Engineer Memoirs
The Interviewer
Dr. Frank N. Schubert is the chief of joint operational history in the Joint History Office,
Office of the Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff. He is a graduate of Howard University and holds
a Ph.D. from the University of Toledo. Dr. Schubert's 20 years as a Department of Defense
historian include 13 with the Army Corps of Engineers (19771989). He is the author of
Building Air Bases in the Negev: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in Israel, 19791982
(1992), Buffalo Soldiers, Braves, and Brass: The Story of Fort Robinson, Nebraska (1993),
and On the Trail of the Buffalo Soldier: Biographies of African Americans in the U.S. Army,
18661917 (1995). He and Theresa L. Krause are general editors of The Whirlwind War: The
United States Army in Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm (1995). His latest work is
Black Valor: Buffalo Soldiers and the Medal of Honor 18701898 (1997).
Acknowledgments
Dr. Barry W. Fowle, Director of the Oral History Program, Office of History,
Headquarters, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, was responsible for publishing this manuscript.
Marilyn Hunter, also of the Office of History, provided editorial and technical support.
Constance Potter edited the manuscript, and Lieutenant Colonel Adrian Traas made known
the Vietnam interview published as Part II.
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