Oral history transcript, James U. Cross, interview 1 (I), 5/15/1970, by Arthur J. Mayer

Title:

Oral history transcript, James U. Cross, interview 1 (I), 5/15/1970, by Arthur J. Mayer

Number of Pages:

62

Description:

Military biography; flights with LBJ when Majority Leader, VP, President and as permanent pilot; appointment in July 1965 as military aide to LBJ; military aides for White House social events; operations of presidential flights; communications on board presidential aircraft; maintenance and security for Air Force One; service as combat pilot in Vietnam; description of the 1967 round-the-world trip with LBJ

Contributor:

Cross, James Underwood, 1925-2015

Collection:

LBJ Library Oral Histories

Collection Description:

Go to List of Holdings

Series:

Transcripts of LBJ Library Oral Histories

See Also:

See all online interviews with James U. Cross

Subject:

Vietnam

Relation:

Go to Interviewee bio page

Rights:

Possibly copyright restricted: see deed at end of transcript for details

Interviewee:

James U. Cross

Interviewer(s):

Arthur J. Mayer

Specific Item Type:

Oral history

Type:

Text

Format:

Paper

Identifier:

oh-crossj-19700515-1-77-31

Date:

1970-05-15

Time Period:

Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Citation

Oral history transcript, James U. Cross, interview 1 (I), 5/15/1970, by Arthur J. Mayer, LBJ Library Oral Histories, LBJ Presidential Library, accessed May 01, 2025, https://www.discoverlbj.org/item/oh-crossj-19700515-1-77-31