01053228 UNCLASSIFIED 2430726 01-01-1943 2443145 01-01-1977 2443699 07-09-1978

EDMUNDSON, JAMES V.

ORAL HISTORY INTERVIEW K239.0512-1411 37243 6 56 2448874 09-08-1992 DISCUSSES QUALITIES FOR SUCCESS AS A LEADER AND ROLE CHARACTER PLAYS, INCLUDING COMPARISONS BETWEEN GENS H.H. ARNOLD, C.A. SPAATZ, N.F. TWINING, T.D. WHITE, C.E. LEMAY, AND E. O'DONNELL. INCLUDES ANECDOTES AND COMMENTS ON RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN LEMAY AND WHITE, SWEENEY AND O'DONNELL, DAVID C. JONES AND LEMAY, POWER AND LEMAY. INCLUDES SPECIAL SECTION ON EXCERPTS TAKEN FROM INTERVIEW REGARDING GEN JONES, INCLUDING SPOT PROMOTION, SELECTION AS LEMAY'S AIDE AND PERSONAL OBSERVATIONS. COMMENTS ON SPECIAL BOARD TO REDUCE OFFICERS ON FLYING PAY; LEMAY'S GREATNESS; WHITE AS DIPLOMAT; ARNOLD AS REACHING DOWN TO CHOOSE YOUNGER OFFICERS TO FILL POSITIONS; OTHER PERSONAL OBSERVATIONS. LT GEN, USAF (RET). INTERVIEWED BY DR EDGAR F. PURYEAR, JR., AIR FORCE CONSULTANT. INCLUDES 3 CASSETTE TAPES. LEADERS AND LEADERSHIP WHITE, THOMAS D. JONES, DAVID C. LEMAY, CURTIS E. ARNOLD, HENRY H. SPAATZ, CARL A. OFFICER ASSIGNMENTS OFFICER AIDES