Oral history interview with Hugh Cook, 1974 Oct. 23 / conducted by Jeffrey J. Jones.

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Oral history interview with Hugh Cook, 1974 Oct. 23 / conducted by Jeffrey J. Jones.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70124540

Hugh Cook discusses the leadership of the Infantry School, including Bedell Smith, Whitfield P. Sheppard, and George A. Millerman as well as army discipline, weapons, and training. He talks about his impressions of the Army in the 1930s and during World War II. He decsribes his knowledge of the atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki and discusses the court-martial of Lt. William Calley related to the My Lai Massacre of 1968, which Cook publicly opposed, speaking to civic clubs, church groups, and veterans' groups.

Typescript: 24 leaves, bound ; 29 cm.Sound recording: part of Track 2 on 1 sound tape reel : analog, 3 3/4 ips, 2 track ; 7 in.

Columbus State University, Simon Schwob Memorial Library

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Columbus State University, Simon Schwob Memorial Library

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Jones, Jeffrey (Jeffrey Charles)

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Cook, Hugh L.

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Hugh Cook enlisted in the Army in 1935, serving in World War II as a member of a special weapons team in the Pacific, and he also served as a faculty member at the Infantry School at Fort Benning until his retirement. From the description of Oral history interview with Hugh Cook, 1974 Oct. 23 / conducted by Jeffrey J. Jones. (Columbus State University). WorldCat record id: 70124540 ...

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