Reminiscences of Eleanor Pool Arnold : oral history, 1959.

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Reminiscences of Eleanor Pool Arnold : oral history, 1959.

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Family background of Henry H. Arnold; early meetings; engagement and marriage, 1913; General Arnold's experiences in Army Air Corps: Washington, D.C. in World War I, planning and production problems, forest patrols, air mail; Mitchell trial, reprimand and exile; Morrow Board; Command and General Staff School; effects of the Depression. Impressions of Generals Douglas MacArthur, George C. Marshall, William L. Mitchell, Wendell Westover, and others.

Transcript: 108 leaves.

Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries

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Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries

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Interviewee married Henry H. Arnold. From the description of Reminiscences of Eleanor Pool Arnold : oral history, 1959. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122376561 ...