Community Correspondence - Letter from a citizen expressing their concerns with the BRAC recommendation regarding Crane Division of Naval Surface Warfare Center

Executive Correspondence - Letter from Mitchell E. Daniels, Jr., Governor of Indiana to the Chairman thanking him for how well he's managed the difficult BRAC process - Installations: Crane and DFAS/Bean Center

Executive Correspondence - Letter from Representative Mark Souder to Commissioners (Chairman Principi; Mr. Hansen; General Hill; Mr. Skinner; General Newton; Mr. Bilbray; Admiral Gehman; Mr. Coyle; Brigadier General Turner) dated July 20, 2005, regarding his position on consolidating F-16 fighter wings at Fort Wayne Air National Guard Base.

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

Edited transcript of an interview with Bill Jonas discussing his early life in Kerrville and his parents' work, his education, about his career as an FBI agent, and about his family. Copies of photos are included at the end of the transcript.

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "OCU's Phil Thomas won the individual title and helped the Chiefs win the Midwestern City Conference championship at French Lick, Ind."

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.

Daily newspaper from Jeffersonville, Indiana that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.

Letter from I. H. Kempner to Mr. and Mrs. Edmund F. Ball discussing the roses sent by the Ball's in honor of the Kempner's anniversary.

Letter from M. A. Thomas to C. C. Cox discussing a mistake made with a gift to Cox's daughter and recent weather. Envelope is included.

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.

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about cornflake breakfast cereal which is consumed in the morning soon may become harder to get and consequently more expensive.

Interview with Bill Jonas discussing his early life in Kerrville and his parents' work, his education, about his career as an FBI agent, and about his family.

Interview with Bill Jonas discussing his early life in Kerrville and his parents' work, his education, about his career as an FBI agent, and about his family.

Letter from Harris L. Kempner to Mr. E. E. Hansen confirming that he will not write Schiefer and discussing the purchase of cars.

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Edward Nielsen from Medaryville, Indiana. He discusses undergoing Amry training at Fort Knox, Kentucky, before being assigned as B Company of the 69th Army Regiment at Fort Knox as a private. Afterwards he got lucky and was assigned to drive a truck from Louisiana to North Carolina, Mr. Nielsen describes this as the best job he ever had in the Army. After Pearl Harbor he is transferred to the 1st Armored Division and Regiment, 2nd Battalion. He was then transported from fort Knox to Ireland then to England for a short time before being shipped out to Oran in North Africa. On the way to Oran, the ship he was on was almost hit by a missile shot by a German U-boat, but it instead hit another ship that was nearby. By the time Mr. Nielsen reached Oran he was a segreant Tank Commander. He also relays a time he warned his Company Commander about German Tiger Tanks being in their area and being ignored only for them to show up a few days later resulting in one captain deserting and being captured by German soldiers. Mr. Nielsen …

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Edward Nielsen from Medaryville, Indiana. He discusses undergoing Amry training at Fort Knox, Kentucky, before being assigned as B Company of the 69th Army Regiment at Fort Knox as a private. Afterwards he got lucky and was assigned to drive a truck from Louisiana to North Carolina, Mr. Nielsen describes this as the best job he ever had in the Army. After Pearl Harbor he is transferred to the 1st Armored Division and Regiment, 2nd Battalion. He was then transported from fort Knox to Ireland then to England for a short time before being shipped out to Oran in North Africa. On the way to Oran, the ship he was on was almost hit by a missile shot by a German U-boat, but it instead hit another ship that was nearby. By the time Mr. Nielsen reached Oran he was a segreant Tank Commander. He also relays a time he warned his Company Commander about German Tiger Tanks being in their area and being ignored only for them to show up a few days later resulting in one captain deserting and being captured by German soldiers. Mr. Nielsen …

A photograph print showing the Monon (MON) 39, 0-6-0 (class B-9), Bloomington, IN.

Letter from J. R. Fenstermaker of the Hugh J. Baker & Company to I. H. Kempner discussing the implementation of a new course entitled "The History of American Industry and Industrial Leaders".