Department of Defense Clearinghouse Response: DoD Clearinghouse Response to a letter from the BRAC Commission regarding NI Industries at Army Ammunition Plant.

In the early 1870s, Hubert H. Bancroft and his assistants set out to record the memoirs of early Californios, one of them being eighty-three-year-old Don José María Amador, a former “Forty-Niner” during the California Gold Rush and soldado de cuera at the Presidio of San Francisco. Amador tells of reconnoitering expeditions into the interior of California, where he encountered local indigenous populations. He speaks of political events of Mexican California and the widespread confiscation of the Californios’ goods, livestock, and properties when the United States took control. A friend from Mission Santa Cruz, Lorenzo Asisara, also describes the harsh life and mistreatment the Indians faced from the priests. Both the Amador and Asisara narratives were used as sources in Bancroft’s writing but never published themselves. Gregorio Mora-Torres has now rescued them from obscurity and presents their voices in English translation (with annotations) and in the original Spanish on facing pages. This bilingual edition will be of great interest to historians of the West, California, and Mexican American studies. “This book presents a very convincing and interesting narrative about Mexican California. Its frankness and honesty are refreshing.”–Richard Griswold del Castillo, San Diego State University

Final Cobra Run - Army RC Transformation Moffett Field CA

Final Cobra Run - Army RC Transformation Middletown CT

Final Cobra Run - Army RC Transformation Bell CA

Executive Correspondence - Fax from Ray A. Watson, Chairman, Kern County (CA) Board of Supervisors to Chairman Principi dtd 11 Aug 2005 regarding the Naval Air Warfare Center, China Lake, CA.

Community Correspondence - Faxed Letters from Supporters regarding the "Secretary's goals to position the country's base infrastructure to meet our armed forces transformation needs for the 21st century"

Base Visit Book - Navy Broadway Complex San Diego - CA - August 5, 2005

State Input - California - Downtown San Diego Folder - from Regional Hearing Monterey, CA - Includes: Letter to the Chairman; Testimony of Julie Meier Wright; Executive Summary Navy Broadway Complex Development Agreement City of San Diego & United States of America; Letter from Centre City Development Corporation; North Embarcadero Visionary Plan; Navy Broadway Complex Project

Executive Correspondence – Letter dtd 08/11/2005 to Chairman Principi from Assemblymember John Laird (27th CA) expressing his support for the three military installations in Monterey, CA

State Input - CA - Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center Folder - Regional Hearing Monterey, CA

State Input - California - U.S. Army Garrison-Presidio of Monterey Presentation

Letters from Frank F. Hewitt and Mike Woiwode of the San Diego Military Advisory Council to Anthony Principi of the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission. The letters urge against inclusion of downtown San Diego's Navy "Broadway Complex" in the list of sites to be reorganized. Hewitt attached Woiwode's letter to his own.

State Input - California - Book: Images of America Presidio of Monterey - Regional Hearing - Monterey, CA

Congressional Input - Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego - CA - E-mail and Presentation: Critical Asset for Our 9-11 Force

Base Visit Trip Report - Marine Corps Logistics Base Barstow - July 11, 2005

Clearinghouse Response - Two responses to Frank Cirillo from Alan Shaffer regarding Naval Weapons Station Seal Beach - CA -

Community Correspondence – Letter dtd 08/11/2005 to Chairman Principi from Jeanne Young expressing her support for DOD’s recommendation to create a Naval Integrated Weapons and Armaments RDAT&E Center at China Lake.

DISREGARD RESTRICTION HEADER AND FOOTER - Presidio of Monterey Installation Familiarization Briefing

DISREGARD RESTRICTION HEADER AND FOOTER - Riverbank AAP Installation Familiarization Briefing (20 May 04)

Interview with Robert D. Haines, an American prisoner of war during World War II. He discusses the attack on Clark Field in the Philippines on December 8, 1941, as well as his experiences on the Bataan Death March. He also tells of his time spent as a prisoner of war under the Japanese at Camp O'Donnell, Cabanatuan and Bilibid prison in Manila. He encountered his brother, who was a civilian internee, at Bilibid. From there, he rode on a hell ship for 39 days to a POW camp in Formosa (Taiwan). When the Americans began bombing Formosa, Haines was moved via another hell ship to Tokyo, Japan. Not long after, he was liberated and returned to San Francisco, then Denver.

Interview with Lewis R. Hopkins, a pilot during World War II. He describes growing up on a farm in Georgia, going to college at Berry, and working for Sears, Roebuck, and the Royal Typewriter Company before joining the U. S. Navy. He tells an anecdote about joining the navy so he could go to New York to see the World's Fair, since he had heard the Atlanta Reserve would be making a trip to the Fair. He began flight training in Florida in December 1940, finished the next September, then drove cross-country to San Francisco after the Pearl Harbor attack. He eventually joined the USS Enterprise in April 1942 and saw the B-25 bombers in the Doolittle Raid take off. He was part of Bombing Squadron Six and trained under Commander Best to learn how to do scouting flights, navigation, and dive bombing. He then describes his participation in the Battle of Midway, the hours before take-off, his first view of the Japanese fleet, and his bombing mission. He was later assigned to the USS Hornet and had to fly off to a little island so that planes from the USS Wasp could land on the Hornet after their ship …

Interview with John Ike Walton, a musician who has been inducted into the Texas Music Hall of Fame, from Kerrville, Texas. Mr. Walton talks about his music career, briefly talks about music and LSD, and music culture in general. Mr. Walton's wife, Alice Delery Walton is present for the interview and inserts comments from time to time.

Executive Correspondence – Letter dtd 07/13/05 to Chairman Principi and the Commission from Monterey CA Mayor Dan Albert expressing support for DoD’s BRAC recommendations regarding the consolidation of certain DoD graduate and professional development institutions to Monterey.