| Title: |
Robert L. Richstatter
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| Local code: |
AFC/2001/001/2860
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| Document type: |
Oral history
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| Accessibility: |
Free Only
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| Repository: |
American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress
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| Collection: |
Veterans History Project
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| Description: |
Robert Richstatter's official job title - Chief Administrative Officer of the Office of the Commander in Chief of Far East Command and United Nations Command-Korea - could be shortened to something more dramatic: Douglas MacArthur's personal secretary. From 1948 until 1951, when President Truman relieved the general of his command, Richstatter handled MacArthur's correspondence and filing, first in occupied Japan and then in Korea. Not everyone liked "the General," Richstatter admits, but he did, claiming that with MacArthur you always knew where you stood.
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| Original Language: |
English
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| Audio: |
[Audio available]
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| Speaker: |
Richstatter, Robert L., 1921-
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| Speaker gender: |
Male
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| Speaker date of birth: |
1921
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| Speaker place of birth: |
Saint Marys, KS; Kansas; United States; North America
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| Speaker race: |
White
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| Speaker occupation: |
Military personnel
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| Document date: |
Undated
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| Interviewer: |
Kent, Judith
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| People discussed: |
Douglas Macarthur; Macarthur, Douglas, 1880-1964
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| Historical events discussed: |
Korean Conflict, 1950-1953; World War II, 1939-1945
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| Locations discussed: |
Africa; Asia; Austria; Europe; Germany; Italy; Japan; Korea; North Africa; North America; United States
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
Africa; Asia; Austria; Command of troops; Douglas Macarthur; Europe; Germany; Italy; Japan; Korea; Korean Conflict, 1950-1953; Korean War, 1950-1953--Veterans; Macarthur, Douglas, 1880-1964; North Africa; North America; Oral history; United States; United States--Armed Forces; World War II, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945--Veterans
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| ASP release: |
2005-06
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| Document code: |
OHI0025871-27800
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