Cold War Museum

Cold War Stories, Oral Histories, and Personal Stories

The Cold War Museum is pleased to provide these written histories as part of our educational resource for students. If you would like to submit a story for consideration, please contact the museum.

Full Length Stories & Papers

An Analysis of the Bilateral United States/Soviet Union Navy Agreement on the Prevention of Incidents On and Over the High Seas (INCSEA)

by Amy K. East

A History of US Navy Fleet Air Reconnaissance by Capt. Don East:

January, 2016 Draft Update in PDF format from Cap. Don East

A History of US Navy Fleet Air Reconnaissance (Part 1: The Pacific and the VQ-1) By Capt Don East, USN Ret
(First published in Spring and Summer 1987 in Hook Magazine. Article reprinted with permission of the author and courtesy of the Tailhook Association. 1-800-322-Hook.

A History of US Navy Fleet Air Reconnaissance (Part 2: The European Theater and the VQ-2)
By Capt Don East, USN Ret
(First published in Spring and Summer 1987 in Hook Magazine. Article reprinted with permission of the author and courtesy of the Tailhook Association - 800-322-Hook).

A History of US Navy Fleet Air Reconnaissance (Post Script) Bt Capt Don East, USN Ret
(A short post script to update the story from its 1986 cut off date until the current year of 2008 was deemed necessary. The Post Script is a brief summary of the Navy’s electronic reconnaissance, Signals Intelligence or SIGINT, squadron activities since 1986).

U.S. Aerial Recon during the Early Cold War by Frederick J. Ferrer.

91st Strategic Reconnaissance Squadron.

Extended Mission of Stardust Four Zero by Bill Baumer.

An RB-29 Classified Reconnaissance Crew in Japan - Crew Ops.

An RB-29 Classified Reconnaissance Crew in Japan - Rural Japan.