Names

Rosemary

Mike's mother, pictured with his father at their 1942 wedding and with her brothers during World War II.

In the memoir

Howard

Rosemary's brother, an Army officer who served with the 25th Infantry Division in the Pacific.

In the memoir

Edward

Rosemary's brother, a Navy Seabee who served in the Pacific during World War II.

In the memoir

James Bernard Bergman Jr.

Mike's older brother, pictured with the family at Christmas 1947.

In the memoir

Dwight D. Eisenhower

The 1952 campaign-train appearance that gave young Mike an early glimpse of national news.

In the memoir

Randy Hundley

One of the Chicago Cubs photographed during Mike's newspaper years.

In the memoir

Ron Santo

Cubs media-tour photograph; National Baseball Hall of Fame member.

In the memoir

Don Kessinger

Cubs media-tour photograph.

In the memoir

Ernie Banks

Cubs media-tour photograph; National Baseball Hall of Fame member.

In the memoir

Glenn Beckert

Cubs media-tour photograph.

In the memoir

Col. Francis S. “Gabby” Gabreski

Mike's wing commander at Suffolk County AFB and an important early mentor.

In the memoir

Harold Brown

Secretary of the Air Force whom Gabreski called directly.

In the memoir

Maj. Gen. Jack K. Gamble

Succeeded Gabreski as wing commander.

In the memoir

Alexei Kosygin

Soviet premier encountered in New York during the 1967 Glassboro summit visit.

In the memoir

President Lyndon B. Johnson

Met Kosygin at the Glassboro summit.

In the memoir

Glassboro Summit Conference

Historical setting for the Kosygin encounter.

In the memoir

Jean Shepherd

WOR storyteller Mike listened to during his Suffolk assignment.

In the memoir

P. G. Wodehouse

Comic writer whose Remsenburg garden Mike and Chuck Draper tended.

In the memoir

Arthur Treacher

The actor whose name Ethel Wodehouse mentioned during Mike’s gardening work.

In the memoir

Martin Luther King Jr.

His assassination forms part of the April 1968 setting.

In the memoir

Robert F. Kennedy

The 1968 assassination context Mike recalls.

In the memoir

H. Rap Brown

Activist seen in the television appearance Mike recalls.

In the memoir

George D. Raynor

Volunteer firefighter remembered after the April 9, 1968 fatal fire response.

In the memoir

Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis

International-news image of Greece when Mike received Crete orders.

In the memoir

Aristotle Onassis

Shipping magnate associated with Skorpios and the Kennedy marriage.

In the memoir

Capt. James R. "Jim" Craig

Suffolk County information officer whose mentorship and recommendations helped launch Mike's Air Force career.

In the memoir

Lt. Dave Kraus

Personnel-services officer who helped arrange off-base quarters and allowances for Mike and Joel Bermant.

In the memoir

Joel Bermant

Fellow airman who shared off-base living arrangements during Mike's Suffolk assignment.

In the memoir

Chuck Draper

Fellow airman who joined Mike in gardening at P. G. Wodehouse's Remsenburg home.

In the memoir

Ethel Wodehouse

P. G. Wodehouse's wife, remembered in the Remsenburg gardening vignette.

In the memoir

Tony Kidney

Fellow airman whom Mike recalls seeing on a New York television newscast alongside H. Rap Brown.

In the memoir

Virginia Kelly

Gabreski's civilian secretary, whose absence after an automobile accident led to Mike's temporary assignment in the wing commander's office.

In the memoir

Col. Roddie L. Kile

Suffolk wing executive officer whose December 1967 endorsement praised Mike's temporary secretarial work.

In the memoir

Walter Cronkite

Newscaster invoked as Mike assessed his early broadcast experience.

In the memoir

Charlie Tuna / Art Ferguson

Nebraska broadcaster named through Nancy Comer's school connection.

In the memoir

Ulysses Carlini Sr.

North Platte station vice president and general manager.

In the memoir

Shirley Bergman

Mike's wife and companion through the Crete, Taiwan and later assignments; their delayed honeymoon in London is pictured here.

