Interview of Joseph O. Fletcher by Brian Shoemaker

• Main Author: Fletcher, J. O. (Joseph O.), 1920-
• Other Authors: Shoemaker, Brian
• Format: Audio
• Language: English
• Published: Byrd Polar Research Center Archival Program 2006
• Subjects: Arctic regions > Climate; Arctic regions > Discovery and exploration > Interviews; Fletcher; J. O. (Joseph O.); 1920- > Interviews; International Geophysical Year (IGY) (1957-1958); Arctic; Austin; Balchen; Benedict; Byrd; Harwood; Hess; Wilkinson
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1811/6055

________ Lotsby, pp. 14 Ned_________, pp. 18 Carl Rock, pp. 24, 28 _________ Treshnikov, pp. 30 _________ Somov, pp. 30 General Frank Armstrong, pp. 31 General William D. Olds, pp. 32, 43-44, 49-50 Bernt Balchen, pp. 35, 87 ________ Arnold, pp. 35 ________ Rhodahl, pp. 42, 45-46 ________ Briniger, pp. 42, 46 Lou Erhardt, pp. 43-44, 47 Gordon Bradburton, pp. 43 Bert Crary, pp. 46, 54-57, 77, 81, 100, 106 Ed Ward, pp. 48-49 Bill Benedict, pp. 50, 52-54, 58-59 George Austin, pp. 51 Tracy Austin, pp. 51 _________ Chernivitsky, pp. 61 President Truman, pp. 64 Max Brewer, pp. 66 Trevor Harwood, pp. 70 _________ McCarty, pp. 72-73 Hugh Adeshaw, pp. 78 Tom Cunningham, pp. 79 Norbert Untersteiner, pp. 81-82, 98-99 Francis Weeden, pp. 83 Admiral Dennis Wilkinson, pp. 84-85 Jim Calpert, pp. 85-86 Daniel Ellsberg, pp. 94 Mack Hoag, pp. 94 Jim Schlessinger, pp. 94-96 Willy Weeks, pp. 99 Tom Jones, pp. 99-100, 105-106 Professor Jakob Bierknes, pp. 101-102 Gene Bierly, pp. 102-103 George Llano, pp. 106 Mort Turner, pp. 107 Dennis Ruthinson, pp. 107 President Richard Nixon, pp. 107-108 Phil Neurenberg, pp. 108-109 Bill Hess, pp. 111, 114-115 Bob White, pp. 111 Paul Wolf, pp. 113 Tivo ________, pp. 113 Herb Reel, pp. 118 JoAnn Simpson, pp. 118 Yock Koopner, pp. 118 ________ Izzo, pp. 126-127 ________ Romanathon, pp. 128 Susan Solomon, pp. 129-130 The media can be accessed at the links below. Audio Part 1: http://streaming.osu.edu/knowledgebank/byrd/oral_history/Col_Joseph_Fletcher_1.mp3 Audio Part 2: http://streaming.osu.edu/knowledgebank/byrd/oral_history/Col_Joseph_Fletcher_2.mp3 Audio Part 4: http://streaming.osu.edu/knowledgebank/byrd/oral_history/Col_Joseph_Fletcher_4.mp3 Audio Part 3: http://streaming.osu.edu/knowledgebank/byrd/oral_history/Col_Joseph_Fletcher_3.mp3 Col. Fletcher began his affiliation with the military in the ROTC program at the University of Oklahoma, enrolling in 1936. He received his Masters Degree from MIT in meteorology and went into active service in 1941. After his active duty service ...