwest cruise to Hudson's Bay; Floyd Bennett Field; Strauss Commission; Princeton, Impressions of contemporaries in the Navy and of government officials; discussion of strategy and battle plans, World Wars I and II.
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| Extent: |
Transcript: 1,022 leaves, Tape: 1 reel
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| Restrictions: |
Access: Open. 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 1965 (Year of interview)
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| Speaker: |
Custer, Benjamin Scott, 1905-
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| Speaker gender: |
Male
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| Speaker date of birth: |
1905
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| Speaker occupation: |
Naval officer
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| Age at speaking: |
60
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| Document date: |
1965
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| Interviewer: |
Mason, John T., 1909-
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| Organizations discussed: |
U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD; U.S. Navy
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| Historical events discussed: |
World War I, 1914-1918; World War II, 1939-1945
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| Locations discussed: |
Canada; North America; United States
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
Aeronautics, Military; Air pilots; Canada; Canada--Description and travel; North America; Oral history; U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD; U.S. Navy; United States; Veterans; World War I, 1914-1918; World War II, 1939-1945
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| Topics discussed - Other terms: |
Custer, Benjamin Scott, 1905-; World War, 1939-1945--Naval operations, American
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| ASP release: |
2005-06
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| Document code: |
OHI0018376-13819
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