In the memoir

Dave Rinehart

Iraklion friend and North Platte sports and weather broadcaster whose call brought Mike back to civilian television.

In the memoir

Kay Barnett

Artist on the small North Platte television team Mike supervised.

In the memoir

Nancy Comer

North Platte station traffic employee whose school connection introduced Charlie Tuna's story into the memoir.

In the memoir

President Richard Nixon

Presidential support operations at Homestead AFB during the Vietnam peace announcement and Watergate era.

In the memoir

Gen. Mark W. Clark

Appeared at the January 1973 presidential arrival.

In the memoir

Dan Rather

Member of the national press corps covering Nixon.

In the memoir

Alexander M. Haig Jr.

White House chief of staff in Nixon's shrinking entourage.

In the memoir

Rose Mary Woods

Nixon's presidential secretary.

In the memoir

Gen. Daniel “Chappie” James Jr.

Senior public-affairs authority during the Homestead incident; later NORAD commander.

In the memoir

Robert Pierpoint

CBS correspondent among the reporters awaiting a briefing.

In the memoir

Ike Pappas

CBS correspondent in the same press contingent.

In the memoir

Gerald “Jerry” Warren

White House deputy press secretary who conducted the eventual briefing.

In the memoir

Brig. Gen. Alonzo J. Walter Jr.

Homestead wing commander, a colonel during Mike's assignment.

In the memoir

Charles G. “Bebe” Rebozo

Nixon's regular planeside companion at Homestead.

In the memoir

Orson Welles

War of the Worlds broadcast heard while Mike was hurrying to Homestead.

In the memoir

Jerry Landay

ABC correspondent among the reporters awaiting a briefing.

In the memoir

Maj. Bob Kenny

Homestead information chief and later wing executive officer who shared presidential-support duties with Mike.

In the memoir

Master Sgt. Chuck Wills

Homestead information-office NCOIC whose copy editing appears on Mike's Fighter Forum draft.

In the memoir

Mr. Mansfield

Tactical Air Command headquarters official on the speakerphone during Homestead's heightened-alert press incident.

In the memoir

Col. Robert J. O'Brien Jr.

NORAD information director and mentor who drew Mike into command public affairs and the Skylab response. Also recalled in the Homestead press-corps account.

In the memoir

Staff Sgt. Ken Kubin

Mike's companion on Exercise Exotic Dancer, where pressed blue uniforms gave way to fatigues.

In the memoir

Maj. Donald H. "Don" Hessenflow

Former Iraklion detachment commander and Exercise Exotic Dancer supervisor whose counsel Mike continued to value; later an Air Force Reserve colonel and college administrator.

In the memoir

Southeastern Community College archival profile

Maj. Gen. Woodard E. Davis Jr.

Nineteenth Air Force commander whose praise of Mike's Exercise Exotic Dancer work is recorded in the 1973 performance report.

In the memoir

Col. Theodore Guy

Returned prisoner of war whose 1973 controversy appears among the press duties documented in Mike's Homestead performance report.

In the memoir

Tech. Sgt. John Ashcraft

31st Tactical Fighter Wing Social Actions specialist named in Mike's marked-up drug-abuse article.

In the memoir

Maj. Gen. Slade Nash

Senior Air Force officer in Taipei and chief of the Military Assistance Advisory Group, Republic of China.

In the memoir

Vice Adm. Edwin K. Snyder

Commander of the U.S. Taiwan Defense Command.

In the memoir

Capt. Jay Coupe Jr.

Taiwan Defense Command public affairs officer, also pictured escorting John McCain during the 1973 prisoner-of-war release.

In the memoir

Jack Kent Cooke

Team owner with social ties to senior Taiwan Defense Command figures.

In the memoir

Lt. Cmdr. John S. McCain III

Photographed at Gia Lam Airport during his March 14, 1973, release.

In the memoir

Rabbi Ephraim Ferdinand Einhorn

Taipei businessman, rabbi and memorable expatriate acquaintance.

In the memoir

Billy Graham

Visiting American dignitary interviewed by Mike.

In the memoir

Melvin R. Laird

Former defense secretary interviewed by Mike.

