GUNTER, Lester E. (Colonel)

Call No.: K239.0512-176

IRIS No.: 00904018

IRIS Tape No.: 00904019

Accessibility: OPEN

Pages/Time: 45pp/:50

Class: U

Date/Location: 9 August 1968/March AFB CA

Interviewers: Unknown

Source: Project CORONA HARVEST Collection

Topics:

(1965-1967) Oral history interview with Colonel Lester E. Gunter, Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations, 3d Air Division, Andersen AFB, Guam. Colonel Gunter tells of experience as B-52 pilot, effectiveness of early antipersonnel munitions, success of Mu Gia Pass bombing mission, development of quick reaction force, tactics for evasion of surface-to-air missiles and effect of rotational deployment on mission. Also discussed are the development of targets, bombing run problems, difficulty of bomb damage assessment, versatility of B-52, Young Tiger tanker force and its effectiveness, flexibility of strategic doctrine in Vietnam and need for Strategic Air Command planners to participate in finer details of strikes.