| Title: |
Reminiscences of Charles Frederick Algernon Portal Hungerford
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| RLIN number: |
NXCP87-A71
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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: |
Eisenhower Administration Project
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| Description: |
Joint British-American air effort during World War II, General Henry H. Arnold; differences between American and British use of air power; belief in committee system for reaching decisions; Operation TORCH versus Operation ANVIL; bombing of submarines; impressions of Dwight D. Eisenhower.
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| Extent: |
Transcript: 11 leaves
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| Restrictions: |
Access: Open. Permission required to cite, quote, and reproduce. Contact repository for information. Original oral history held by: Dwight D. Eisenhower Library, Abilene, KS.
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| Original Language: |
English
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| Time span: |
Not indicated ... to 1968 (Year of interview)
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| Speaker: |
Portal, Charles Frederick Algernon, Viscount Portal of Hungerford, 1893-1971
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| Speaker gender: |
Male
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| Speaker date of birth: |
1893
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| Speaker occupation: |
British air officer
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| Age at speaking: |
75
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| Document date: |
1968
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| Interviewer: |
Wickman, John E.
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| People discussed: |
Dwight D. Eisenhower; Eisenhower, Dwight D., 1890-1969; Eisenhower, Dwight David
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| Organizations discussed: |
Great Britain. Royal Air Force
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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: |
Air pilots; Dwight D. Eisenhower; Eisenhower, Dwight D., 1890-1969; Eisenhower, Dwight David; Great Britain. Royal Air Force; North America; Oral history; United States; World War II, 1939-1945
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| Topics discussed - Other terms: |
Hungerford, Charles Frederick Algernon Portal, Viscount Portal of, 1893-1971; World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations
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| ASP release: |
2005-06
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| Document code: |
OHI0018494-13937
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