In the memoir

Sen. Barry Goldwater

Interviewed about how he would have ended the Vietnam War.

In the memoir

Agriculture Secretary Earl Butz

Shared a Taipei breakfast and Hoosier conversation with Mike.

In the memoir

Orion Samuelson

WGN farm broadcaster at the breakfast with Butz.

In the memoir

Chiang Kai-shek

His death and state funeral became a defining live broadcast assignment.

In the memoir

Vice President Nelson Rockefeller

Represented the United States at Chiang Kai-shek's funeral.

In the memoir

Chiang Ching-kuo

Chiang Kai-shek's son, who presented Mike with an autographed book; later president of the Republic of China.

In the memoir

President Nguyễn Văn Thiệu

South Vietnamese president evacuated from Saigon and later living near Mike's Taipei neighborhood.

In the memoir

Thomas G. “Tommy” Corcoran

New Deal adviser and important organizer behind the American Volunteer Group, met at the Fourteenth Air Force Association reception Mike arranged.

In the memoir

Brig. Gen. David Lee “Tex” Hill

Flying Tigers combat ace met at the Taipei reception.

In the memoir

Anna Chennault

Journalist, aviation executive and citizen-diplomat met at the Taipei reception.

In the memoir

Staff Sgt. Fred Lewis

Air Force broadcaster remembered for wearing the regulation tropical uniform, pith helmet and knee socks in Taipei.

In the memoir

Gen. Bai

Taipei acquaintance who invited Mike's family to Chiang Kai-shek's memorial.

In the memoir

Somoza

Nicaraguan leader whose planned embassy visit figures in Mike's Overseas Life vignette.

In the memoir

Charles Teschler

MAAG Officers Club manager who helped Mike arrange the Fourteenth Air Force Association reception in Taipei.

In the memoir

Master Sgt. John Loflin

Broadcast colleague who helped plan and keep the English-language coverage of Chiang Kai-shek's state funeral on the air.

In the memoir

Sun Yat-sen

Namesake of the Taipei memorial hall from which Mike narrated Chiang Kai-shek's state funeral.

In the memoir

Capt. Jerome E. Grause

Headquarters Support Activity commander whose May 1975 commendation recognized Mike's memorial-service broadcast and delegation coverage.

In the memoir

Senior Master Sgt. Stu Diamond

PACAF broadcaster whose Taipei visit figures in Mike's account of AFRTS consolidation and service relationships.

In the memoir

Col. Virginia N. Pribyla

Mike's public affairs officer at Sondrestrom; later a senior Air Force spokesperson and Pacific Air Forces public affairs director.

In the memoir

Col. Miles Wiley

Succeeded Pribyla at Sondrestrom and later served in senior Air Force and Defense Department public affairs positions.

In the memoir

Col. Luther Millsap

Sondrestrom base commander remembered in the officers-club account.

In the memoir

Brigitte Bardot

Animal-welfare advocate mentioned during the Sondrestrom tour.

In the memoir

Prince Philip

The royal visitor recalled during the Sondrestrom tour.

In the memoir

Rick Shaw

Enlisted broadcaster who also wrote for the Sondrestrom base newspaper.

In the memoir

Russ Young

Enlisted broadcaster who also wrote for the Sondrestrom base newspaper.

In the memoir

Capt. Doug Blackwood

ADCOM public affairs officer whose inspection opened the way to Mike's NORAD assignment.

In the memoir

Col. Buford (“Max”)

Sondrestrom commander whose good humor inspired the names “Max” and “Buford's Bluff.”

In the memoir

Maj. Hans Halken

Danish liaison officer pictured in the Sondrestrom Sun's “Caribou County Jail” charity-marathon photograph.

In the memoir

Mogens Fredericksen

Danish Arctic Contractors site manager pictured in the 1977 Sondrestrom charity-marathon clipping.

In the memoir

Poul Klamer

Sondrestrom fire chief named in the newspaper's Fire Prevention Week report.

In the memoir

Master Sgt. Charlie Byrd

Base fire marshal named in the Sondrestrom Sun's Fire Prevention Week report.

