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COLLECTION
- LBJ Library Oral Historiesx
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SERIES
- Transcripts of LBJ Library Oral Historiesx
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Contributor
- 1948 Senate election in Texas and subsequent investigation
- Background; First Contact with LBJ - 1940's; Relationship with Senator Yarborough & LBJ; Whe he was appointed district judge.
- Entering special forces; PAC desk at NMCC; Yankee Team operations; role in planning operations; dealings with the White House; Ambassador William Sullivan; Barrell Roll and Steel Tiger; Van Ken Bridge; early special forces service in Bad Tolz;…
- Reflections on Southwest Texas State Teachers College in the 1920s; the college newspaper; Ku Klux Klan in the 1920s in Texas; Shelton's father's opposition to the Klan; Shelton's father and Jim Ferguson; type of students at Southwest…
- McCloskey's work in foreign service and as State Department spokesman; reporters; Vietnam; credibility gap; coordinating briefings with the White House and the Pentagon; new mission of the marines in 1965; withholding information from the press…
- Stavast's tactical reconnaissance pilot duties in Southeast Asia, starting in May 1967; restrictions in flying reconnaissance missions; night versus day missions; navigation and radar; Gerald Vananzi; plans to bomb communications system sites…
- Perrin's work as assistant to Senator Patrick McNamara from 1955-1966; relationship with LBJ; LBJ's parliamentary skill; dismissal of Yarmolinsky; Perrin's entry to OEO; private handling of legislation; death and funeral of McNamara;…