The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with John Reas. Reas grew up in Indiana and Ohio and enlisted in the Navy in 1938. After training, he boarded the USS Houston (CA-30) at Charleston, South Carolina. He was assigned to the aviation unit. On February 28, 1942, he survived the bombing and sinking of the ship. He and other survivors in life rafts were picked up by the Japanese the next day and taken to Java as a prisoner of war. He was taken to a ship and then back to an island, where he met survivors of the Australian ship HMAS Perth (D29). They were moved from Serang to Batavia. He was told to record the POW's occupations and those idenitified as skilled were sent to Japan. Inspired by this, he kept a detailed and complete list of the survivors that he kept hidden. From Java, the survivors are put on a cargo ship to Singapore. Then they went to Pynang by train. He then boarded another ship to Burma. Allied forces bombed a ship next to Reas. He describes living in bamboo huts while building the railroad. During one of the routine abuses in …

Data Calls - Navy Clothing and Textile Research Facility, Warwick, RI. Military value data call, family housing data call, economic and community infrastructure, general info, capacity analysis. Box 187, L-119.

Data Calls 1995 - Naval Education and Training Center, Newport, RI. Installation Information, Environmental Data. Box 193, L-125.

From Introduction: "In connection with the fuel investigations conducted by the Bureau of Mines much information has been accumulated as to the smoke abatement activities in various cities. The essential features of the information are presented in this report, which, it is believed, will be of public interest and benefit, especially to those communities that are just beginning organized effort to abate unnecessary smoke."

"The means of increasing the number of birds about our homes are few and simple. They comprise adequate protection and the provision of suitable nesting places, food, and water.... This bulletin [recommends] practicable methods of attracting birds about homes [in the northeastern United States]. Especial attention will be given to the value of fruit-bearing shrubs and trees." -- title page. Protection for birds, winter feeding, water supplies, and nesting boxes and birdhouses are also discussed.

Report discussing the spread of the chestnut bark disease, including its causes, symptoms, modes of transmission, financial consequences, and the possible methods of controlling it.

Data Calls 1995 - Surface Warfare Officer School Command, Newport, RI. Military Value, Capacity Analysis. Box 193, L-125.

Data Calls 1995 - Naval War College, Newport, RI. Capacity Analysis, Economic/Community, Military Value, Construction Costs. Box 190, L-132.

Data Calls 1995 - Naval Education and Training Center, Newport, RI. Capacity Analysis, Military Value Analysis. Box 193, L-125.

Contains notes and research (General) NUWC Newport, RI by David Epstein of the NAVY Team.