In the memoir

Frank Andersen

Air Force photographer credited for the Sondrestrom Sun's charity-marathon photograph.

In the memoir

Gen. James E. Hill

NORAD commander during Mike's early headquarters work.

In the memoir

Col. Harry Shoup

The duty officer at the origin of the NORAD Tracks Santa tradition.

In the memoir

Ted Koppel

ABC correspondent associated with the “Second to None” reporting.

In the memoir

Kathy Sawyer

Washington Post reporter whose Skylab article quoted Mike.

In the memoir

Jody Powell

White House press secretary mentioned in the Skylab episode.

In the memoir

Gen. James V. Hartinger

NORAD commander remembered professionally and in the “Want a beer?” vignette.

In the memoir

Vice Premier Geng Biao

Led the 1980 Chinese delegation Mike helped escort.

In the memoir

Ronald Reagan

The “private citizen” who received heavy unclassified briefings before his presidency.

In the memoir

Gen. James A. Hill

Air Force vice chief of staff, distinct from NORAD commander James E. Hill in the correspondence story.

In the memoir

Harry M. Zubkoff

Pentagon Early Bird news-service founder and editor.

In the memoir

Will Brownell

Military historian and co-author of So Close to Greatness and The First Nazi. His March 16, 1979, letter to NORAD command records the Cheyenne Mountain research visit Mike supported.

In the memoir

Library catalogue for So Close to Greatness

Tech. Sgt. Dick Chase

Mike's NORAD broadcasting predecessor and returning colleague, closely associated with the Tracks Santa radio program.

In the memoir

Maj. Jerry C. Hix

Internal-information officer under whom Mike worked while combining command-information and broadcasting duties.

In the memoir

Senior Master Sgt. Billy Helms

Senior NCO supervising internal-information work during Mike's early NORAD assignment.

In the memoir

Del Kindschi

Veteran civilian media-relations specialist and space expert who worked with Mike during Skylab's reentry.

In the memoir

Col. Fred Watkins

Incoming NORAD information director remembered for calm leadership during the Hartinger transition.

In the memoir

Col. Webb

Remembered as the air attaché in Peking who discussed possible embassy duty with Mike.

In the memoir

Mickey (Gen. Hartinger's wife)

Watched softball games with Gen. Hartinger in Mike's off-duty recollection.

In the memoir

Thomas Martin

Congressional aide quoted in Kathy Sawyer's Skylab story reproduced in the chapter.

In the memoir

Rep. David E. Bonior

Michigan congressman identified as Thomas Martin's employer in the reproduced Skylab article.

In the memoir

Alton R. Marsh

Aviation Week editor whose Skylab wagering consortium is described in the reproduced newspaper story.

In the memoir

David Gold

Congressional aide quoted about a Skylab pool in Kathy Sawyer's reproduced article.

In the memoir

Rep. James Weaver

Oregon congressman whose proposed Skylab Week celebration appears in the reproduced article.

In the memoir

William “Baseball Bill” Holdforth

Hawk and Dove bartender who organized the Skylab pool described in Sawyer's article.

In the memoir

Tom Cayer

Hawk and Dove waiter named with the organizers of the Skylab pool in the reproduced article.

In the memoir

Nancy Johnson

Colorado Springs Sun reporter who wrote “False alert scrambles jets,” quoting Mike as a NORAD spokesman.

In the memoir

Ambassador Robert Strausz-Hupé

U.S. ambassador to Turkey during Mike's Incirlik assignment.

In the memoir

CMSAF Arthur L. “Bud” Andrews

Chief master sergeant of the Air Force with whom Mike attended midnight Mass after the Christmas Eve newscast.

In the memoir

Gen. Robert W. Bazley

USAFE vice commander who officiated the Incirlik change-of-command ceremony at which Mike learned of his senior-master-sergeant selection.

In the memoir

Francis Gary Powers

U-2 pilot connected in the memoir with Incirlik's green building.

In the memoir

Maj. Gen. James P. Smothermon

TUSLOG commander who signed the February 1982 recognition letter.

In the memoir

Col. Robert M. Thompson

Incirlik group commander and mentor in Mike’s promotion and change-of-command account.

