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Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-EAM-03
This interview focuses on emergency preparedness planning during the Cuban Missile Crisis, McDermott’s personal recollections of John F. Kennedy [JFK], and JFK’s assassination.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-EAM-02
This interview focuses on the establishment of the Office of Emergency Planning, the investigation of the surplus in the National Stockpile, and the creation of the Federal Disaster Assistance Program, among other topics.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-EAM-01
This interview focuses on McDermott’s political relationship with John F. Kennedy and the 1960 Democratic primary campaign in Iowa, among other topics.