The photo gallery is indexed as p1, p2, p3, and so on.
Abel, Rudolph, 116
Addison’s disease, 66, 96, 108
Adenauer, Konrad, 99
aerial reconnaissance, 29–31, 47, 48, 49
low-level, 183–184
suspension of, 286
aerial refueling, 115
algal, 84
Amagiri (destroyer), 19, 21, 27
Anderson, Elizabeth, 9
Anderson, George, 160, 162, 189, 197, 274
Anderson, Jane, 82, 175, 180, 205, 249, 287, 291, p3
Anderson, Rudy, calls with, 114, 227
mistaken death report and, 114–115
Anderson, Jim, 82
Anderson, Peggy, 9
Anderson, Robyn, 292
Anderson, Rudolf, Jr., “Rudy,” 5, 75–76, 79, 131, 180, 204, 265, p3, p8
accident, 11–12
awards, 287
calls with Anderson, Jane, 114, 227
childhood, 9–11
CIA U-2s and, 127, 128, 152, 153
after Korean War, 32–34
mistaken death report, 114–115
October 15 mission, 134–135, 141
October 18 mission, 156–157
October 20 to 22 missions, 172
October 27 mission, 227–230, 247
radar targeting, 232
reactions to death of, 253
return of body, 291
shooting down of, 249–250, 252, 258, 270
Soviet radar tracking, 230–232
US Air Force enlistment, 12
Anderson, Rudolf, Sr., 10
AQUATONE, 50
base built at, 55–56
Arkhipov, Vasili, 276–277
Army Air Corps, 35
Army Air Service, 29
Article 360, 85
Atlas missiles, 177
Atomic Energy Commission, 55, 116
aurora borealis, 223–224
B camera, 90
B-17 Flying Fortress, 39
B-24 Liberator, 66
B-52 bombers, 50
B-59 (submarine), 275–277, 285
B-88 (submarine), 277
Baker, James, 53
Bald Mountain, 55
ballistic missiles, 123, 125–126
intercontinental-range, 153–154, 254
JFK speech on, 173–176
medium-range, 132, 137, 140, 153, 210, 213, 254
See also specific missiles
Barter Island, 222–225
Bartlett, Charles, 198–199, 200
Bartlett, Martha, 199
Batlin, Alexander, 59
Bay of Pigs, 103–104, 111–112, 125, 144, 218
Berkley, George, 166
Berlin, 91, 110–111, 154, 163, 176, 195, 196
Berlin Blockade, 91
Bikini Lagoon, 48
bird strikes, 216
Bison bombers, 63
Bissell, Daniel, 49
Bissell, Richard
Area 51 development, 55–56
Cuba and, 101–104
firing of, 116
Powers, F., shoot-down and, 89, 90
Soviet Union overflights and, 62–64
U-2 development and, 49–51, 53, 56–58
U-2 operations bases, 61–62
weather squadron cover and, 81
Blanton, Thomas, 277
BLUE MOON, 183
Bohlen, Charles, 138
Bolshakov, Georgi, 198–199
Boy Scouts, 10
Brantigham, Henry, “Hank,” 18
BRASS KNOB, 149
Britton, William, 215
Brown, Buddy, 128, 149–152, 172, 229, 251, 288–289
Brugioni, Dino, 269
Bucharest (Soviet ship), 201
Buckley, George, 108
Bulganin, Nikolai, 61
Bundy, McGeorge, 130, 155, 156
Cuba overflights opinion, 119, 120
on end of crisis, 284
ExComm meetings and, 138, 142, 143, 146, 197, 256, 257, 286
informing president of missiles, 133–134, 137, 139
on Khrushchev, N., proposal response, 256–257, 263–264
C-54, 244
Campbell, John, 115–116
Carey, Howard, 78
Carter, Marshall, 122, 124, 133, 140, 145
Cassini, Oleg, 199
Castro, Fidel, 126, 173, 176, 262
Anderson, Rudy, shoot-down and, 280
antiaircraft gun orders, 214
Khrushchev, N., and, 111–112, 123, 198, 212, 231
overflights frustrating, 198, 231
plans for overthrow of, 102–104
reaction to missile agreement, 285