In the memoir

Master Sgt. Stephen “Steve” Hull

Award-winning broadcaster Mike mentored at Incirlik and brought to AFBS to help introduce desktop computers; remembered after the Ramstein tragedy.

In the memoir

Master Sgt. Dave Byrd

Incirlik television NCOIC who welcomed Mike to Turkey after their DINFOS management course.

In the memoir

Senior Master Sgt. Mark Morris

Departing Incirlik detachment chief whose chief-master-sergeant selection briefly made Mike the station's top NCO.

In the memoir

Senior Master Sgt. John Rowley

Incoming Incirlik detachment chief and supervisor who shared the station's European honors.

In the memoir

Capt. Mary Ellen Jadek

Incirlik public affairs officer who worked closely with Mike and the broadcasting staff.

In the memoir

Master Sgt. Tony Magaldi

Incirlik public affairs NCOIC and a member of the team supporting the broadcast operation.

In the memoir

Abie

Local Turkish janitorial worker supported by the broadcasters' monthly “Abie Dues.”

In the memoir

Sgt. Deborah Dollar

Incirlik electronic-news-gathering broadcaster who worked with Steve Hull.

In the memoir

Tech. Sgt. Steve White

Incirlik maintenance-team leader whom Mike credits with keeping radio and television operating.

In the memoir

Senior Master Sgt. Jim Dworek

Mike's regular golfing partner during the year at Incirlik.

In the memoir

Lt. Col. John Gura

DINFOS Broadcast Department leader during Mike's teaching assignment.

In the memoir

James Richard “Dick” Cassin

Civilian voice, diction and broadcasting instructor.

In the memoir

Dick Biondi

Chicago radio influence on Mike's early understanding of broadcasting.

In the memoir

Larry Lujack

Chicago radio personality whose work helped shape Mike's early understanding of on-air performance.

In the memoir

Bob Kevoian and Tom Griswold / Bob and Tom

WFBQ comedy-radio reference during the DINFOS years.

In the memoir

Wolfman Jack

Broadcaster familiar to DINFOS students through American Graffiti, recalled in Mike's comparison with the school's voice audition.

In the memoir

Debby Boone

Repeated student play of You Light Up My Life.

In the memoir

Col. Billy Spangler

DINFOS commandant in the promotion photograph.

In the memoir

CMSgt. Michael R. “Mike” Kinchen

Recruitment call that brought Mike to AFBS; later colleague and Tom Lewis Award nomination writer.

In the memoir

Tim Paige

Army civilian who led DINFOS's Radio Section and became Mike's supervisor, friend and confidant.

In the memoir

Cmdr. Matt Dillon

Navy leader in DINFOS's Broadcast Department during Mike's teaching tour.

In the memoir

Master Chief John Todd

Senior Navy enlisted leader in DINFOS's Broadcast Department, remembered in Mike's account of the CPO tradition.

In the memoir

Tech. Sgt. Tony Uminski

Air Force DINFOS instructor praised for intensive voice, diction and broadcast-writing training.

In the memoir

Gunnery Sgt. Dick Bugda

Marine instructor remembered for demanding that Marine broadcasters uphold their service's standards.

In the memoir

Col. Ted G. Tilma

AFBS director and later AFNEWS leader.

In the memoir

Capt. Dave Nuttall

Far East Network commander who demonstrated computer routines and helped develop AFBS's part of ONET. Also credited in the closing acknowledgments.

In the memoir

SMSgt. Mark Miller

Broadcasting colleague whose promotion analysis prompted Mike's closer examination of professional military education. Also credited in the closing acknowledgments.

In the memoir

Col. Terrance Mayer

AFBS director who selected Mike for headquarters duty and entrusted him with the chief-of-broadcasting job before promotion.

In the memoir

Lt. Col. John Worthington

AFBS director and mentor who traveled with Mike, shared the Hull family's difficult notification and later led Electronic Security Command public affairs.

In the memoir

William E. Hart

Deputy assistant secretary of defense whose June 1987 letter thanked Mike for the DINFOS management review and congratulated his chief selection.

