Reminiscences of Jarred V. Crabb : oral history, 1970.

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Reminiscences of Jarred V. Crabb : oral history, 1970.

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Peacetime Air Corps training and morale; Kelly and Selfridge Fields; bomb sight maintenance, 14th Reconnaissance Squadron, Gander, 1941; communications training, 1941-42; South Pacific Theater, 1943-46; 5th Air Force and 5th Bomber Command; bombing tactics; Philippines, 1948-49; Far Eastern Air Forces staff, 1949-52; Korea air operations; Air Defense Command, 1952-54; recollections of World War II colleagues, especially Generals George C. Kenny, Douglas MacArthur, Ennis C. Whitehead, and Thomas D. White.

Transcript: 150 leaves.Tape: 1 reel.

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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