Hand-corrected, photocopied transcripts of tape-recorded interviews concerning H.H. Arnold.
Leaves printed on the recto side only.
Includes reminiscences from: Orvil A. Anderson (v. 1, 113 leaves); Eleanor Pool (Mrs. Henry H.) Arnold (v. 2, 110 leaves); John Leland Atwood (Douglas Aircraft Corporation, v. 2, 27 leaves); General Eugene Beebe (v. 3, 81 leaves); Colonel James Henry Burns (v. 3, 27 leaves); General Charles P. Cabell (v. 3, 61 leaves); Benjamin F. Castle (v. 4, 79 leaves); Frederick Warren Conant (Douglas Aircraft Corporation, v. 4, 29 leaves); Donald Wills Douglas (Douglas Aircraft Corporation, v. 5, 140 leaves); General Ira C. Eaker (v. 6, 187 leaves); General Grandison Gardner (v. 7, 56 leaves); Robert Ellsworth Gross, (v. 7, 30 leaves); W. Averell Harriman (v. 7, 61 leaves); Sir Arthur Harris (v. 8, 87 leaves); James Howard Kindelberger (v. 8, 58 leaves); Frank P. Lahm (v. 8, 32 leaves); General Leroy T. Lutes (v. 9, 33 leaves); General Thomas D. Milling (v. 9, 102 leaves); General A.C. "Pete" Peterson (v. 9, 32 leaves); General Elwood Quesada (v. 10, 19 leaves); Arthur Emmons Raymond (v. 10, 25 leaves); Sir Henry Self (v. 10, 58 leaves); Sir John Slessor (v. 10, 39 leaves); General Carl Spaatz (v. 11, 83 leaves); Henry Wyman Strangman (Douglas Aircraft Corporation, v. 11, 39 leaves); Colonel Hayden Wagner (v. 11, 36 leaves); and Colonel Kenneth B. Wolfe (v. 11, 50 leaves).
Includes indexes.
Columbia University. Oral History Research Office. The Oral History Collection of Columbia University.
The original transcripts are housed in Columbia University Library (Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Butler Library), call number NXCP86-A46.
NASMRB copy has light blue buckram library bindings with white lettered spines.
NASMRB copy of the interview with Benjamin F. Castle is imperfect: leaf 4 is wanting.
Summary:
The life of the late General Henry H. Arnold (1886-1950), first Commander of the Army Air Forces, as related by his associates. Included are interviews with veteran Air Force officers throughout the country and with retired Royal Air Force officers in Great Britain who worked with General Arnold during World War II. Primary emphasis is on Arnold's role in the Air Forces, his relations with associates, problems encountered and his contributions to the development of military aviation, which includes a wealth of material valuable to Air Force historians. The material deals with Arnold as a student at West Point, as infantry officer in the Philippines, as student pilot under Orville Wright, as close associate of General William Mitchell, as Chief of the Army Air Corps, and as Commanding General of the Air Forces and member of the Combined Chiefs of Staff during World War II. Some of the topics discussed in the interviews include the court martial of General Billy Mitchell; the Lend-Lease program; the Douglas Aircraft Corporation; the development of air mail in the United States; and various prominent military and civilian leaders in the United States and Great Britain during the 1930s and 1940s.
Topic:
World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations, American Search this
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