Arleight A. Burke oral history transcription
Item
Identifier: MSC-382- Item OH 64
Scope and Contents
Burke, Arleight A., ADM, USN, 1901-1996. Reminiscences of years as CNO, with accounts of persons, international crises, and problems affecting the U.S. Navy, including impressions of Dwight D. Eisenhower andJohn Foster Dulles; Quemoy-Matsu Crisis; Closing of the Suez Canal; Navy Budget and economic issues; Debate over conventional versus nuclear weapons; Development of sidewinder; Naval Bases in Rota, Spain and Holy Loch, Scotland; The Vietnam Crisis; The hijacking of the Santa Maria; The Bay of Pigs incident.
Dates
- Creation: undated
Creator
- United States Naval Institute (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
Access is open to all researchers, unless otherwise specified.
Extent
1 Volumes
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Repository Details
Part of the Naval War College Archives Repository