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Oral history transcript, Frederick Flott, interview 1 (I), 7/22/1984, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

, and I was an officer for three and a half years, an infantry officer in World War II. about how the machine works and how the mind works. I know something I know, for exam- ple, that as a young cadet and as a junior officer, I was taught what every

Oral history transcript, Stanley R. Resor, interview 1 (I), 11/16/1968, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

an overall point of view, I think the number of deserters and people AWOL in this war are probably significantly less than in World War II and Korea. LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral

Oral history transcript, Mitchell Rogovin, interview 1 (I), 10/23/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)

a particular lawsuit, recognizes it has done wrong and that the taxpayer ought to win. Perhaps that's the greatest moment a lawyer can have in representing the United States is to say, "We've been wrong. II It's not a privilege that's afforded pri- vate

Oral history transcript, George Jacobson, interview 1 (I), 10/29/1985, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

and just didn't have the capability that the others had. I understand that General McGarr was one of the great regimental commanders with the Third Division all through World War II, and in my opinion and for what it's worth, I think that his great service

Oral history transcript, William A. Reynolds, interview 1 (I), 7/26/1978, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

there all my life except for World War II and the years I spent in Washington. I have no desire to live anywhere else. Any particular point which you want to [start with]? G: How did you get into Senator [Robert] Kerr's orbit? R: When I got out

Oral history transcript, William J. Connell, interview 1 (I), 3/18/1985, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

have said, we [retaliated]." II Yes , they hit us, so He couldn't conceive that they would have conjured up something and faked it. But then when you got into sustained bombing, heavy, heavy B-29-or whatever the hell we were using then--bombing

Oral history transcript, Samuel A. Adams, interview 1 (I), 9/20/1984, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

and booby traps, and here's why that's important. In World War II, for example, when we were fighting a conventional war, something on the order of 3 per cent of American LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon

Oral history transcript, Harry Ashmore, interview 1 (I), 1/31/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

at Harvard. Then I got caught up in the U. S. Army during World War II and had about four years of that, including a long siege of combat in Europe. When I came back from the army, I went to the Charlotte News as editor and stayed there about a year

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

. at the statistics. I'm now looking Overall, the man in mental categories I, II, and III--that's from the highest to about the middle--4 per cent have to be recycled or given some extra help in basic training. In the Category IV men--all the Project 100,000 men

Folder, "Reprisal Attack, 2/11/1965, 2 of 2," Country Files, Vietnam, NSF, Box 228 (Item)

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Folder, "Deployment of Major U.S. Forces to Vietnam, July 1965, Volume 4, Tabs 221-241," National Security Council Histories, NSF, Box 41 (Item)

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Folder, "Deployment of Major U.S. Forces to Vietnam, July 1965, Volume 2, Tabs 88-119," National Security Council Histories, NSF, Box 40 (Item)

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Folder, "Gulf of Tonkin (Miscellaneous), 1964, 2 of 3," Country Files, Vietnam, NSF, Box 228 (Item)

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Folder, "Presidential Decisions-Gulf of Tonkin Attacks of August 1964-Volume I, Tabs 1-8, 1 of 2," National Security Council Histories, NSF, Box 38 (Item)

e n ts th ey r e m a in to th is day a m a jo r fo c u s of the V ietn a m debate and c o n s titu te a s ig n ific a n t ch a p ter in the h is to r y o f Lyndon B. J o h n so n 's P r e s id e n c y . - 3 - II - VIETNAM D E V E L O P M E N T S

Folder, "Deployment of Major U.S. Forces to Vietnam, July 1965, Volume 2, Tabs 120-140," National Security Council Histories, NSF, Box 41 (Item)

Folder, "Memos, [Cables, memos, reports, and other material, 11/63-5/67] Vol. XVI, 8/16 - 31/64, 1 of 2," Country Files, Vietnam, NSF, Box 7 (Item)

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Oral history transcript, Robert Komer, interview 3 (III), 11/15/1971, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

Folder, "3 A (2) Gulf of Tonkin, 1964 - 68, 3 of 3," Country Files, Vietnam, NSF, Box 77 (Item)

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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 1/10/1967 (Tuesday) (Item)

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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 7/15/1968 (Monday) (Item)

to s e e th e m to d i s c u s s s ii^ o f f e r i n g th e l i t t l e h o u s e i n J o h n s o n C i t y w h e r e L y n d o n g r e w u p to th e N a t i o n a l P a r k S e r v i c e , a n d a p i e c e o f l e g i s l a t i o n t h a t w o u l d

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 5/10/1967 (Wednesday) (Item)

is one w om an in the au d ien ce who m ay a r is e and sa y 'Stop the War M MEMORANDUM THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON W ednesday, May 10, 1967 Page II in V ie t-N a m '."You had b e tte r be thinking about w hat you w ill fa* a n sw er. It did

