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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

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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

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