revolution lead by, 101–102
strike fears of, 212
Castro, Raul, 126
Cayo Coco, 229
celestial navigation, 221–224, 233
Chamberlain, Neville, 161, 162
Cherokee Nation, 9
Chukotka Peninsula, 233
Churchill, Pamela, 67
Churchill, Winston, 106
Area 51 and, 55–56
Castro, F., overthrow plan, 102–104
Contingency Reserve Fund, 50
JFK reorganizing, 116
pilot recruitment by, 58–60
Powers, F., and, 116
San Cristobal overflight mission and, 123–124
Technical Services Division, 59
U-2s operated by, 124, 127–128, 131, 152, 153
See also National Photographic Interpretation Center
Civil Air Patrol, 16
civil defense, 179
Civil War, 10
Clemson University, 11–12
Cohn, Roy, 97
Compton, Keith, 152
Connolly, John, 96
Constable, Robert, 215
Contingency Reserve Fund, 50
Corbett, Francis, 33
Corbett, Jane, 33–34
Corbett, Lilla Mae, 33
Corbett, William, 33
CORONA satellites, 119
Corrigan, Douglas, “Wrong Way,” 15
Crabbe, Lionel, 61
Cronkite, Walter, 179
Crusader overflights, 185–186, 203, 213–216, 271
JFK speech on, 173–176
ports, 121
SAM sites on, 117–121
Soviet missiles in, 125–126
Soviets and, 117, 121, 122, 123
U-2 overflights, 117–121, 123–124, 129–130, 134–135, 143–144, 149, 151–153, 229–231
US attack plans for, 212–213
See also specific locations
curare, 84
Curtiss Robin, 15
The Dark Side of Camelot (Hersh), 102
David Clark Company, 76
de Gaulle, Charles, 90, 99, 106–108, 171
DEFCON 2. See Defense Condition 2
DEFCON 3. See Defense Condition 3
Defense Atomic Support Agency, 113, 221
Defense Condition 2 (DEFCON 2), 193, 235, 236
Defense Condition 3 (DEFCON 3), 177
Democratic National Committee, 96
Democratic National Convention, 204
Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, 29
deniability, 59
Dennis, Robert, 215
Depew, Robert J., 31
Dillon, C. Douglas, 138, 258, 261, 263
Dobrynin, Anatoly, 120
JFK meeting with, 155
on missile withdrawal, 286
RFK delivering ultimatum to, 267, 269–270
Turkey missile removal offer and, 262, 263
Dragon Lady. See U-2
duck and cover drills, 182
Dulles, Allen, 47, 49, 50, 56, 101–103, 116
East Germany, 110–111
Eastman Kodak, 47
Ecker, William, 183–184, 185, 189–190, 216
Edwards, India, 96
Edwards Air Force Base, 57, 114, 127, 128
Eielson Air Force Base, 113, 222, 224, 234–235, 244, 265
Eisenhower, Dwight, 68, 95, 97, 99, 107, 286
Castro, F., and, 101–102
on JFK and Cuba, 169
overflights suspended by, 64
Soviet Union overflights and, 84
U-2 development and, 50, 56, 58, 62
U-2 program secrecy and, 62, 83
Evans, Reginald, 27
Executive Committee of National Security Council (ExComm), 164, 238, 286
composition of, 137–138
Congress briefing by, 170–171
meeting on blockade, 194–197
missile intelligence presented to, 139–142
naval blockade planning by, 168–170
October 16 meetings, 139–144, 145–147
October 18 meeting, 154
October 20 meetings, 165–166
October 27 meetings, 254–264, 270–271, 273
October 28 meeting, 284–286
on ship inspections, 201–202
F3D Skynight, 121
F8U Crusader reconnaissance aircraft, 118–119, 121
See also RF8 Crusader
F-80 Shooting Star, 40, 42–44, 52
F-86 Sabre, 30
