Item COLD WAR 27/69 - Transcript of interview with US Air Force crew commander Thomas J Denchy, 1996

Typescript transcript of interview with Thomas J Denchy, former Capt, USAF, Titan II Missile crew commander, [1962-1968], relating to the role and deployment of the Martin-Marietta LGM-25 C Titan II Heavy Inter-Continental Ballistic Missile (ICBM), 1962-1987; the strategic importance of the Titan II Missile in countering the nuclear arsenal of the USSR, 1962-1987; the targetting of the Titan II Missile and the secrecy of the designated target in the USSR, 1962-1987; the targetting information originating from Headquarters, US Strategic Air Command (SAC), Omaha, Nebraska, 1962-1987; the operational procedures for a four man Titan II Missile silo crew, [1962-1968]; Danchy's personal opinion of the USSR during his USAF service, [1962-1965]; the launch procedures for the Titan II Missile, [1962-1968]; the use of the double key launch procedure to prevent any one person initiating a missile launch, 1962-1987; Denchy volunteering for service in Vietnam in order to escape the responsibility of USAF strategic missile duty, [1968]; the US nuclear doctrine of mutually assured destruction (MAD), 1967, the Cuban Missile Crisis, Oct 1962. 18pp