Oral history transcript, Walter Judd, interview 1 (I), 1/17/1989, by Michael L. Gillette

Title:

Oral history transcript, Walter Judd, interview 1 (I), 1/17/1989, by Michael L. Gillette

Number of Pages:

49

Description:

How Judd decided to become a medical missionary; Judd's family background; Judd's early experience in China; the nature of communism; Judd's experience with malaria; communist propaganda techniques and Judd's struggle to argue against communism; the communist view of human nature; medical services Judd offered; Judd's second trip to China after getting married; the lack of medical professionals in China; the Chinese view of the military; invasion of communist troops, and later Japanese troops, where Judd worked; how Judd and his medical facility were treated by the Japanese who took him into custody; Chinese people seeking refuge in Judd's hospital/school facility; how the Japanese troops treated Judd and the Chinese people; Judd's opinion of Chiang Kai-shek; Judd giving medical treatment to Major General Shozo Motogawa; how Judd left China; the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor; Judd's prediction of war with Japan and the role of the United States in relations with Japan; how Judd came to be a congressman; Judd's knowledge of LBJ as a fellow congressman; LBJ's opinion of JFK and reason for agreeing to run for vice president in 1960; Judd's views on Vietnam and his suggestions to LBJ regarding Vietnam; mistakes Judd and the United States made in regard to Vietnam

Contributor:

Judd, Walter Henry, 1898-1994

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 Walter Judd

Subject:

Vietnam

Relation:

Go to Interviewee bio page

Rights:

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