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The HistoryMakers video oral history with Col. Edward Howard.

Title
The HistoryMakers video oral history with Col. Edward Howard.
Publication
Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]

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Details

Additional Authors
  • Howard, Edward, 1925-2017
  • Crowe, Larry F.
  • Hickey, Matthew
  • HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.
Description
1 online resource (5 video files (2 hr., 6 min.)) : sound, color.
Summary
Military officer U.S. Army Colonel Edward B. Howard was born on September 13, 1925 in Washington, D.C. He attended Dartmouth College from 1943 to 1945 before being selected to attend the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. Howard went on to earn his B.S. degree in engineering from West Point in 1949 and his M.S. degree in electrical engineering from Purdue University in 1960. He served as a communications officer in the National Military Command Center at the Pentagon and then as an installation commander and staff officer in Bangkok, Thailand. In 1971, Howard became chief of the Frequency Branch in the Office of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. In 1973, he was named Inspector General of the U.S. Army. From 1983 to 1990, Howard received several senior-level military and civilian appointments. His military decorations include the Bronze Star Medal with the 1st Oak Leaf Cluster and the Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal.
Alternative Title
  • History Makers video oral history with Col. Edward Howard
  • Col. Edward Howard
Subject
  • Howard, Edward, 1925-2017 > Interviews
  • African Americans > Interviews
  • African Americans
  • General
Genre/Form
  • Internet videos.
  • Interviews.
  • Nonfiction films.
  • Oral histories.
Credits (note)
  • Videographer, Matthew Hickey.
OCLC
997170347
Title
The HistoryMakers video oral history with Col. Edward Howard.
Publisher
Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]
Country of Producing Entity
United States. naf
Playing Time
020600
Type of Content
two-dimensional moving image
Type of Medium
computer
Type of Carrier
online resource
Digital File Characteristics
video file
Performer
Larry Crowe, interviewer.
Credits
Videographer, Matthew Hickey.
Event
Recorded Alexandria, Virginia 2013 May 23.
Source of description
Vendor-supplied metadata.
Connect to:
Available from home with a valid library card and onsite at NYPL
Indexed Term
General.
Added Author
Howard, Edward, 1925-2017, interviewee.
Crowe, Larry F., interviewer.
Hickey, Matthew, director of photography.
HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.
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