In the memoir

Deborah Hull

Steve Hull's wife, herself an Air Force broadcaster and reservist, in Mike's account of the grave-injury notification.

In the memoir

Army Lt. Col. Mike Paterson

AFIS systems specialist associated with the Organized Network of Extended Terminals, remembered for specifying “one t.”

In the memoir

Capt. Fran Kassinger

Air Force Military Personnel Center action officer who worked with Mike on broadcast career-field management and utilization and training workshops.

In the memoir

Maj. Gen. Larry N. Tibbetts

Fellow Plymouth High School graduate whom Mike recalls meeting during a visit interrupted by the Challenger explosion.

In the memoir

Col. Taylor

Management-review colleague named by William E. Hart in the June 1987 DINFOS letter.

In the memoir

Edward O. “Eddie” Fritts

National Association of Broadcasters president who congratulated Mike on the Tom Lewis Award.

In the memoir

Col. Thomas H. “Tom” Lewis

Founder of Armed Forces Radio Service and namesake of Mike's award.

In the memoir

Rear Adm. Brent Baker

Navy chief of information shown with Mike at the public-affairs host computer.

In the memoir

Lt. Gen. Albert J. Edmonds

Received Mike's briefing on the Air Force public-affairs integration plan; a major general at the time.

In the memoir

Air Force Secretary Sheila E. Widnall

Principal speaker at the AFNEWS headquarters dedication.

In the memoir

Kenneth H. Bacon

Defense public affairs leader whose November 1994 memorandum recognized Mike's work on AFPAN.

In the memoir

Leslie Brooks Hill

Communication scholar remembered from an Air Force information course.

In the memoir

Daniel Christopher “Dan” Doherty

Air Force Reserve staffer who pushed news through early online networks.

In the memoir

Laurence Lee Ewing

Military City Online correspondent whose farewell message illustrates the widening audience.

In the memoir

Bob Brewin

Federal Computer Week journalist whose farewell message appears in the chapter.

In the memoir

Brig. Gen. Ronald T. “Ron” Sconyers

Routing addressee of the 1994 appreciation memorandum; later remembered for his haircut advice in the closing chapter.

In the memoir

William T. “Bill” Slick

AFNEWS resource manager whose vision and management helped establish Mike's communications and computer systems work.

In the memoir

Mr. McCormick

SAF/AQ acquisition official recalled in the “Overcoming Barriers” account of connecting Air Force public affairs offices.

In the memoir

MSgt. Chuck Ross

Researched portable computers and printers for Desert Shield and served on Mike's installations and maintenance team.

In the memoir

Dick Hiner

Director of Navy Broadcasting, pictured watching Mike demonstrate the public affairs host computer to Rear Adm. Brent Baker.

In the memoir

Regina Gonzalez

Led telecommunications for the wartime hotline and managed day-to-day computer operations and programming staff.

In the memoir

Master Sgt. Lee Wayman

Internal Information colleague to whom Mike passed a notebook of responses to his farewell message.

In the memoir

LCARTER

Library of Congress correspondent whose farewell message illustrates the reach of Mike's information network.

In the memoir

Clifford H. “Cliff” Bernath

Principal deputy for Defense public affairs, named in Kenneth Bacon's memorandum recognizing Mike's assistance to the office's automation work.

In the memoir

Gen. George T. Babbitt

Air Force logistics leader and early member of the Ventures whom Mike met at Bolling AFB.

In the memoir

Maj. Gen. Marcelite J. “Marcie” Harris

Senior Air Force leader with whom Mike conversed; Shirley sometimes served as her executive officer.

In the memoir

Steve Doig

Pulitzer Prize-winning pioneer in computer-assisted reporting hosted by the Census Bureau team.

In the memoir

Robert Pear

New York Times reporter who became a regular Census Bureau contact.

In the memoir

President Bill Clinton

Announced the poverty report's “good news” from the Rose Garden.

In the memoir

Sam Roberts

New York Times reporter whose praise frames the 2006 “crown jewel” release.

In the memoir

Maria Bartiromo

Financial journalist who interviewed the Census director on the New York Stock Exchange floor.

