| Title: |
Reminiscences of Thomas Cassin Kinkaid
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| RLIN number: |
NXCP89-A37
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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, Naval Academy; world cruise, 1908; Turkey, burning of Smyrna; Geneva Conference, 1932; Naval Attache, Rome and Belgrade, 1938-41; Benito Mussolini, Galeazzo Ciano, Bernard Berenson, Spanish Royal family; destroyer squadron, convoy duty; Pearl Harbor, 1941; Task Force II, carrier operations, Coral Sea, Midway, Guadalcanal, Eastern Solomons; Commander North Pacific Fleet, Aleutians; combat intelligence; preparations for Philippine campaign; detailed description of Leyte Gulf and subsequent operations; Yellow Sea and Korea; Shanghai, Chungking; impressions of General Douglas MacArthur, Chiang Kai-shek, many prominent naval and political figures.
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| Extent: |
Transcript: 450 leaves
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| Restrictions: |
Access: Open. Copyright by The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, 1984. Permission required to cite, quote, and reproduce. Contact repository for information. Microfiche copy available for purchase. (Columbia University oral history collection, part V, published by Meckler Publishing, Westport, CT).
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| Original Language: |
English
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| Time span: |
Not indicated ... to 1961 (Year of interview)
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| Speaker: |
Kinkaid, Thomas Cassin, 1888-1972
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| Speaker gender: |
Male
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| Speaker date of birth: |
1888
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| Speaker occupation: |
Naval officer
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| Age at speaking: |
73
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| Document date: |
1961
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| Interviewer: |
Mason, John T., 1909-
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| Organizations discussed: |
U.S. Navy
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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: |
Diplomacy; North America; Oral history; U.S. Navy; United States; Veterans; World War II, 1939-1945
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| Topics discussed - Other terms: |
Admirals; Kinkaid, Thomas Cassin, 1888-1972; World War, 1939-1945--Naval operations, American
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| ASP release: |
2005-06
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| Document code: |
OHI0020887-16328
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