Reminiscences of Idwal Edwards : oral history, 1973.

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Reminiscences of Idwal Edwards : oral history, 1973.

Recollections of Air Force integration in 1949; impressions of Benjamin Davis, Stuart Symington, Hoyt Vandenburg, Eugene Zuckert.

Transcript: 35 leaves.

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Air Force officer. From the description of Reminiscences of Idwal Edwards : oral history, 1973. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122362010 Idwal Hubert Edwards (1895-1981) was born in Freedom, New York, and enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1917. In February, 1918, he was transferred to the Air Corps. He received his commission as a Second Lieutenant in Infantry Reserve on August 15, 1917, and received his regular commission as a Second Lieutenan...

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