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.