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 3/10/1966 (Thursday) (Item)

r e e to q u a lif y f o r s o m e of t h e s e b e a u t i f i c a t i o n f u n d s ^w e r e N e w H a v e n w h e r e ii MEMORANDUM TH E W H IT E HOUSE WASHINGTON T h u r s d a y , M a r c h 10, 1966 Page 7 R i c h a r d L e e i s M a y o r

Oral history transcript, Barnaby Conrad Keeney, interview 1 (I), 4/14/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

discussions with Harold Howe II and others about new legislation. M: Who? K: Harold Rowe, the Commissioner of Education. And I've been on quite a number of task forces to recommend new legislation. M: What task forces? K: Task forces to recommend

Oral history transcript, Fredrick L. Deming, interview 3 (III), 2/17/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

those excise taxes had gone on in World War II LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits

Oral history transcript, Frederick G. Dutton, interview 1 (I), 8/4/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

the Press." The relevant part to this was that the program had not been over more than thirty seconds when one of the assistants in the studi 0 said, IIGovernor Brovm, Senator Johnson is on the phone. II LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org

Oral history transcript, Strom Thurmond, interview 1 (I), 5/7/1979, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

Johnson ran back to my seat and said, IIDon't you want to be on the Armed Services Committee?" I said, liVes, I would like to be." And he said, IIAnd you voted the other way here. II I said, "Yes, I did." He didn't say any more. I learned later

Oral history transcript, Charles A. Halleck, interview 1 (I), 9/19/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)

II and-- B: Last throes of the New Deal. Can you recall freshman Congressman Lyndon Johnson about 1937? H: Well, yes, I was conscious of his being here. It was later before I got closely acquainted with him. B: About when would that have been

Oral history transcript, John A. McCone, interview 1 (I), 8/19/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

responsibility for procurement. This involved the placing of a vast number of very large orders, and the reactivation of World War II plants that had been shut down--and various actions. Of course, we were in very close consultation with the Senate LBJ

Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Pechman, interview 1 (I), 3/19/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

Development is a non-profit organization consisting primarily of businessmen, but also some educators. It was created during World War II to investigate matters of public policy relating to business and economics. They have been the most responsible

Oral history transcript, Alan S. Boyd, interview 1 (I), 11/20/1968, by David G. McComb (Item)

Oral history transcript, George R. Brown, interview 3 (III), 7/11/1977, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

remember we used to talk together a lot, I don't remember the details because I was not really interested in whether he sought my advice . G: Let me ask you a couple of questions about Lyndon Johnson during World War II . I know that you visited

Oral history transcript, E. Ross Adair, interview 1 (I), 3/12/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

, and we did work it out. Again, there were questions remaining as a result of World War II between the United States and the Republic of the Philippines, and a joint commission was formed of which I was a part, and we worked those things out. Things

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 2/4/1966 (Friday) (Item)

d . A day o f s h e e r tu rm o il f o r L y n d o n - - G e t t i n g r e a d y to go to m o rro w t o H a w a ii, f o r a b o u t t h r e e d a y s now I h a v e b e e n h e a r i n g p o s s i - ( b ilitie s about i t and b e i n g d e a f

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 3/15/1967 (Wednesday) (Item)

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Oral history transcript, Stanley Karnow, interview 1 (I), 4/30/1984, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

Oral history transcript, Clark Kerr, interview 1 (I), 8/12/1985, by Janet Kerr-Tener (Item)

College and got my A.B. degree there. And then [I received] an M.A. at Stanford, Ph.D., University of California. Then I returned to the University of California at the end of World War II as a faculty member. I was the founding head of the LBJ

Oral history transcript, John Peter Flynn, interview 1 (I), 12/19/1984, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

by the name of Leon Gray, Colonel Leon Gray, and he was a Distinguished Service Cross winner in World War II, probably one of the top reconnaissance pilots in the business. In fact, he was. An incredible pilot, ex-airline pilot. And the First Fighter Group had

Oral history transcript, William C. Trueheart, interview 1 (I), 3/2/1982, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

we reported this to Washington, and I think people from Washington came out and they iI/ere also briefed directly by Thompson. I think there was fairly quickly agreement that this was a sound approach in counterinsurgency. The U.S. military

Oral history transcript, E. Ernest Goldstein, interview 3 (III), 12/19/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)

mind, the type of mechanism that you could use to control this type of flow. And secondly, I had worked in the Office of Alien Property during the postWorld War II period, and still had a certain amount of knowledge of the statute. And as a result

Oral history transcript, Endicott Peabody, interview 1 (I), 3/4/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)