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Oral History Finding Aids
Oral History Finding Aids are sorted alphabetically by interviewee last name. Select the first letter of the last name for the interviewee you are looking for from the following list:
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Zimmerman, Lt. Col. Robert G. |
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Air Force |
Air Force - Air Materiel Command |
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Subject: |
Procurement - Air Force |
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Contents: |
Evaluates B-52 electro-optical viewing system program and its problems. |
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Biography: |
Air Force Plant Representative; Project Officer for B-52 electro-optical viewing system, Detachment 21, Boeing Aircraft Company, Wichita, KS |
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Interview Coverage: |
1957-1973 |
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Interviewer: |
Herbert H. Kissling, USAF Oral History Division |
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Date of Interview: |
19 July 1973 |
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Interview Medium: |
Tape - Audio |
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Location: |
AFHRA |
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Finding Aids: |
AFHRA 681 |
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| 706. |
Zuckert, Eugene M. |
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Air Force |
Air Force - Secretary |
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Subject: |
Procurement - Air Force |
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Contents: |
Comparison of years as Secretary of the Air Force (SAF) and Assistant Secretary of the Air Force; manned bomber versus missile; management in Department of Defense under Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara; roles and missions; role of Service secretary; lack of policymaking role; relationship with Joint Chiefs of Staff; interservice rivalry; Gen. Curtis E. LeMay; Gen. Thomas D. White; Gen. John P. McConnell; system management within Air Force; C-5A aircraft program; F-111 aircraft; Skybolt; B-70 program; National Aeronautics and Space Administration - USAF relationship; status of USAF conventional war capability; military-industrial complex; contrast of President John F. Kennedy and President Lyndon B. Johnson; military uses in space; weapon system cost and maintenance; SAF relationship with Congress; Dr. Harold Brown; typical business day for SAF. |
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Biography: |
Special Assistant to the Secretary of War for Air, HQ USAAF, Washington, DC, 1946-1947; Assistant Secretary of the Air Force, HQ USAF, Washington, DC, 1947-1952; Secretary of the Air Force, HQ. USAF, Washington, DC, January 1961 - September 1965 |
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Interview Coverage: |
1947-1965 |
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Interviewer: |
Col. John L. Frisbee (USAF), Secretary of the Air Force Office of Information |
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Date of Interview: |
1 September 1965 |
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Interview Medium: |
Transcript - Paper |
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Location: |
AFHRA |
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Finding Aids: |
AFHRA 763 |
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Pages: |
84 |
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| 707. |
Zuckert, Eugene M. |
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Air Force |
Air Force - Secretary |
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Subject: |
Program Management - Air Force |
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Contents: |
Selection of Zuckert as Secretary of the Air Force (SAF) by Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara; relationship with McNamara; comparison of McNamara with other secretaries of defense that Zuckert worked for; expectations of SAF position; tenures of W. Stuart Symington and Thomas K. Finletter as SAF; role of assistant secretaries of defense under McNamara; disadvantages of coming to SAF position with considerable experience; Symington Committee; Symington's support of National Security Act; appointment of Joseph Charyk as Under Secretary; Brockway McMillan as Assistant Secretary for Research and Development; Neil Harlan; Leonard Marks, Jr.; role of Joseph S. Imirie as Assistant Secretary of the Air Force; Robert H. Charles as Assistant Secretary for Installations and Logistics; Charles' predecessor, Alan I. McCone; disagreements between Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal and Symington on problems such as B-36 aircraft; relationship between Air Force and National Aeronautics and Space Administration; establishment of Defense Logistics Agency; experience with first Atlas missile launch; missile theory; perception of SAF position and how Zuckert operated in that position; congressional TFX (F-111/FB-111) hearings; relations with Congress; Gen. Thomas D. White's tenure as Air Force Chief of Staff; White's dismissal and replacement with Gen. Curtis LeMay; Gen. William McKee, Air Force Vice Chief of Staff; relationship with other service secretaries and service rivalries; typical day for SAF; cancellation of Skybolt program; dealings with presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson; selection of Gen. John P. McConnell to replace LeMay as Chief of Staff; B-70 aircraft; F-111 aircraft controversy. |
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Biography: |
Special Assistant to the Secretary of War for Air, HQ USAAF, Washington, DC, 1946-1947; Assistant Secretary of the Air Force, HQ USAF, Washington, DC, 1947-1952; Secretary of the Air Force, HQ. USAF, Washington, DC, January 1961 - September 1965 |
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Interviewer: |
Dr. George M. Watson, Jr., Office of Air Force History |
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Date of Interview: |
3-5, 9 December 1986 |
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Interview Medium: |
Transcript - Paper |
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Location: |
AFHRA |
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Finding Aids: |
AFHRA 1763 |
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Pages: |
159 |
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| 708. |
Zuckert, Eugene M. |
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Air Force |
Air Force - Secretary |
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Subject: |
Program Management - Air Force |
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Contents: |
Various personnel within or related to Office of Secretary of the Air Force as it worked from bureaucracy of Army Air Forces during World War II through administrations of W. Stuart Symington and Thomas K. Finletter, under whom Zuckert served, to leadership of Zuckert himself; differences between Symington and Finletter; salvaging of Air Force reorganization plans; effects of Korean War on Air Force; growth in power of Office of the Secretary of Defense, especially under Robert S. McNamara. |
