Reminiscences of James Elbert Briggs : oral history, 1973.

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Reminiscences of James Elbert Briggs : oral history, 1973.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/86100370

Recollections of Air Force Academy while superintendent; problems of accreditation, establishing the superintendent's household; description of Colorado Springs set-up.

Transcript: 61 leaves.

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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James Elbert Briggs (1906-1979) was born in Rochester, New York, the son of Bendsmin Robert and Marion Cypert Briggs. He entered the New York Military Academy in 1920 and, as an honor graduate, in 1924 received a presidential appointment to the U.S. Military Academy. He was "cadet first captain" (regimental commander) his last year at West Point and graduated 31st in a class of 261 in 1928. He was commissioned a second lieutenant of Field Artillery. Briggs'' first assignment was to the Sixth Fie...

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