fallout shelters, 179
Fighter Gunnery School, 41
Fomin, Alexander, 216–217
Foreign Relations Committee, 64–65, 105
4028th Strategic Reconnaissance Weather Squadron, 81
Four-Power Summit Conference, 90–91
Foxtrot-class submarines, 275
France, 99
McCone in, 120
NATO and, 106–107
French-Indian War, 9
Fulbright, J. William, 119, 170
Galena Air Force Base, 235
GAR-11 air-to-air missiles, 236
Geary, Leo, 59
Geneva Convention, 184
GI Bill, 37
Goering, Hermann, 59
Gomu Island, 27
Grace, Frank, 78
Grant, Ulysses, 160
Great Depression, 13
Greece, US missiles in, 144
Greensboro, North Carolina, 13
Greenville, North Carolina, 12
Greenville, South Carolina, 9–12
Greenville Army Base, 10
Grissom, Virgil, “Gus,” 39, 40
Gromyko, Andrey, 155
Grozny (Soviet ship), 202, 209, 215, 238, 240, 280, 285
Guevara, Ernesto, “Che,” 126
Gunean Mill, 12
The Guns of August (Tuchman), 164
gust control, 52
Harriman, Averell, 107
Havana, Cuba, 2
Hayes, Rutherford, 139
Hepburn, Audrey, 282
Herman, Roger, 149–151, 190, 228
Hersh, Seymour, 102
Hewitt, John, 184
Heyser, Richard, “Steve,” 75, 79, 137, 140, 141, 172, 229, 251, 292
CIA U-2s and, 127–128, 131, 152, 153
first Cuba mission, 129–135
JFK speech reaction, 175
October 18 mission, 156–157
October 23 mission, 190
High Altitude Sampling Program, 221
Hill, Clint, 181
Hilsman, Roger, 239–240
Hitler, Adolf, 161
Homestead Air Force Base, 252, 288
Hoover, Herbert, 286
hotlines, 293–294
House Armed Services Committee, 170
IL-28 bombers, 176
Intelligence and Research Office, 239
intercontinental-range ballistic missiles (IRBMs), 153–154, 254
intermediate-range missiles, 203
IRBMs. See intercontinental-range ballistic missiles
Italy, US missiles in, 169
ITEK, 119
J-3 Piper Cub, 15–16
JFK. See Kennedy, John F.
Johns, R. L., 274
Johnson, Alexis, 156
Johnson, Clarence, “Kelly,” 50–52, 55, 57, 58
Johnson, Lyndon, 95, 96, 138, 261
on naval blockade, 168
Johnson, U. Alexis, 138
Joint Chiefs of Staff, 143, 176, 187, 254
JFK meeting with, 159–163
Khrushchev, N., message reactions, 284–285
naval blockade preparations and, 168
October 16 meeting, 145
October 17 meeting, 153
K-8 air base, 31
K-19 (submarine), 277
K-38 camera, 53
Kasolo Island, 23
Kauflin, James, 184
Kennedy, Ethel, 199
Kennedy, Jacqueline, 98, 105, 199, 268
on bomb shelters, 181
Kennedy, John F., “Jack” (JFK), 105, 137, 153, 179, 192, 284, p3, p4, p6, p8
Anderson, Rudy, death and, 254, 259
on boarding Soviet ships, 190–191
on bomb shelters, 181
Castro, F., and, 102–104
Congress briefing by, 170–171
de Gaulle and, 106–108
Dobrynin and Gromyko meeting with, 155
Dulles and, 116
ExComm convened by, 139, 140–144, 145–147
at ExComm meeting on blockade, 194–197
health issues, 66–68, 95–96, 108–109
inaugural address, 99
Joint Chiefs of Staff meeting with, 159–163
Khrushchev, N., meeting with, 64–65, 107–112
Khrushchev, N., message to, 283–284
LeMay and, 161–163
letter to Anderson, Jane, 287
Maultsby, Chuck, incident and, 240
on missiles in Turkey, 255–256
naval blockade and, 209–210
naval blockade enacted by, 194, p7
naval blockade planning, 168–170
