Oral history interview with Jordan R. Uttal, 1999 September 27.

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Oral history interview with Jordan R. Uttal, 1999 September 27.

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Interview with Jordan R. Uttal, businessman and Army Air Forces veteran (2nd Air Division Headquarters, 8th Air Force), concerning his experiences as a statistics control officer in the European Theater during World War II. Pre-war education and business experience in the dairy industry; entry into the Army, December 29, 1941; Air Forces Administrative Officer Candidate School, 1942; training as a statistical control officer at Harvard Business School under Robert McNamara, 1942-43; application of business methods to Air Force operations; assignment to the 14th Bomb Wing, MacDill Field, Florida, 1943; description of the functions of a statistical control officer; assignment to the Statistical Control Section, 2nd Air Division, 8th Air Force, 1943; temporary transfer to the Photo-Analysis Section, 2nd Air Division; his courtship and marriage to Joyce Christie King on December 29, 1944; influence of his wartime experiences on his postwar business career. Appendix includes two leaves titled, "What did you do in the war, chum?" Three leaves that are an addendum to the interview.

81, [6] leaves : facsims. ; 29 cm.

University of North Texas Library, UNT

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University of North Texas Library, UNT

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