Community Correspondence - Letter from William W. Paty to Commissioner Thoams T. Hill regarding Pearl Harbor shipyard.

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

Interview with Navy veteran L. B. England. The interview includes England's personal experiences while aboard the battleship USS West Virginia during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. England also talks about the death of his brother, Boyd England, who was killed on the West Virginia during the attack. The interview includes an appendix with an article about England.

Letter from Isaac Hebert Kempner to Hollister Drug Company, Ltd. enclosing a check for $16.60 covering the invoice for two bottles of White Ginger Toilet Water and two bottles of Pikake Toilet w\Water.

Letter from Donald Maclean to Isaac H. Kempner discussing various travel plans and events.

Letter from Isaac H. Kempner to Hawaiian Exotic Flowers ordering purple orchids for corsages and requesting confirmation on prices.

Interview with W. R. Barker, a veteran who served as a combat engineer with the U.S. Army in the South Pacific during World War II. The transcript includes a conversation with Barker as he talks freely about his time in basic training at Camp Cook, when Bob Hope visited jungle training in Hawaii, and interactions between U.S. soldiers and the native islanders. He also discusses the Marines mission on Pelilu Island and meeting his brother in the Philippines.

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 about group of 36 Japanese brokers, investors and builders who toured industrial and residential developments in the Dallas- Fort Worth area.

Letter from I. H. Kempner to Donald Maclean discussing the copy of the Paradise of the Pacific magazine he received and his plans to take Henrietta Leonora Kempner to Hawaii.

Interview with Leonard Davis, U.S. Navy veteran, concerning his experiences aboard the cruiser USS Phoenix during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.

Interview with Leon Bennett, U.S. Navy veteran, concerning his experiences aboard the tanker USS Neosho 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 about the death of actor Van Heflin who died six weeks after suffering a heart attack. In other news, the recovery of spacecraft Apollo 15 is underway in Honolulu, Hawaii.

Letter from I. H. Kempner to Hawaiian Exotic Flowers informing them that his order of Vanda Hybrid Orchid Corsages arrived in good condition and sending remittance for them. He also expresses confusion about the price of the corsages.

Interview with John Reas, a Navy WWII veteran and POW from New Albany, Indiana, who survived the sinking of the USS Houston (CA-30). Reas discusses his assignment to the Houston and prewar operations in the Pacific, the start of the war and convoy duty, being bombed by 54 Japanese planes, the Battle of Sunda Strait, the sinking, capture by the Japanese, experiences in internment at Bicycle Camp in Batavia, transfer to Thanbyuzayat, work on the Burma Railway, the USS Houston Survivors List, liberation, and life after the war. In appendix is the USS Houston Survivors list, letters of his regarding the list, brief accounts written by Reas of different experiences in the war, a letter by Lanson H. Harris confirming how the list was given to OSS officers, and a photo of Reas' wallet that he carried through the war.

Letter from Cornelia Yerkes discussing going to a square dance, living accommodations, a B-25 pilot who survived ditching in the ocean, seeing performances of the "Marine show," the postal service, a pineapple festival, magazines, and dances. Typed on Burlington Hotel (Washington) stationary.

Letter from Cornelia Yerkes discussing a busy schedule, correspondence, riding to a party and being pulled over, sleep, and food and cooking. Written on Burlington Hotel (Washington) stationary.

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about the Pan America World airways and the Small Business Administration who list a Dallas couple among 106 victims of its jetliner crash in Bali.

Letter from I. H. Kempner to Mr. and Mrs. David F. Weston discussing about Dan Oppenheimer's recommendations regarding the agreements.

Letter from Harris L. Kempner to his mother and father updating them with the state of the family businesses while they are vacationing in Hawaii.

Letter from I. H. Kempner to Captain and Mrs. C. W. Roland discussing the invitation to the Kempners' anniversary celebration which was mailed to the Rolands' old address. Kempner also mentions a potential stay in San Francisco on the way to Hawaii.

Interview with Roy Eschmann, a Army WWII veteran from Dallas, Texas who was present at the attack on Pearl Harbor. Eschmann discusses joining the Army, basic training, assignment to Schofield Barracks and the 25th Infantry Division, his duties and daily life, Japanese friends on Hawaii, preparation for war, guard duty on the night of December 6/7th, the morning of the attack and shooting at Japanese aircraft, patrols afterwards and fear of invasion, rumors, and later service.

Interview with Lester Robinson, a United States Navy veteran from Tulsa, Oklahoma, regarding his experiences and memories of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor of December 7, 1941 while stationed at Fort Island Naval Air Station as a member of VP-23.

Interview with Joseph McKinley, a United States Navy veteran from Temple, Texas, regarding his experiences and memories of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor of December 7, 1941 while aboard the destroyer USS Cassin.