negotiating style of, 267–268, 274
at October 18 ExComm meeting, 154–156
October 20 ExComm meeting, 166
planning for U-2 shoot down, 186–188
presidential campaign debates, 91–92
religion and, 97
return to white house, 165–166
SAM worries, 169
on ships exempt from blockade, 201–202
speech on Cuba missile bases by, 173–176
on Stevenson, 209
swearing in as president, 95
U-2 tour, 289
on world peace, 294
in World War II, 17–28
Kennedy, Joseph, Sr., 64–68, 162
Kennedy, Robert (RFK), 104, 108, 122
Anderson, Rudy, death and, 258
blockade idea and, 163–164
on Congress briefing, 171
Dobrynin meeting with, 120, 191, 262–263, 267, 269–270, 285, 286
ExComm and, 138–143, 154, 156, 194, 256, 262, 263, 281–284
on Khrushchev, N., letter, 219
on McCone, 120
on nuclear war plans, 181–182
on pressure of crisis, 165
SGA and, 123
Kennedy, Robert, Jr., 181–182
Kern, Charlie, 203–204
Key West, Florida, 183
Khrushchev, Nikita, 174, 176, 192, 209, 238, 255, 283, p6
Berlin and, 196
Bolshakov and, 198–199
Bundy on response to proposal by, 256–257, 263–264
Castro, F., and, 111–112, 123, 198, 212, 231
on Cuba missiles, 117, 125, 126, 134, 137, 144, 177–178
at Four-Power Summit Conference, 90–91
health of, 105–106
JFK meeting with, 64–65, 105, 107–112
Joint Chiefs reaction to message from, 284–285
letter to JFK, 217–219
message about blockade, 199
message to JFK from, 283–284
on missile capabilities, 62, 99
naval quarantine protest, 188
Rusk on bargaining objectives of, 142
tactical nuclear weapon authorization by, 162
on U-2 overflights, 89–91, 118
understanding of crisis, 253, 267–268
United Kingdom visit, 61
United States visit by, 64–65
Khrushchev, Sergei, 182
Anderson, Rudy, death and, 253
Kimovsk (Soviet ship), 194–195, 197
Kindley Air Force Base, 215
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 32
Kirksey, Andrew Jackson, 19, 20, 28, 98, 139, 254
Kirksey, Kloye, 98
Koch, Bob, 189
Kolombangara Island, 17–18, 22
Kuchel, Thomas, 170
Kunu-ri, North Korea, 43
Lakenheath Royal Air Force Base, 61, 62
Laos, 112
Laughlin Air Force Base, 81, 92, 127, 149, 151, 152, 172, 173, 180, 205, 265, 266, 267, 288
Ledford, Jack, 123
Leghorn, Richard, 47, 48, 53, 60, 72, 90, 93, 119
LeMay, Curtis, 160, 177, 184, 187, 260, 292
Dulles opinion of, 56
Ecker debriefed by, 190
ExComm and, 138
Khrushchev, N., message reaction, 284–285
strikes advocated by, 161–163, 252, 274, 284
LeVier, Tony, 57–58
Lindbergh, Charles, 13
Lovelace Foundation for Medical Education and Research, 72
Lovett, Robert, 155
low-level reconnaissance flights, 183–184
Luna missile, 211–212
Lundahl, Arthur, 132–133, 137, 139–141, 154, 166–167
Macmillan, Harold, 90, 99, 171
March Air Force Base, 73
Mariel Naval Port, 126
Marney, Harold, 19, 20, 28, 139, 254
Marshall Islands, 48
Marshall Plan, 49
Martinez, Tony, 172, 173, 227, 251
Marucla (cargo ship), 209, 210–211
Maslennikov, Ivan, 276
Maultsby, Cecelia Lash, 12–14
Maultsby, Charles, “Chuck,” 12–16, 29, 35–46, 79, 92, 239, 293, p1, p2
Alaska assignment, 113–114, 221–225, 233–238, 240–245, 265–267
CIA recruiting, 72–73
joining Thunderbirds, 69–71
