2005 BRAC Commission Final COBRA Run - COBRA Air Force 51 Realign Fairchild AFB Spokane WA - 116Z - Fairchild

Interview with James William "Bill" Harrison, a serviceman in the U. S. Navy during World War II. He explains how he joined the navy in San Diego without going to boot camp. He worked on an oil tanker that shipped out to Pearl Harbor a month after the attack there and transported fuel out of San Diego to various ships at sea. He was then transfered to Admiral Nimitz's public relations department. There he and two others wrote stories about the action in the Pacific theater, particularly about the Battle of Midway. They also contributed to a radio show and worked with the national press corps. He then worked at the Naval Air Station in Seattle before traveling to Hilo, Hawaii to meet with soldiers who had returned from Tarawa. In Texas, he attended officer training school and college at Southwestern University. After the war ended, he studied at the University of Texas and University of Oklahoma for law school. He recalls an incident in which his office released a story about a cat that had kittens on board a cruiser; they reported this good news from the Pacific prior to the Battle of Midway. He also met Admirals Nimitz …

Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Sgt. Lewis Copeland (second from right"

Photograph taken for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "A popular visitor at the World's Fair in Seattle was 90-year-old J. C. Cockrell, of Loveland."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Steve Largent, Zorn's primary target, receives some refreshment."

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Wayne J. Rux, 24, San Francisco, was capured Friday afternoon in a grasscovered empty lot at the corner of SW 9 and Shartel."

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.

Weekly report of the Texas Crop and Livestock Reporting Service on broiler chick numbers in Texas and compared with other states. It includes compiled statistics across six consecutive weeks, from the week ending November 17 to the week ending December 22, during 1983 and 1984 for broiler eggs set, chicks hatched, and chicks placed.

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.

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.

Transcript of a public hearing held by the Commission on Structural Alternatives for the Federal Courts of Appeals held May 27, 1998 in Seattle, Washington. This hearing includes testimony from judges and attorneys of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. It also includes testimony from Washington Senator Slade Gorton and Governor of Washington, Gary Locke.

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.

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about coach firings in the Southwest Conference, a Wichita Falls High football game, Fort Worth Wings vs Dallas Blackhawks hockey game, the Heritage golf tournament, and the College basketball's opening next week.

Weekly newspaper of the U.S.S. Texas that includes news and information of interest to crew members.

Weekly newspaper of the U.S.S. Texas that includes news and information of interest to crew members.

Weekly newspaper of the U.S.S. Texas that includes news and information of interest to crew members.

Letter to Isaac Herbert Kempner Jr. discussing business plans with Walter F. Woodul.

Newspaper of the U.S.S. Texas that includes news and information of interest to crew members.

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering news stories about the Texas Rangers, UCLA’s basketball team, Sam Schulman’s lawsuit, and Olympic swimmer Mark Spitz.

Interview with General Robert E. Galer, a Marine Corps veteran (VMF-224) and recipient of the Medal of Honor, concerning his experiences concerning the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941; the Guadalcanal Campaign as commander of VMF-224; and as head of the 584 Radar units during the campaigns for the Philippines, Iwo Jima, and Okinawa. Navy ROTC at the University of Washington, 1931-35; pilot training at Sand Point, Pensacola, and Quantico, 1935-38; assignment to amphibian squadron on Saint Thomas, Virgin Islands, 1938-40, and his minor role in the "destroyers-for-bases" deal with Great Britain, 1940; assignment as commander of VMF-224, 1942; description of the Grumman Wildcat fighter plane; assignment to Henderson Field, Guadalcanal, 1942; episodes involving aerial combat against the Japanese; aerial combat tactics; living conditions at Henderson Field; shot down for the first time on September 12, 1942; shot down for a second time on October 2, 1942; personnel problems with dysentery and malaria; reassignment to COMAIRPAC, November, 1943; Command and Staff College, 1943; awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for twenty-nine consecutive days of combat and eleven-and-one-half kills; meeting President Franklin D. Roosevelt in the Oval Office; development of the 584 Radar for close-air support; Iwo Jima, …