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Biography: |
Special Assistant to the Secretary of War for Air, HQ USAAF, Washington, DC, 1946-1947; Assistant Secretary of the Air Force, HQ USAF, Washington, DC, 1947-1952; Secretary of the Air Force, HQ. USAF, Washington, DC, January 1961 - September 1965 |
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Interviewer: |
Dr. George M. Watson, Jr., Office of Air Force History |
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Date of Interview: |
24 January 1984 |
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Interview Medium: |
Transcript - Paper |
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Location: |
AFHRA |
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Finding Aids: |
AFHRA 1582 |
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Pages: |
42 |
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| 709. |
Zuckert, Eugene M. |
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Air Force |
Air Force - Secretary |
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Subject: |
Program Management - Air Force |
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Contents: |
Association with Secretary of the Air Force/Sen. Stuart Symington; management control through cost control; benefits of comptrollership; military versus civilian control in Department of Defense; Unification Act of July 1947; Secretary of the Air Force Thomas K. Finletter as manager; power and authority of Office of Secretary of the Air Force and Office of Secretary of Defense. |
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Biography: |
Special Assistant to the Secretary of War for Air, HQ USAAF, Washington, DC, 1946-1947; Assistant Secretary of the Air Force, HQ USAF, Washington, DC, 1947-1952; Secretary of the Air Force, HQ. USAF, Washington, DC, January 1961 - September 1965 |
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Interviewer: |
Dr. George M. Watson, Jr., Office of Air Force History |
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Date of Interview: |
27 April 1982 |
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Interview Medium: |
Transcript - Paper |
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Location: |
AFHRA |
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Finding Aids: |
AFHRA 1348 |
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Pages: |
62 |
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| 710. |
Zuckert, Eugene M. |
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Air Force |
Air Force - Secretary |
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Subject: |
Program Management - Air Force |
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Contents: |
Career as Secretary of the Air Force; leadership in military; challenges while serving with Air Force; Secretary of the Air Force Stuart Symington and Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara as great executives; dealings with Congress; Gen. Carl Spaatz and political intuition; Gen. Hap Arnold as leader; decision making process; comparison between Spaatz and Arnold; creation of Comptroller in Air Force; assessment of Gen. Hoyt Vandenberg; selection of Gen. Thomas D. White as USAF Chief of Staff; Gen. Curtis LeMay as leader and Chief of Staff; LeMay-McNamara-Zuckert relationship; B-70 aircraft; B-1 decision; Gen. John P. McConnell's selection as Chief of Staff; role of Service secretary; Long-Range Objectives Group participants; management versus leadership. |
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Biography: |
Special Assistant to the Secretary of War for Air, HQ USAAF, Washington, DC, 1946-1947; Assistant Secretary of the Air Force, HQ USAF, Washington, DC, 1947-1952; Secretary of the Air Force, HQ. USAF, Washington, DC, January 1961 - September 1965 |
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Interviewer: |
Dr. Edgar F. Puryear, Jr. |
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Date of Interview: |
28 September 1977 |
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Interview Medium: |
Transcript - Paper |
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Location: |
AFHRA |
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Finding Aids: |
AFHRA 1525 |
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Pages: |
51 |
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| 711. |
Zuckert, Eugene M. |
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Air Force |
Air Force - Secretary |
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Subject: |
Program Management - Air Force |
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Contents: |
Under Secretary of War Stuart Symington; congressional leaders; administration officials; problems and solutions as Air Force emerged from Army Air Corps; service on Atomic Energy Commission. |
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Biography: |
Special Assistant to the Secretary of War for Air, HQ USAAF, Washington, DC, 1946-1947; Assistant Secretary of the Air Force, HQ USAF, Washington, DC, 1947-1952; Secretary of the Air Force, HQ. USAF, Washington, DC, January 1961 - September 1965 |
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Interview Coverage: |
1945-1965 |
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Interviewer: |
Jerry N. Ness |
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Date of Interview: |
27 September 1971 |
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Interview Medium: |
Transcript - Paper |
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Access Information: |
Donated by Harry S Truman Presidential Library, Independence, MO |
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Location: |
AFHRA |
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Finding Aids: |
AFHRA 1286 |
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Pages: |
83 |
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| 712. |
Zuckert, Eugene M. |
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Air Force |
Air Force - Secretary |
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Subject: |
Secretary - Air Force |
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Biography: |
Secretary of the Air Force, 1961-1965 |
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Interview Medium: |
Transcript - Paper |
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Access Information: |
open |
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Location: |
Johnson Library |
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| 713. |
Zuckert, Eugene M. |
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Air Force |
Air Force - Secretary |
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Subject: |
Secretary - Air Force |
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Biography: |
Secretary of the Air Force, 1961-1965 |
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Interview Medium: |
Transcript - Paper |
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Access Information: |
open |
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Location: |
Kennedy Library |
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