Power debriefing, 265–266
Maultsby, Charles Wayne, II, “Chuckie,” 37, 45, 293, p2
Maultsby, Isaac Wayne, 12, 14, 37
Maultsby, Jeanne, 37, 40, 45, 69, 70, 113, 180, 244, 267
McCarthy, Joe, 97
McCloy, John, 211
Anderson, Rudy, awards and, 287
appointment to CIA, 116
Cuba overflights and, 122–124
on ExComm, 138, 154, 166–167, 194–195, 197, 209–211
Johnson, L., briefed by, 168
on SAM launches, 216
McCoy Air Force Base, 1, 4, 127–129, 131, 134, 151–152, 156, 172, 173, 176, 204, 228–229
McDermott, Edward, 268
McIlmoyle, Jerry, 173, 229, p1
Anderson, Rudy, death and, 251–252
blockade announcement reaction, 175
JFK and, 288–290
October 19 mission, 159
SAMs fired at, 3–7, 216, 231–232, 247, 248, 251–252, 258, 285
McIlmoyle, Patty, 175
McMahon, Patrick, “Pappy,” 19–20, 22, 23, 25, 28, 97–98
McNamara, Robert, 133, 156, 165, p8
Anderson, Rudy, awards and, 287
Anderson, Rudy, shoot-down and, 252, 258
antiaircraft fire retaliation recommendation, 259–260, 271
on B-59 submarine standoff, 277
Crusader overflights and, 213
ExComm and, 138, 141, 142, 146, 186–187, 194–196, 202–203, 209–210, 281
Joint Chiefs meeting with, 159–160, 239, 285
Maultsby, Chuck, incident and, 240
night reconnaissance mission proposal, 238
ship boarding plans and, 209–210
on ship inspections, 202
on Soviet submarines, 273, 277
statement on U-2 shoot-down, 279
strike preparations by, 177, 261
submarine signaling requested by, 274
on U-2 loss plans, 186–187
medium-range ballistic missile (MRBM), 132, 137, 140, 153, 210, 213, 254
Mendes-France, Pierre, 106
MGR. See missile guidance radar
MI-6, 61
MiG-17, 48
MiG-21, 118
Milford, Lee, 11
missile guidance radar (MGR), 231–232
Model 14 Super Electra, 51
MRBM. See medium-range ballistic missile
NASA. See National Aeronautics and Space Administration
National Advisory Committee on Aeronautics, 81
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), 89, 92
National Photographic Interpretation Center (NPIC), 118, 131, 132, 141, 153, 167, 177, 190, 269
National Security Council, 137, 166
NATO. See North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Naval Air Station Boca Chica, 183
naval blockade, 154, 156, 163, 165
boarding plans to enforce, 191
ExComm planning for, 168–170
JFK speech announcing, 173–176
Khrushchev, N., message about, 199
Khrushchev N., protesting, 188
preparations for, 167–168
ships exempt from, 201–202
submarines and, 273–274
Nellis, William Harrell, 41
Nellis Air Force Base, 41, 69–71
Neustadt, Richard, 179
Nixon, Richard, 68, 95, 97, 98, 120
presidential campaign debates, 91–92
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), 29, 48, 110, 144, 238, 262, 281, 293
France and, 106–107
North Korea. See Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
Northrop Aeronautical Institute, 37
NPIC. See National Photographic Interpretation Center
nuclear football, 267–268
See also intercontinental-range ballistic missiles; medium-range ballistic missile
nuclear-sampling missions, 221–225
Offutt Air Force Base, 234, 265
Okinawa, 41–42
Olasana Island, 25–28
Olmstead Air Force Base, 180