In the memoir

Andres Lagueruela

S&C co-owner whom Mike helped prepare to serve as a Texas delegate to the White House Conference on Small Business.

In the memoir

Earline Lagueruela

S&C owner who enabled Mike to keep working for the firm from his new home near Washington.

In the memoir

Lt. Col. Robert A. “Bob” Brus

S&C colleague in environmental community relations; later a DINFOS instructor whose name is carried by a public affairs student award.

In the memoir

Col. George Titus

S&C colleague responsible for the Lowry AFB environmental restoration work.

In the memoir

CMSgt. John E. Reinders

National Guard Bureau public affairs colleague who connected Mike with Guild Communications during his civilian-career transition.

In the memoir

Maj. Mark Tolbert III

Census Bureau colleague who later drove to New Jersey to bring Mike home after the September 11 attacks.

In the memoir

Eugene Orr

Guild Communications owner remembered by Mike with affection as he left for the Census Bureau.

In the memoir

Haya El Nasser

USA Today reporter whose population-projection story put the Census Bureau's findings on the front page in March 2004.

In the memoir

Jon Bonné

MSNBC journalist whose “We count, therefore we are” story used the Statistical Abstract to explore American life.

In the memoir

Steve Koger

Associated Press photographer credited on the lottery photograph accompanying MSNBC's Statistical Abstract coverage.

In the memoir

Charles Louis Kincannon

Census Bureau director quoted in the 2004 SUV coverage and Mike's complete December 2006 Statistical Abstract release.

In the memoir

Alan Greenspan

Federal Reserve chairman cited in the USA Today population story reproduced with Mike's Census work.

In the memoir

Karl Gelles

USA Today graphics journalist credited for the “USA in 2050” graphic accompanying the population story.

In the memoir

Jeffrey S. Passel

Demographer quoted in the reproduced USA Today story discussing the limits of long-range population projections.

In the memoir

Audrey Singer

Immigration analyst quoted in the reproduced USA Today story about the changing meaning of racial and ethnic categories.

In the memoir

Barbara Hagenbaugh

Contributing reporter credited on the USA Today population story reproduced among Mike's Census work.

In the memoir

Paul Overberg

Contributing reporter credited on USA Today's population-projection story.

In the memoir

Ben Crenshaw

Golfer whose first professional victory at Woodlake is mentioned in the country-club advertisement Mike created.

In the memoir

Rear Adm. Jeremiah A. Denton Jr.

His account When Hell Was in Session provides the chapter's opening frame.

In the memoir

Richard Williams

Murrah Federal Building assistant manager and bombing survivor who advised Mike.

In the memoir

Matthew McDermott

Photojournalist whose firefighter photograph accompanies Mike's September 11 account.

In the memoir

Library of Congress collection record

Dean and Billie McDermott

Named in the donation accompanying permission to use Matthew McDermott's firefighter photograph.

In the memoir

Brig. Gen. Harry J. “Jerry” Dalton Jr.

Senior Air Force public-affairs leader Mike remembers meeting.

In the memoir

Brig. Gen. Michael P. “Mike” McRaney

Senior public-affairs leader in the closing recollections.

In the memoir

Brig. Gen. Hallie E. “Ed” Robertson

Senior public-affairs leader in the closing recollections.

In the memoir

Frank Capra

Hollywood encounter and It's a Wonderful Life reference.

In the memoir

Mel Blanc

Hollywood encounter and Bugs Bunny reference.

In the memoir

Stan Freberg

Comic, radio and advertising figure Mike met.

In the memoir

Tom Brokaw

Mike assisted his staff with The Greatest Generation.

In the memoir

Lou Dobbs

Broadcast journalist with whom Mike interacted during the Census years.

In the memoir

Tom Wolfe

Writer invoked in Mike's reflection on returning to his hometown after a career in larger cities.

In the memoir

Dan Woolley

SAF/PA officer credited by Mike with introducing OfficePower.

In the memoir

Col. Harold L. “Bud” Rothgeb Jr.

Pentagon colleague who encouraged Mike's work.

