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Author Cross, James U. (James Underwood), 1925-2015

Title Around the world with LBJ : my wild ride as Air Force One pilot, White House aide, and personal confidant / James U. Cross ; with Denise Gamino and Gary Rice
Edition 1st ed
Published Austin : University of Texas Press, 2008

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Description 1 online resource (208 pages) : illustrations
Contents Chapter 1 The Longest Day 1 -- Chapter 2 The Early Years 12 -- Chapter 3 Bringing Home a Hero 29 -- Chapter 4 Joining the Inner Circle 39 -- Chapter 5 Angel Is Airborne 52 -- Chapter 6 The Shadow of Vietnam 73 -- Chapter 7 The Enforcer 89 -- Chapter 8 Visiting Vietnam and Southeast Asia 110 -- Chapter 9 Around the World, Part One 133 -- Chapter 10 Around the World, Part Two 148 -- Chapter 11 My Turn to Serve in Vietnam 168 -- Chapter 12 Farewell to a Friend 182
Summary "When Lyndon Baines Johnson wanted to go somewhere, there was no stopping him. This dynamic president called for Air Force One as others summon a taxi--at a moment's notice, whatever the hour or the weather. And the man who made sure that LBJ got his ride was General James U. Cross, the president's hand-picked pilot, top military assistant, and personal confidante. One of the few Air Force One pilots to have a position, simultaneously, in the White House, General Cross is also the only member of LBJ's inner circle who has not publicly offered his recollections of the president. In this book, he goes on the record, creating a fascinating, behind-the-scenes portrait of America's complex, often contradictory, always larger-than-life thirty-sixth president. General Cross tells an engrossing story. In addition to piloting Air Force One around the globe, he served President Johnson in multiple capacities, including directing the Military Office in the White House; managing a secret two-million-dollar presidential emergency fund; supervising the presidential retreat at Camp David, the president's entire transportation fleet, and the presidential bomb shelters; running the White House Mess; hiring White House social aides, including the president's future son-in-law, Charles Robb; and writing condolence letters to the families of soldiers killed in Vietnam. This wide-ranging, around-the-clock access to President Johnson allowed Cross to witness events and share moments that add color and depth to our understanding of America's arguably most demanding and unpredictable president."--Publisher's description
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 198-200) and index
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Subject Cross, James U. (James Underwood), 1925-2015
Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973 -- Friends and associates
Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973.
SUBJECT Cross, James U. (James Underwood), 1925-2015 fast
Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973 fast
Subject Presidents -- United States -- Staff -- Biography
Air pilots -- United States -- Biography
Air Force One (Presidential aircraft) -- History -- 20th century
Air travel -- History -- 20th century
Presidents -- United States -- Biography.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Historical.
HISTORY.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Military
Air Force One (Presidential aircraft)
Air pilots
Air travel
Friendship
Presidents
Presidents -- Staff
United States
Genre/Form autobiographies (literary works)
Autobiographies
Biographies
History
Autobiographies.
Autobiographies.
Form Electronic book
Author Gamino, Denise.
Rice, Gary.
LC no. 2007043296
ISBN 9780292794641
0292794649
9780292782402
0292782403