This report discusses federal evacuation policy and analyzes potential lessons learned from the evacuation of individuals from Hurricane Katrina. Several issue areas that might arise concerning potential lawmaking and oversight on evacuation policy are also highlighted. This report will be updated as significant legislative or administrative changes occur.

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Afton Keeton. Keeton joined the Navy in July of 1942. He completed Hospital Corps School and became a Pharmacist Mate. He first served aboard the USS Sea Dragon (SS-194). They patrolled the Aleutian Islands. He was then stationed at the Submarine Base in Pearl Harbor, working in a sick bay. He then served aboard the USS Apollo (AS-25) with a relief crew. He provides some detail of working aboard a submarine, serving as the Doc, living conditions and undergoing his own appendectomy aboard the Apollo. In early 1945 he was assigned for 1 year to serve at a submarine base in St. Thomas. He then served as hospital corpsman on the USS Clamagore (SS-343). Keeton also worked on sonar watch, radar watch and as a cook during his time in the Navy. He spent a total of 30 years in the Navy, retiring in February of 1972.

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Afton Keeton. Keeton joined the Navy in July of 1942. He completed Hospital Corps School and became a Pharmacist Mate. He first served aboard the USS Sea Dragon (SS-194). They patrolled the Aleutian Islands. He was then stationed at the Submarine Base in Pearl Harbor, working in a sick bay. He then served aboard the USS Apollo (AS-25) with a relief crew. He provides some detail of working aboard a submarine, serving as the Doc, living conditions and undergoing his own appendectomy aboard the Apollo. In early 1945 he was assigned for 1 year to serve at a submarine base in St. Thomas. He then served as hospital corpsman on the USS Clamagore (SS-343). Keeton also worked on sonar watch, radar watch and as a cook during his time in the Navy. He spent a total of 30 years in the Navy, retiring in February of 1972.

Contains base input from Naval Support Activity New Orleans, LA for Commissioner Turner

Contains notes and research for New Orleans AIR RESERVE STATION, LA, by Tanya Cruz of the AIR FORCE Team.

Contains Community information regarding the proposed Federal City Plan for New Orleans, LA

Executive Correspondence - Letter from Louisiana Kathleen Babineaux Blanco to Commissioner James Hill regarding a request by the Governor to have the Commissioner offer a technical amendment about the Navy Reserve Force Headquarters.

Interview with Donald Burnitt, a U.S. Army veteran who served in the Vietnam War and was awarded the Purple Heart. Burnitt describes his experiences in the war, including the many combat engagements he was part of and when he was wounded in action when his helicopter crashed. He was also awarded the Silver Star and Bronze Star.

Transcript of an interview with James Hudson, Army veteran (3rd Platoon, 36th/83rd Quartermaster Trucking Company, 470th Quartermaster Regiment), concerning his experiences in the European Theater during World War II. Hudson discusses his youth in segregated Yalobusha County, Mississippi; his reaction to being drafted, December, 1942; basic training, Camp McCain, Grenada, Mississippi, 1942-43; segregated training facilities; maneuvers at Camp Polk, Louisiana, 1943; training in truck maintenance and operation; relations between white officers and black enlisted men; entertainment on and off base for black soldiers; illiteracy among black troops; voyage to Europe, February, 1944; pre-invasion training around Cardigan, Wales; transfer of the unit to Swansea for further pre-invasion training; his observations of the Normandy landings, June 6, 1944; the landing of his unit on June 7 at Omaha Beach; establishment of beach supply depots; his participation in the activities of the "Red Ball Express," August-September, 1944; his description of war damage in German towns and cities; postwar adjustments to segregated society in Mississippi. Appendix consists of photocopy of "Honorable Discharge" (1 page).

Letter from Charlyne Creger to Rigdon Edwards telling him to make sure her name is written correctly as she is listed as a donor for the "Plague Jewel", about Steve Morgan giving her a set of drawings, and the medicine she has been taking.

This home movie excerpt documents Laurel Crawford in a soccer match in Hammond, Louisiana. Footage includes Brandon Anderson and Dave.

Newspaper clipping containing an article from a 1977 issue of the Houston Post discussing a trial in which Paula Cantrell Derese will testify against Vernon E. McManus regarding a capital murder case. It also gives background about previous instances of the relevant Texas law regarding court appearances by persons implicated in crimes. The reverse side of the clipping includes an article about a highway to be built in Louisiana using clam shells and an advertisement for The Houston Post.

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about Fort Worth police who say that John Burton- the Pentecostal preacher who has been missing since June sixth has been located unharmed.

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about authorities in New Jersey who exhumed the body of Patricia Giesick for what police hope will reveal the crucial clue in the woman' s bizarre hit and run traffic death at New Orleans three days after her marriage to a Texan.

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about oilmen who bid one and half billion dollars in new Orleans for drilling rights in the Gulf of Mexico off the Texas coast.

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about Sam Corey, the third figure in the case formerly owned a massage parlor in Dallas.

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about Dallas second annual Gay freedom parade which filed through the downtown area.

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about self-service gas stations closing due to a gas shortage.

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about New Orleans district attorney Jim Garrison being arrested on charges of bribery, illegal gambling and obstruction of law enforcement.

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about five men in New Orleans being charged with taking bribes to protect illegal pinball machine gambling and one of the men being New Orleans district attorney, Jim Garrison.

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans denying an appeal by students of Southern Methodist University.

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about three federal judges holding an emergency session in New Orleans, Louisiana in order to decide whether representatives of the Chicago seven can speak on the Southern Methodist University campus.

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.