A list of the Quartermaster's stores received of Captain Hamilton K. Redway at Camp Piatt, West Virginia on June 12, 1865. Nineteen cavalry horses in unserviceable condition and at an unknown cost were received of Redway.

Cover page of a memo from George A. Sands to the members of the Board of Directors of Julia C. Hester House, Inc. Included is a business reply envelope.

Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to the occupational safety of employees of industry and enterprise; providing for enforcement and prescribing penalties.

Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to the occupational safety of employees of industry and enterprise; providing for enforcement and prescribing penalties.

Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to the occupational safety of employees of industry and enterprise; providing for enforcement and prescribing penalties.

Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to the occupational safety of employees of industry and enterprise; providing for enforcement and prescribing penalties.

Receipt signed by Miguel Sidwill for $7.47 paid by the mayor of the town.

Draft of a speech by Barbara C. Jordan for the Democratic National Convention, with several edits and notes written in the margins with pencil.

Speech about the value and importance of libraries. Praises the efforts of the people of Jacksonville to fund and build the city library.

Photocopy of Lee Harvey Oswald's passport. A note on the last page states that the passport is not valid in communist portions of China, Korea, Vietnam, Albania, or Cuba, and any citizen who travels to those countries may be prosecuted.

This document provide a brief overview of Dr. Eric J. Barron's talk on the results of the USGCRP-sponsored forum to evaluate the results of model simulations of climate change, a cross-section of leading climate and Earth system modelers and skeptics considered what is known with certainty, what is known with less certainty, and what remains uncertain.

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Billy Hill. Hill joined the Navy around 1941. He completed Medical Tech School and Pharmacy School. Beginning in March of 1944, Hill served as a Pharmacist Mate aboard the hospital ship USS Bountiful (AH-9). They traveled to Honolulu, the Marshall Islands, Saipan, the Mariana Islands, Peleliu, Leyte and Iwo Jima, evacuating and caring for the wounded. He continued his service after the war ended, retiring in 1966.

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with John Joseph O???Malley. O???Malley was drafted into the Army in 1943. In March of 1944 he was sent for airborne training at Camp Claiborne, Louisiana. He fought with the 84th Infantry Division in Germany and Belgium, pushing forward from Geilenkirchen, Germany in November, 1944 to Schnackenburg, Germany and ultimately contacting the Russian Army on the Elbe River in April, 1945. O'Malley spoke fluent German and served as an Army interpreter. He was honorably discharged in 1946.

Testimony issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "In the early 1980s, volatile organic compounds (VOC) were discovered in some of the water systems serving housing areas on Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune. Exposure to certain VOCs may cause adverse health effects, including cancer. Since 1991, the Department of Health and Human Services' Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) has been examining whether individuals who were exposed to the contaminated drinking water are likely to have adverse health effects. ATSDR's current study is examining whether individuals who were exposed in utero are more likely to have developed certain childhood cancers or birth defects. GAO was asked to testify on its May 11, 2007 report: Defense Health Care: Activities Related to Past Drinking Water Contamination at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune (GAO-07-276). This testimony summarizes findings from the report about (1) efforts to identify and address the past drinking water contamination, (2) the provision of funding and information from the Department of Defense (DOD) to ATSDR, and (3) an assessment of the design of the current ATSDR study. GAO reviewed documents, interviewed officials and former residents, and contracted with the National Academy of Sciences to …

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Larry Parker. Parker was drafted into the Army Air Forces in 1943. He was trained and joined the crew of a B-17 as a co-pilot. He was a member of a specialized unit trained to carry wooden life boats slung under the bomb bay and to drop them by parachute when downed aircrews were discovered. Parker operated out of the Philippines and eventually was sent to Ie Shima. He details several lifeboat drops. His plane carried General Stillwell to Okinawa after the death of General Buckner. He describes Stillwell almost melting one of the plane’s guns due to continuous fire during this trip. Parker also witnessed the Japanese delegation that landed on Ie Shima at the end of the war. He left the service in December 1945.