UNSUNG HERO

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00001R000200280005-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 11, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 25, 1999
• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: March 9, 1963
• Content Type: NSPR

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Unsung Hero
The man who rs
Soviet missile build-up in Cuba was
an obscure - o mos people civil
sexvant named Arthur C. Lundahl.
i'ec"G~i'o"i "Crritral
As assistant
IntE~jJigence for photographic Inter-
pretation, Lundahl's job was to in-
spect the U-2 pictures taken over
Cuba on Oct. 14. Late that same-
night, he and his staff reached the
firm conclusion that the Soviet Un-
, ion was installing ballistic missiles
on the island.
Lundahl cannot be blamed for the.
tardfness,,.,of,,he discovery or the
apparent gap in U.S. surveillance of
the afil'and." His"duty was to.look at
the"' pictures and report what they
revealed. This he did and the Cuban
crisis was on.
Lundahl's name might not have
been publicized but for the fact that
he was one of 10 Career Service
Award winners for the year. Along :
with the nine other award, winners,
Lundahl wi11 ` be honored at a din-.
ner March 26.
The others are undoubtedly de-
serving for various bureaucratic per-
formances, but they will understand.
thanks for Lundahl alone."His train-
ing'and experierice,'irie` uding that
as photogrammetry division chief of
the Navy Photographic Interpreta-
tion Center, was available in one
of the most crucial times in the' na
tion's peacetime history.
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