Graham, Donnie 2024-02-22
This interview features Donnie Graham as he discusses his pilot career in the FBI and some of the high-profile criminal cases he worked, like the Acosta drug case and the 1993 Waco siege. Graham also briefly describes his experiences of September 11th, 2001 and tells how he received his Purple Hearts during his military service in Vietnam.
General Interview Information
Interviewee Name: Donnie Graham
Additional Parties Recorded:
Date: February 22, 2024
Location: Plainview, Texas
Interviewer: Daniel Urbina Sánchez
Length: 01:46:54 (1 hour 46 minutes)
Abstract
Introduction and leaving Vietnam; getting a job after; Moving to Maryland and training to be an FBI agent; The D. B. Cooper case; Flying a helicopter for SWAT missions; Wounded Knee; 1977 Washington D.C. hostage case; Working a drug case when he came back to Texas; Branch Davidian Waco compound siege; The end of the Waco compound siege; other high profile cases; Memories of 9/11 and working in the FBI during that time; Working an undercover mission in El Paso; returning to Plainview; Closing discussion
Access Information
Original Recording Format: born digital
Recording Format Notes: patrons may listen to audio in our reading room
Transcript: transcript available on dspace <https://hdl.handle.net/10605/376044 >
Related Interview: Graham, Donnie 2023-05-17 ;
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