Oral history transcript, Alfred B. Fitt, interview 1 (I), 10/25/1968, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny)

Title:

Oral history transcript, Alfred B. Fitt, interview 1 (I), 10/25/1968, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny)

Number of Pages:

120

Description:

Biographical information; duties in Manpower & Reserve Affairs; civil works program; overcrowding at Arlington National Cemetery; McNamara; Project 100,000; Adam Yarmolinsky; Steve Ailes; Senator Richard Russell; Mr. Vinson; Operation Transition; integration of off-base housing; discrimination against African Americans in the service; over deployment of African Americans in hazardous duty; use of military service as instrument in social problems; transition back to civilian life; intensified recruitment program; equal opportunity policies; military involvement in civil disorders; selective service system; drafting of graduate students; all-volunteer army; development of a computer model to better predict racial mix in the Armed Forces; General Hershey; reorganization/consolidation of Reserves and National Guard; training of reserve units for Vietnam; lawsuits by reservists; role of reserves; defense budgeting; ROTC; training skills; older equipment in Vietnam; desertions; Vietnam; Armed Forces stationed abroad; Senator Stennis

Contributor:

Fitt, Alfred B. (Alfred Bradley), 1923-1992

Collection:

LBJ Library Oral Histories

Collection Description:

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Series:

Transcripts of LBJ Library Oral Histories

See Also:

See all online interviews with Alfred B. Fitt

Subject:

Vietnam; Civil disorders

Relation:

Go to Interviewee bio page

Rights:

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