Reminiscences of Dudley Crawford Sharp : oral history, 1969.

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Reminiscences of Dudley Crawford Sharp : oral history, 1969.

Assistant Secretary, later Secretary, of the United States Air Force: missiles, Department of Defense, Joint Chiefs of Staff; U-2 incident; relations with President Eisenhower.

Transcript: 67 leaves.Tape: 1 reel.

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