In the memoir

Gideon Lichtman

Reserve officer whose encouragement at Homestead stayed with Mike.

In the memoir

CMSgt. Charles P. “Chuck” Zimkas Jr.

Mike's NORAD/ADCOM mentor and advocate for space service.

In the memoir

Capt. Al Tyler

Credited with pioneering PC networking at AFNEWS.

In the memoir

Capt. Bill Stevenson

Credited with an early command-news website at Electronic Security Command.

In the memoir

Col. Ralph Francis

Air Force Reserve Command public affairs officer credited with encouraging the new information work.

In the memoir

TSgt. Greg Streetman

Programmer on Mike's communications and computer systems team.

In the memoir

SSgt. Mike Carlstrom

Programmer on Mike's communications and computer systems team.

In the memoir

SSgt. Gary Wallace

Programmer on Mike's communications and computer systems team.

In the memoir

SSgt. Don Phelps

Programmer on Mike's communications and computer systems team.

In the memoir

SSgt. Joe Mathis

Programmer on Mike's communications and computer systems team.

In the memoir

Estella Murchison

Provided administrative support for Mike's communications and computer systems team.

In the memoir

MSgt. Floyd Bates

Air Force Broadcasting Service colleague credited for support of the communications and computer systems effort.

In the memoir

Durand C. “Randy” Waters

Air Force Broadcasting Service colleague credited for support of the communications and computer systems effort.

In the memoir

Linda Derby

Air Force Broadcasting Service colleague credited for support of the communications and computer systems effort.

In the memoir

MSgt. Ron Lathrop

Led the new effort in the Internal Information directorate and Airman magazine.

In the memoir

SMSgt. Jim “JC” Corcoran

Member of Mike's Air Force Broadcasting Service operations team.

In the memoir

SMSgt. Craig Knutson

Member of Mike's Air Force Broadcasting Service operations team.

In the memoir

SMSgt. Mike Lynch

Member of Mike's Air Force Broadcasting Service operations team.

In the memoir

MSgt. Chuck Hanberry

Member of Mike's Air Force Broadcasting Service operations team.

In the memoir

MSgt. Frank Hardy

Member of Mike's Air Force Broadcasting Service operations team.

In the memoir

SSgt. Jimmy Santos

One of Mike's administrative assistants at Air Force Broadcasting Service.

In the memoir

SSgt. Inez Ornelas

One of Mike's administrative assistants at Air Force Broadcasting Service.

In the memoir

SSgt. Roger Reyes

One of Mike's administrative assistants at Air Force Broadcasting Service.

In the memoir

Max Sydow

Army member of Mike's joint-service DINFOS instructor team.

In the memoir

Matt Townsend

Army member of Mike's joint-service DINFOS instructor team.

In the memoir

Marilyn Reich

Army member of Mike's joint-service DINFOS instructor team.

In the memoir

Mary Starmer

Army member of Mike's joint-service DINFOS instructor team.

In the memoir

Franz Holzer

Army member of Mike's joint-service DINFOS instructor team.

In the memoir

Don Hammond

Army member of Mike's joint-service DINFOS instructor team.

In the memoir

Bob Anthony

Army member of Mike's joint-service DINFOS instructor team.

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Tom Fuller

Army member of Mike's joint-service DINFOS instructor team.

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Willie Fears

Army member of Mike's joint-service DINFOS instructor team.

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Milt Kemp

Army member of Mike's joint-service DINFOS instructor team.

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Paul Waldrop

Navy member of Mike's joint-service DINFOS instructor team.

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Bob Jenkins

Navy member of Mike's joint-service DINFOS instructor team.

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Harry “Skip” Johnson

Navy member of Mike's joint-service DINFOS instructor team.

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Joanne Waldrop

Navy member of Mike's joint-service DINFOS instructor team.

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Mike Mahan

Air Force member of Mike's joint-service DINFOS instructor team.

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Paul Bonnell

Air Force member of Mike's joint-service DINFOS instructor team.

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Bob Garcia

Air Force member of Mike's joint-service DINFOS instructor team.

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Steve Reuss

Marine member of Mike's joint-service DINFOS instructor team.

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