Open Skies plan, 90
Operation Anadyr, 125
Operation Big Switch, 46
Operation Crossroads, 48
Operation Grand Slam, 84
Operation Mongoose, 123
Operation Scabbards, 212
Orlov, Vadim, 275–276
Overstreet, Carl, 62
P-51 Mustang, 39
Papoose Mountain range, 55
Paradise Ranch. See Area 51
Paris, France, 106
patrol torpedo boats (PT boats), 17, 28, 65–66
Pearis, Richard, 9
Peck, Gregory, 282
Perdue, Ed, 266
Perkin, Richard, 53
Perkin-Elmer, 53
Phouma, Souvanna, 112
physiological support team (PST), 4, 228
Pinar del Río, 151
Pittman, Steuart, 191
Polaris nuclear missile submarines, 177, 256
Polaroid, 48
Poltava (Soviet ship), 194, 197, p6
potassium cyanide, 59
Powell, E. A., 149
Powell, Marlene, 288
Power, Thomas, 235, 265, 266, 291
Powers, Dave, 109, 138, 167, 270, 282
Powers, Francis Gary, 84–87, 89–90, 92, 93, 97, 101, 116, 118, 171, 198
pressure suits, 76–78
Project 3, 49
Project OILSTONE, 56–57
PST. See physiological support team
Psychological Support Center, 6
PT boats. See patrol torpedo boats
PT-157, 18
PT-159, 17–18
quarantine. See naval blockade
R-14 missiles, 197
RAF. See Royal Air Force
the Ranch. See Area 51
Rasmussen, Holt, 215
Raypenko, Alexy, 249
RB-26, 30
Reagan, Ronald, 7
Red Scare, 97
Rendova Island, 25–28
Republic of Korea, 29
Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC), 11
Resolute Desk, 139
Revolutionary War, 10
RF8 Crusader, 183–184
Cuba overflights with, 185–186, 198, 203, 213–216, 271
RF-80, 30
RFK. See Kennedy, Robert
Ritland, Osmund, 55
Robinson, Robby, 70–71
Roman Holiday (film), 282
Roosevelt, Franklin, 108, 160, 176
Rose, Wilburn S., “Billy,” 78
Ross, Barney, 19, 24, 25, 26, 27
Ross, Robert, 30–31
Rostow, Walter, 138
ROTC. See Reserve Officers’ Training Corps
Rusk, Dean, 109, 133, 155, 198
end of crisis and, 283
on evacuation plans, 269
ExComm and, 138, 141, 142, 145, 188, 195, 197, 217, 219
on Khrushchev, N., bargaining objectives, 142
Maultsby, Chuck, incident and, 239
overflights plans and, 119, 120
on Turkey missiles, 264
Russell, Bertrand, 198
Russell, Richard, 170
SAC. See Strategic Air Command
Sakhalin Island, 118
Salinger, Pierre, 165–166, 211, 269, 291
SAMs. See surface-to-air missile
San Cristobal, 123–124, 127–130, 132–133, 147, 185–186, 206–207, 213, 254, p5
Santiago Bay, 194
SAR. See search-and-rescue
Savitsky, Valentin Grigorievic, 275–277
Scali, John, 216–217
Schlesinger, Arthur, Jr., 96, 156, 268
Schmarr, Daniel, 190
Schmarr, Kay, 190
search-and-rescue (SAR), 222
Semipalatinsk test site, 84
Senate Armed Services Select Committee, 116
SGA. See Special Group Augmented
Shell Oil, 52
Sidey, Hugh, 112
Skunk Works, 50–52
Smathers, George, 104
Smith, Bromley, 166–167
Smith, Dale, 131
Snyder, Howard, 95
Sorensen, Theodore, 138, 142, 145, 155, 156, 165, 171, 179, 201, 262
South Korea. See Republic of Korea
Soviet Union
Anderson, Rudy, tracked by, 230–232
back-channel proposal from, 216–217
Cuba missile bases, 125–126
JFK speech and, 173–176
Special Group Augmented (SGA), 123–124
Spicer, Henry Russell, 39–40, 45
spy satellites, 119
SS4 missile, 132
Standard Oil, 102
