Reminiscences of Ray W. Barker, 1972.

Biographical Note

Army officer

Scope and Contents

London post during World War II: artillery duties and head of War Plans section, Special Observation Group; preparation of United Kingdom accommodations for United States troops, collaboration with British Intelligence; BOLERO, TORCH, OVERLORD, COSSACK and ROUNDUP; Quebec Conference; G-1 staff member to General Eisenhower; impressions of Generals Bedell Smith, Frederick Morgan, and Charles Marshall

Subjects

• Barker, Ray W. (Ray Wehnes), 1889-1974--Interviews.
• Burg, Maclyn, interviewer.--http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ivr
• Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969.
• Great Britain--Foreign relations--United States.
• Interviews.
• Oral histories (literary works)
• United States--Foreign relations--Great Britain.
• World War, 1939-1945.

Access Conditions

Interview is in public domain, 1976