Oral history interview with Richard Grote, 2007 October 18.

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Oral history interview with Richard Grote, 2007 October 18.

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Interview with Richard Grote, an Air Force veteran, concerning his childhood in El Paso and Tucson; memories of the Great Depression and World War II; father's service in World War I; decision to attend University of Arizona and enter the U.S. Air Force ROTC program; assignment to Lackland AFB; training in navigation and aircraft performance engineering for B-26 and KB-29 air refueling aircraft crews; retraining in electronic countermeasures; assignment to B-52 wing at Castle AFB; airborne alert missions; tensions of Cuban Missile Crisis; air-sampling missions; assignment to U.S.Air Force University and thesis on subject of so-called "missile gap"; assignment to SR-71 reconnaissance unit; deployment to Kadena Air Base during Vietnam War; belief that U.S policy in Cold War succeeded in preventing other wars; retirement to Fort Worth.

51 leaves ; 29 cm.

University of North Texas Library, UNT

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University of North Texas Library, UNT

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