| Title: |
Reminiscences of Howard Calhoun Davidson
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| RLIN number: |
NXCP87-A62
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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: |
Air Force Academy Project
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| Description: |
Development of military aviation, uses in World War I and World War II; influence of Giulio Douhet's doctrine of air command on United States and United Kingdom military leaders; Pearl Harbor, World War II Pacific operations, China-Burma-India theater, 1943-45; impressions of Charles Lindbergh, Generals Mitchell, Westover and Andrews.
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| Extent: |
Transcript: 35 leaves
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| Restrictions: |
Access: Open. Permission required to cite, quote, and reproduce. Contact Air Force Academy for information. Original oral history held by: U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, CO 80840
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| Original Language: |
English
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| Time span: |
Not indicated ... to 1969 (Year of interview)
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| Speaker: |
Davidson, Howard Calhoun, 1894-1984
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| Speaker gender: |
Male
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| Speaker date of birth: |
1894
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| Speaker occupation: |
Air Force officer
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| Age at speaking: |
75
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| Document date: |
1969
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| Organizations discussed: |
U.S. Army Air Force, 1918-1947
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| Historical events discussed: |
World War I, 1914-1918; World War II, 1939-1945
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| Locations discussed: |
North America; United States
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
Aeronautics, Military; Air pilots; North America; Oral history; U.S. Army Air Force, 1918-1947; United States; Veterans; World War I, 1914-1918; World War II, 1939-1945
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| Topics discussed - Other terms: |
Aviation; Davidson, Howard Calhoun, 1894-1984; World War, 1914-1918--Aerial operations; World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations, American
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| ASP release: |
2005-06
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| Document code: |
OHI0018404-13847
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