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[Memorandum of Meeting: Pope Air Force Base, North Carolina, July 14, 2005] (open access)

[Memorandum of Meeting: Pope Air Force Base, North Carolina, July 14, 2005]

Memorandum of Meeting with community representatives from Fayetteville, North Carolina to discuss their concerns regarding the recommended realignment of Pope Air Force Base.
Date: July 14, 2005
Creator: United States. Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission.
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Memorandum of Meeting: C-130 Installations, Arkansas & North Carolina, July 29,2005] (open access)

[Memorandum of Meeting: C-130 Installations, Arkansas & North Carolina, July 29,2005]

Memorandum of Meeting regarding recommended realignments of C-130 installations.
Date: July 29, 2005
Creator: United States. Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Douglas Wallace Jr., April 10, 2003 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Douglas Wallace Jr., April 10, 2003

Interview with Douglas Wallace Jr., a paratrooper with the 82nd Airborne Division of the United States Air Force. He describes being drafted, training, and his adjustment back to civilian life.
Date: January 16, 2005
Creator: Purdin, Joel & Wallace, Douglas, Jr.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with George Medcalf, December 27, 2000 (open access)

Oral History Interview with George Medcalf, December 27, 2000

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Geroge Medcalf from Greensville, South Carolina. He discusses his experience in training in Camp Mcoy in Wisconsin and meeting his wife there. He also discusses his time in the Second Infantry Division with the 38th Regiment, Company C, preparing for the Normandy Invasion. Mr. Medcalf also relays how he had to take over command of his Company during the invasion when he was injured by flying shrapnel and sent back to England for recuperation. He shares a story of how while advancing on Leipzig, Germany he was saved from German artillery fire when his sergeant offered him a piece of candy moving him away from the line of fire. The war ended while Mr. Medcalf was in Czechoslovakia, and after the war he received a purple heart and a cluster.
Date: December 27, 2000
Creator: Medcalf, George
System: The Portal to Texas History