"Copy 2 is in CD format and is located in Special Collection". Interview conducted in 2016. Publication date based on signed user agreement (Appendix A). "This oral history transcript has been produced ... as part of the US Army War College/US Army Military History Institute's 2016 Senior Officer Oral History Program"--Foreword. Prepared under the auspices of the Military History Institute's Oral History Branch. GEN Hill was retired when this interview was conducted.

Tape 1: Father pilot in Army Air Corps Pilot -- Early life -- College decision and Trinity University -- ROTC -- Infantry Officer Basic Course -- Ranger school -- 1st Armored Division - Talking to General Sidney Berry -- First day in Hill's first company -- Learning to show Junior Officer's their OERs -- Vietnam with the 502nd -- Vietnam: Navy Seabee Group -- Vietnam: Linking up with unit and "right-seat' -- VIetnam: Preparation -- Vietnam: work conditions and mission -- Leadership: seen as a leader -- Company Commander as a Lieutenant with 101st -- Advanced course rumor -- Ranger Department -- Advanced course -- Patricia Hickerson -- Applying for a Regular Army Commission -- Nearly 'Burning a bridge' and new assignment -- Assigned to be a Horse Platoon Leader, 9th Cav -- Convinced to stay in the army by Mrs. Shoemaker -- Getting married to Toni, eventually -- Wife's introduction to Army Spouse's Club -- Transitioning between Mechanized and Light units -- Pohakuloa training area and other training -- Awful Battalion Commander -- Tape 2: Talking with Division Chief of Staff -- Selected to be the S3 Training Officer, G3 Training Officer -- "Popping" to Major early and -- Command and General Staff College, Leavenworth -- Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations -- Aide for General Wickman, Chief of Staff of the Army -- General Wickman's work for the Army -- Development of the Light Division -- Transition from the "Awful Army" -- Goldwater-NIchols Act and its importance -- Reserve Components Development -- Returning to the 35th and the 25th -- Leadership: "Learning to suffer fools more gladly" -- General Becton and lying -- The Field Army vs. the D.C. Army, and the War College -- Transition team for the Army between Presidents -- Brigade Command, 101st -- Desert Shield/ Desert Storm -- Division Chief of Staff, 101st -- Tough decisions as Chief -- Getting a call from GOMO for the J-5 position -- Political Military Advisor/ Officer -- ADC-S for the 25th -- Last 10 days at the Joint Staff -- ADC-S: Planning for Rwanda, and then Haiti -- ADC-S: Haiti and replacing the 10th Mountain Division -- ADC-S: Fixing the prison in Haiti -- The old French prison standards -- ADC-S: bringing in judges to Haitian prison -- Tape 3: ADC-S Working with the Army Engineers to the fix Haitian prison -- ADC-S: Travelling all over Haiti, and meeting the Mellon family -- ADC-S: Organizing police in Haiti -- Orders to become part of the U.N. Force -- U.N.: Mr. Brahimi -- FORSCOMM -- Commanding General for the 25th Infantry Division -- 25th ID: cutting the budget -- 25th ID: 25th Warfighter -- Commanding General of I Corps --9/11 and reacting to the news -- I Corps: creating the Stryker Brigade -- I Corps: Selling the Stryker -- I Corps: Second Warfighter -- "I want you to be in the IG of the Army" -- Interview with Secretaty of Defense Rumsfield -- Investigation into 'Travel irregularities' complaint -- Weathering the political storm of the four-star confirmation -- SOUTHCOM -- V: The terrible state of Guantanamo Bay -- SOUTHCOM:Turning the tide of Guantanamo -- SOUTHCOM: Interrogation study and recommendations -- Tape 4: SOUTHCOM: Unrest in Haiti -- SOUTHCOM: Working with Chile, Brazil to support U.N. help to Haiti -- SOUTHCOM: Colombia -- SOUTHCOM: Venezuela -- SOUTHCOM: Stay another year, or retire -- SOUTHCOM: National Guard and Reserve initiatives -- SOUTHCOM: Panama Canal -- Leadership: Transitioning from tactical to Operational to Strategic -- Leadership: "Thinking on the feet" -- Leadership: "Comfortable in your own skin" -- Leadership: I'm a soldier -- Leadership: Biggest challenges inside and outside the Army -- Final thoughts -- Appendix: Access agreement Gen James T. HIll, USA, Retired -- Appendix: Interviewer biography, LTC Brent Bankus, Retired.