VALEN, Richard D. (Captain)

Call No.: K239.0512-017

IRIS No.: unavailable

IRIS Tape No.: 0090374

Accessibility: OPEN

Pages/Time: No transcript/0:37

Class: U

Date/Location: 17 September 1967/Maxwell AFB AL

Interviewer: Major Harry Shallcross

Sources: Project CORONA HARVEST Collection

Topics:

(1965-1966) Oral history interview with Captain Richard Valen, reconnaissance duty officer for the Direct Air Support Center, II Corps. Topics discussed are the determining of whether reconnaissance requests are justifiable, procedure for processing reconnaissance pictures received at Pleiku Air Base, aspects looked for in reconnaissance photos, personal training received for assignment, reconnaissance duty officer needs some kind of reconnaissance experience, procedures for requesting reconnaissance support, discussion of procedures followed in providing reconnaissance support and the effectiveness of reconnaissance operations in the war effort.