Stevenson, Adlai, 68, 144–145, 190, 211
JFK on, 209
UN and, 204–207
Stockman, Hervey, 63
Strategic Air Command (SAC), 60, 92, 131, 138, 141, 149, 150, 186, 190, 193, 227, 236, 239, 251, 252, 279
blockade and strike preparations, 168
CIA U-2s loaned to, 128
Maultsby, Chuck, incident and, 234–235, 265–266
U-2 program oversight and, 56
Sublette, Richard, 11
submarines, 194–195, 273, 275–277, 285
Polaris nuclear missile, 177, 256
signaling to, 274
Supreme Court, 269
surface-to-air missile (SAM), 123, 127, 129, 132, 152, 157, 159, 169, 171, 186, 198, 214, 228
Anderson, Rudy, shot down by, 249–250
authority to fire, 247–248
Crusaders and, 215
installation in Cuba of, 117–121
McIlmoyle, J., fired on with, 3–7, 216, 231–232, 247, 248, 251–252, 258, 285
planning to attack sites, 187
U-2s and, 216
tactical nuclear weapons, 162, 178
Taiwan, 75
Taylor, Maxwell, 138, 156, 160–161, 167, 188, 189, 195, 197, 285, p8
air strike recommendation by, 257
antiaircraft fire retaliation recommendation, 259–260
on Guantánamo, 163
on invasion plans, 153
on limited strike plans, 146
on missile site strikes, 143, 216
on surveillance, 258
on Turkey missiles, 142
Technical Services Division, 59
Thirteen Days (Kennedy, Robert), 164, 194
Thirty-Eighth Parallel, 29, 30, 46
Thom, Lenny, 27
Thompson, Llewellyn, 99, 107, 111, 138, 155, 255
A Thousand Days (Schlesinger), 268
Titan missiles, 177
Tokyo Express convoy, 17–18
Tuchman, Barbara, 164
Turkey, US missiles in, 142, 144, 169, 255–256, 261–264, 285
Twining, Nathan, 56
Tyuratam Cosmodrome, 85
U Thant, 204–205, 209–210, 211, 217, 280
Castro, F., and shoot-down of, 280
Castro, F., overthrow plan preparations with, 103–104
Congress briefing and, 170
criticism of program, 91–92
Cuba overflights, 117–121, 123–124, 129–130, 134–135, 143–144, 149, 151–153, 229–231
development of, 50–53
flight testing, 57–58
JFKf tour of, 289
planning for shooting down of, 186–188
pressure suits for flying, 76–78
Soviets tracking, 63–64
UFO sightings and, 71–72
USAF and, 56–57
U-3A, 266
UFO sightings, 71–72
UN Security Council, 205–207
Stevenson at, 204–207
US Air Force (USAF), 29
San Cristobal overflight mission and, 123–124
U-2 and, 56–57
US Navy, 56
USAF. See US Air Force
USS Beale, 276
USS Cony, 276
USS Enterprise, 193
USS Gearing, 201
USS Independence, 193
USS Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr., 193, 210–211
USS Lowry, 286
USS Murray, 276
USS Randolph, 275
Valdosta, Georgia, 32
VFP-62 reconnaissance organization, 143, 183
Vienna, Austria, 105–106, 108–112, 218, p6
Vietnam, 293
Vinson, Carl, 170
Virginia Military Institute, 37
Wana Wana Island, 27
Warfield, Thomas, 18
Washington Post, 168
weather squadron, 81
West Germany, 195
Wheeler, Earle, 160
Whilhemy, Christopher, “Bruce,” 184, 185, 189
White, John, 127
White House, recording system, 140
Williams Air Force Base, 39, 40
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, 71
Yalta Conference, 108
Yalu River, 43
Yesin, Victor, 280
Yucatán Channel, 129
Yucatán Peninsula, 159
Yucca Flats, Nevada, 173
Yuri Gagarin (Soviet ship), 194–195
Zinser, Gerry, 21