COBRA Program - RC Transformation in Hawaii (AFRC Keaukaha HI)

Executive Correspondence - Letter from the Office of the county Clerk of Kauai to Chairman Anthony J. Principi regarding the counties support for keeping Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard operational.

Executive Correspondence - Letter from retired Admiral Ronald J. Hays to Chairman Anthony J. Principi regarding his concern for the DoD recommendation for Pearl Harbor Naval Ship Yard.

Interview with William Havel, an army veteran from Staten Island, New York. This interview recounts his experiences as an adopted child in a farm family and then as a corpsman at Tripler General Hospital during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.

Interview with James Blocklinger, a Navy veteran, concerning his experiences aboard the heavy minelayer USS Oglala during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.

Interview with Sergeant Major Strimple C. ("Jim") Coyle, a Marine Corps veteran, concerning his experiences Ewa Field with VMF-211 (Marine Fighter Squadron 211) during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.

Letter from I. H. Kempner to O. C. Easter discussing about their trip to Honolulu on a Lurline and on how much he enjoyed the voyage.

Letter from D. W. Kempner to I. H. Kempner discussing family and business matters while Ike and Henrietta are away on a boat trip.

Interview with Jack Connolly, U.S. Navy veteran, concerning his experiences aboard the seaplane tender-destroyer USS Thornton during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.

Interview with John Parsons, U.S. Navy veteran, concerning his experiences aboard the tug USS Ontario during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of Colgate-Dinah Shore Winners Circle Golf Sweepstakes which was one of those contests you could have entered if you had been so inclined.

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story saying that like each year National concerns tempt contest-minded Americans with offers of small fortunes in Grand Prize money in return for the mere mailing of an entry form.

Letter from I. H. Kempner to Matson Navigation Company discussing options for a trip to Hawaii.

From Summary: "This report summarizes the various approaches states use to allow access to adoption records."

Letter from I. H. Kempner to Hawaii Blossoms, Ltd. requesting a shipment of anthurium flowers. He asks them to send an air mail note if they feel they would be unable to fulfill the order satisfactorily on such short notice.

Letter from Cornelia Yerkes discussing waiting for Red Cross assignments on Hawaii, work, pineapples, recent correspondence, V-E Day, and waiting for some of her luggage. Written on USO stationary.

Interview with Willie Fred Sander, a Navy WWII veteran from Brenham, Texas. Sander discusses his background and life before the war, joining the Navy and aviator training, flying PBM patrol bombers throughout the Pacific, and his family life after the war.

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about an Indonesian policemen who reports no survivors among the 106 persons aboard a Pan America airways jetliner that crashed in flames in Bali.

Letter from Ernest W. Greene to I. H. Kempner discussing hotel and travel accommodations for the Kempners' trip to Honolulu.

Interview with Martin J. Rodgers, a Army WWII veteran from Butler, New Jersey, who was at the Attack on Pearl Harbor. Rodgers discusses joining the Army and training, assignment to coastal artillery at Fort Shafter, operations there, work in communications, alerts, life in the peacetime Army, the morning of December 7th and reaction to the attack, handling communications at battalion HQ, the aftermath and following days, and his subsequent service in the Pacific War. In appendix is a letter by Rodgers to his mother of December 31, 1941, and a journal of his experiences typed during the war.

Interview with Ben Russell, a United States Navy veteran from Memphis Tennessee, regarding his experiences and memories of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor of December 7, 1941 while aboard the light cruiser USS Phoenix.

Interview with W. H. Peters, a United States Navy veteran from McGregor, Texas, regarding his experiences and memories of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor of December 7, 1941 while aboard the light cruiser USS Detroit.

Interview with Richard Cunningham, a United States Navy veteran from New Salisbury, Ohio, regarding his experiences and memories of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor of December 7, 1941 while aboard the battleship USS West Virginia.

Interview with James Bolar, a United States Navy veteran from Illinois, regarding his experiences and memories of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor of December 7, 1941 while aboard the minelaying flagship USS Oglala.