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AFPAAA ORAL HISTORY COLLECTION

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AFPAAA Oral History Collection - Volume 1
Ten Oral History transcripts on a single CD - $40.00 (+ shipping)

Volume 1 features transcripts and bios (in PDF format) of a "mini-who's who" of USAF Public Affairs leaders and legends telling "their stories" in detail - often funny, frequently poignant and always riveting. This CD includes:

LtGen Maurice Casey
Col Bill Coleman
BGen Jerry Dalton
LtCol & ASD/PA Bill Greener
Col Bill Helmantoler
LtCol Maston Jacks
Col Bill McGinty
BGen Mike McRaney
Col Barney Oldfield
Col Boone Rose

Each transcript is fully indexed and some include extra reference material and/or photographs.

Public affairs professionals, historians and journalists will find valuable insights and entertaining highlights in these recountings of "been-there-done-that" experiences by some of the brightest public affairs minds to ever put on a suit - blue or pinstripe. Readers will also discover how it "really is" in combat, politics and big business from first-person participants who were eyewitnesses to some intriguing "footnotes to history".

Oral History Collection Vol 1
CD - $40.00 + Shipping

AFPAAA Oral History Printed Trasncripts Individual Oral History transcripts are also available for $25.00/ea (+ shipping) See list below.
	001 Col. Barney Oldfield	... an original tale by a publicist extraordinaire, covers WWII Press Camps to NORAD's Tracking of Santa and the great and near great in between.
	002 Lt. Col. Maston Jacks	... remembers WWII ditching, Project Bluebook (UFOs) & POWs.
	003 BGen. Mike McRaney	... reminisces about a career that took him from college basketball star to USAF Director of Public Affairs with stops in Europe, SEA and SAC along the way.
	004 Lt. Col. Gil Billings	... recalls how it was on Eniwetok during A-bomb tests plus early SEA PA planning and manning.
	005 Col. Bill Helmantoler	... tells about WWII rescue & PR jobs at CINCPAC, OSD and working n the White House for LBJ.
	006 Col. Aubrey Cookman	... at Lowry (Denver CO) before WWII & a civilian ad man after.
	007 BGen. Richard Abel	... provides a riveting account of Vietnam POWs return from SEA.
	008 Lt. Col. George Weiss	... recalls T-Bird PR, problems in SEA & Cuban Missile Crisis.
	009 Col. William F. McGinty	... his version of LIFE Magazine & the B-52 around the world flight, MACV versus the USAF in Vietnam and other highlights.
	010 Col. Robert Hermann	... a thoughful retrospective about the PA role from one of our best thinkers, also recalls the MOL and other R&D programs.
	011 Lt. Gen. Maurice Casey	... gives some fascinating insights into the aftermath of the Arab- Israeli conflict in the mid-'70s plus experiences as 3-time Deputy Director of Info/PA!.
	012 BGen. Ed Robertson	... recalls a storybook PA career including the story-behind-the-story of AF Chief of Staff Gen. Mike Dugan's firing and the chaos that followed.
	013 Col. Jack Rose	... remembers early Strike Command PR; also MAC-V & OASD/PA machinations during Vietnam.
	014 Col. Bill Coleman	... recounts WWII P-38 adventures, set up of early USAF space ops at the Cape, and years as SAFOI's Chief of Public, also Project Blue Book and working with Jack Webb on UFO TV show.
	015 CMSgt Reed Switzer	... talks about Ernie Pyle, working at CSU and at the NY Worlds Fair as an Orientation Group rep.
	016 MGen. Henry L. Hogan	... recalls first days of the USAF Academy & duty as SAC Div Cmdr & PA Director.
	019 Lt. Col Ben Scarpero	... recounts the varied USAF career of a New Orleans newspaperman,)
	020 Lt. Col. John Dillin	... remembers early civilian PR in Florida and WWII, later started FL PR Society.
	022 Col. C.V. Glines	... tells about his close working relationship with Jimmy Doolittle and the Doolittle Raiders.
	023 BGen. Jerry Dalton	... reviews 30 eventful years that culminated in being the first career-PA to be promoted to Brig. General named Director.
	025 Col. Albert Hatcher	.. from the high seas to the Pentagon's E-ring, includes experiences as special assistant (speech writer ) to three Chiefs of Staff; Generals LeMay, McConnell & Ryan.
	026 Col. Gerry Hickman	... provides thoughtful insights into modern PA practice in both government and industry from a senior managers perspective.
	027 Lt. Col. Terry Hemeyer	... a fascinating journey from band leader to corp PR exec involved in Pennzoil's billion dollar law suit against Texaco and the many PR stops in between.
	028 Col. Reade Tilley	... the amazing story of a PA icon - from WW II Eagle Squadron to Cold War SAC - that provides insight into the creation of "modern" USAF public affairs.
	030 Col. Boone Rose	... compares being a WWII Bomber Pilot to being a 4-star's exec. WW II missions, 7th AF & TAC PA.
	031 Lt. Col. Bill Greener	... tells how he turned a 20+year AF PA career into posts Ass't White House Press Secy and ASD/PA. Contains blunt but pertinent thoughts about PR/PA biz.
	032 Mrs. Alice Price	... the history of the USAF's Art Program (includes 6 color photos of AF Art) told by the doyenne of Wild Blue art.
	034 Colonel Don Burggrabe	... recounts his pioneering efforts as the first Palace Info career manager, how "A Great Way of Life" became a recruiting mantra, what it's like to be the USAF's guy in Hollywood, and a lot more.
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