01053228
UNCLASSIFIED
2430726
01-01-1943
2443145
01-01-1977
2443699
07-09-1978
EDMUNDSON, JAMES V.
ORAL HISTORY INTERVIEW
K239.0512-1411
37243
6
56
2448874
09-08-1992
DISCUSSES QUALITIES FOR SUCCESS AS A LEADER AND ROLE CHARACTER PLAYS, INCLUDING COMPARISONS BETWEEN GENS H.H. ARNOLD, C.A. SPAATZ, N.F. TWINING, T.D. WHITE, C.E. LEMAY, AND E. O'DONNELL. INCLUDES ANECDOTES AND COMMENTS ON RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN LEMAY AND WHITE, SWEENEY AND O'DONNELL, DAVID C. JONES AND LEMAY, POWER AND LEMAY. INCLUDES SPECIAL SECTION ON EXCERPTS TAKEN FROM INTERVIEW REGARDING GEN JONES, INCLUDING SPOT PROMOTION, SELECTION AS LEMAY'S AIDE AND PERSONAL OBSERVATIONS. COMMENTS ON SPECIAL BOARD TO REDUCE OFFICERS ON FLYING PAY; LEMAY'S GREATNESS; WHITE AS DIPLOMAT; ARNOLD AS REACHING DOWN TO CHOOSE YOUNGER OFFICERS TO FILL POSITIONS; OTHER PERSONAL OBSERVATIONS.
LT GEN, USAF (RET). INTERVIEWED BY DR EDGAR F. PURYEAR, JR., AIR FORCE CONSULTANT. INCLUDES 3 CASSETTE TAPES.
LEADERS AND LEADERSHIP WHITE, THOMAS D. JONES, DAVID C. LEMAY, CURTIS E. ARNOLD, HENRY H. SPAATZ, CARL A. OFFICER ASSIGNMENTS OFFICER AIDES