The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Al Jowdy. Jowdy enlisted in the Navy in July 1942 at the age of 15, with his parents’ consent. His first assignment was pulling bodies out of sunken ships in Pearl Harbor. At Guadalcanal, his ship was torpedoed. Due to the presence of enemy subs, he could not be rescued initially and spent two weeks floating in a raft. Then he joined a rescue effort to aid the USS Wasp (CV-7), only to be torpedoed again, spending another four days in the water. Jowdy was then assigned to the USS Salt Lake City (CA-25), patrolling the Bering Sea and participating in the Battle of the Komandorski Islands as a second loader on a 40-millimeter. After witnessing the Marianas Turkey Shoot and also seeing MacArthur film his famous return, Jowdy participated in the bombardment of Iwo Jima, amidst kamikazes and suicide boats. After the war, he survived a typhoon and served occupation duty in Japan, later transporting troops as part of the demobilization effort before being discharged in January 1946.

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Al Jowdy. Jowdy enlisted in the Navy in July 1942 at the age of 15, with his parents’ consent. His first assignment was pulling bodies out of sunken ships in Pearl Harbor. At Guadalcanal, his ship was torpedoed. Due to the presence of enemy subs, he could not be rescued initially and spent two weeks floating in a raft. Then he joined a rescue effort to aid the USS Wasp (CV-7), only to be torpedoed again, spending another four days in the water. Jowdy was then assigned to the USS Salt Lake City (CA-25), patrolling the Bering Sea and participating in the Battle of the Komandorski Islands as a second loader on a 40-millimeter. After witnessing the Marianas Turkey Shoot and also seeing MacArthur film his famous return, Jowdy participated in the bombardment of Iwo Jima, amidst kamikazes and suicide boats. After the war, he survived a typhoon and served occupation duty in Japan, later transporting troops as part of the demobilization effort before being discharged in January 1946.

Disregard Restriction of Header and Footer: Army Installations and State Action Papers - Connecticut

Coalition Correspondence – Letter dtd 09/16/05 to the BRAC Commission from Rex Carpenter, National President of the U.S. Submarine Veterans of World War II expressing appreciation to the Commission for retaining Submarine Base New London.

Final Cobra Run - Army RC Transformation Newton CT

Executive Correspondence – Letter dtd 09/09/05 to BRAC Commission Executive Director Charlie Battaglia from CT Senator Joseph Liebermann thanking him for his efforts.

Executive Correspondence – Letters dtd 09/02/05 to Chairman Principi, Commissioner Hill, BRAC Commission Executive Director Charlie Battaglia, and BRAC Commission General Counsel David Hague from CT Senator Christopher Dodd thanking them for their efforts.

Final Cobra Run - 60Z SubBase New London. Cobra file regarding SubBase New London.

Executive Correspondence – Letters dtd 08/25/05 to Chairman Principi and the Commissioners from Representative Rob Simmons (2nd, CT) thanking them for their hard work and for removing Submarine Base New London from the 2005 BRAC list. Enclosed is a 08/24/05 Boston Globe article by Robert Ballard entitled “Deep-Sixing Deep Sea Dominance.”

Final Cobra Run - 85 Bradley International Airport Air Guard Station. 20 Cobra files pertiaining to Bradley International Airport Air Guard Station.

Letters from the Connecticut Governor M. Jodi Rell, Senator Christopher J. Dodd, Senator Joseph Lieberman, and Congressman Rob Simmons to each member of the BRAC Commission in recognition and gratitude for the Commission's work.

Letter from Anthony Principi to President George W. Bush. This letter discusses Judge Alfred V. Covello's enjoining of the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission from transmitting to him a report “that includes the recommendation to realign the Connecticut 103d Fighter Wing located at Bradley Air National Guard Station in Windsor Locks, Connecticut."

Community Input in support of Submarine Base New London, CT dtd 16 June 2005. Submitted by CT Congressman Rob Simmons' office.

Executive Correspondence Letter from a coalition of retired Navy Admirals to Chairman Principi as a response to the DoD's August 20, 2005 testimony to close Naval Submarine Base New London.

"This is one in a series of scientific reports documenting the findings of studies conducted under the Interagency Field Verifications of Testing and Predictive Methodologies for Dredged Material Disposal Alternatives (referred to at the Field Verification Program or FVP). This program is a comprehensive evaluation of environmental effects of dredged material disposal under conditions of upland and aquatic disposal and wetland creation."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Ben Cohen, a 28-year-old bachelor, is somewhere between Oklahoma City and Wichita, Kan., today, proably on a back road , heading home."

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company.

Photocopy of the front page of the September 27, 1974 edition of the United Negro College Fund Newsletter. The page features four articles, including three about the national organization of The Links, Inc. The first article discusses a large donation by The Links, Inc. to the fund; another article introduces Pauline Ellison as the new president of The Links, Inc.; and a third article announces a fund raising event hosted by The Links, Inc. on behalf of the fund. The fourth article on the page describes an event in honor of Duke Ellington.

Photocopy of a script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story going over the daily sports highlights.

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.

#$54q35Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about the Southern 500, Major League Baseball action, Sudden death playoff at the Greater Hartford Open tournament, Redskins Quarterback Sonny Jurgenson to undergo surgery, and Green Bay Packers infested with Stomach flu.

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.