| Title: |
Reminiscences of Donald Duncan
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| RLIN number: |
NXCP87-A87
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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: |
Education, Michigan and Naval Academy; World War I; naval aviation, Pensacola, 1920; experience in ordnance, communication; Fleet Aviation Officer, 1930-31; training aviation unit, Naval Academy; Plans Division, Bureau of Aeronautics, 1933; carrier duty, air tactics, group tactics; development of auxiliary carriers: the LONG ISLAND; World War II: Admiral Ernest King's staff, Tokyo raid, commanding ESSEX, War Plans Officer for Admiral King, detailed description of Joint Chiefs of Staff and Combined Chiefs of Staff, Harry Hopkins, Quebec and Yalta conferences, Pacific carrier task groups; postwar chief of staff to Commander-in-Chief, Pacific; atom bomb tests; reorganization; Deputy Chief for Air, 1947; National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics; missiles; Naval air bases; 2nd Task Fleet; Korean War; Vice Chief of Naval Operations, 1951-56.
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| Extent: |
Transcript: 981 leaves, Tape: 8 reels
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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 1964 (Year of interview)
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| Speaker: |
Duncan, Donald, 1896-1975
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| Speaker gender: |
Male
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| Speaker date of birth: |
1896
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| Speaker occupation: |
Naval officer
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| Age at speaking: |
68
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| Document date: |
1964
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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: |
Korean Conflict, 1950-1953; World War I, 1914-1918; World War II, 1939-1945
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| Locations discussed: |
Asia; Korea; North America; United States
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
Aeronautics, Military; Asia; Korea; Korean Conflict, 1950-1953; Military education; North America; Oral history; U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD; U.S. Navy; United States; World War I, 1914-1918; World War II, 1939-1945
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| Topics discussed - Other terms: |
Aviation; Duncan, Donald, 1896-1975; King, Ernest Joseph, 1878-1956; United States--Joint Chiefs of Staff; United States--National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics; United States--Navy Dept--Bureau of Aeronautics; World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations, American; World War, 1939-1945--Naval operations, American
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| ASP release: |
2005-06
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| Document code: |
OHI0018659-14102
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