Transcript of an interview with Merle Timblin, Civilian Conservation Corps worker and U.S. Army WWII Veteran. Timblin discusses his childhood in western Pennsylvania; father’s work as a farmer, coal miner, and WPA blacksmith; life on farms and in mining towns during the Great Depression; decision to enroll in CCC before eighteenth birthday; experiences at CCC camps in Arizona and Pennsylvania; lessons learned from the CCC experience; experiences in the European Theater of World War II as radio operator in the U.S. Army Fourth Armored Division, including fighting in the Battle of the Bulge; lessons learned from experience in the Army; decision to relocate to Niagara Falls, N.Y., and thence to North Texas; career as a machinist and mechanic.

Base Visit Report of BRAC Commission Visit to Tobyhanna Army Depot, Tobyhanna, PA dtd 10 June 2005.

Base Visit Book - Pittsburgh International Airport Air Reserve Station prepared for General Lloyd W. Newton (USAF, Ret) on 21 June 2005 DOD RECOMMENDATION is to close Pittsburgh International Airport (IAP) Air Reserve Station (ARS), PA, and relocate 911th Airlift Wing's (AFRC) eight C-130H aircraft to Pope / Fort Bragg to form a 16 aircraft Air Force Reserve/active duty associate unit. Relocate AFRC operations and maintenance manpower to Pope / Fort Bragg. Relocate flight related ECS (aeromedical squadron) to Youngstown-Warren Regional APT ARS. Relocate all remaining Pittsburgh ECS and headquarters manpower to Offutt Air Force Base, NE. Air National Guard units at Pittsburgh are unaffected. DOD JUSTIFICATION is that the major command's capacity briefing reported Pittsburgh ARS land constraints prevented the installation from hosting more than 10 C-130 aircraft . . . . Careful analysis of mission capability indicates that it is more appropriate to robust the proposed airlift mission

Disregard Restriction Header and Footer - RC Transformation in Pennsylvania - Impacted Sites: AFRC Allentown-Bethlehem; AFRC Bristol-Woodhaven; AFRC Chester-Germantown; AFRC Lewisburg; AFRC Scranton; AFRC Williamsport;

Disregard Restriction Header and Footer – NAS JRB Willow Grove, PA, and Cambria Regional Airport, Johnstown, PA – Impacted Sites: NAS - JRB - WILLOW - GROVE - PA, PA; McGuire AFB, NJ; FORT DIX, NJ; Boise Air Terminal A GS, ID; Martin State APT A GS, MD; Selfridge ANGB, MI; HMLA - SEVEN - SEVEN - FIVE - DET - ALPHA, PA; CG - MCAS - CHERRY - PT, NC;

Disregard Restriction Header and Footer – Navy and Marine Corps Reserve Centers - Reading, PA – Impacted Sites: NAVMARCORESCEN_READING_PA, PA; NAVMARCORESCEN_LEHIGH_VALLEY_PA, PA

Navy and Marine Corps Reserve Centers - Reading, PA, COBRA Realignment Summary Report

Navy and Marine Corps Reserve Centers - Reading, PA, Economic Impact Report (Disregard Restriction Header and Footer)

Navy and Marine Corps Reserve Centers - Reading, PA, RECOMMENDATION FOR CLOSURE NAVY AND MARINE CORPS RESERVE CENTERS(Disregard Restriction Header and Footer)

Navy-Marine Corps Reserve Centers Reading, PA, Background; Navy-Marine Corps Reserve Centers Lehigh, PA, Background (Disregard Restriction Header and Footer)

Navy and Marine Corps Reserve Centers - Reading, PA, Summary of Scenario Environmental Impacts (Disregard Restriction Header and Footer)

TOBYHANNA ARMY DEPOT, PA, Demographics, Child Care, Cost of Living, Education, Employment, Housing, Medical Providers, Safety/Crime, Transportation, Utilities

Recommendation for Closure and Realignment Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Willow Grove, PA and Cambria Regional Airport Johnstown, PA (Disregard Restriction Header and Footer)

Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Willow Grove, PA and Marine Corps Reserve Center Johnstown, PA, Summary of Scenario Environmental Impacts (Disregard Restriction Header and Footer)

Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Willow Grove, PA and Marine Corps Reserve Center Johnstown, PA, Economic Impact Report (Disregard Restriction Header and Footer)

Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Willow Grove, PA and Marine Corps Reserve Center Johnstown, PA, COBRA Realignment Summary Report

Interview with airline pilot and Army Air Forces veteran Robert W. Wilson. The interview includes Wilson's personal experiences about being B-25 pilot in the Pacific Theater during World War II, basic training, college preparatory courses, flight training, and various missions. Wilson talks about his pre-war job experiences, flying conditions over the Owen Stanley Mountains, Operation OBOE, leave time in Sydney, Australia, the move to Palawan, Philippines, missions to French Indo-China, attitudes and feelings towards the deaths of comrades, and postwar adjustments. The interview includes an appendix with supplementary documents.

Interview with William L. Archer, an employee of Caltex Petroleum Corporation from Prosperity, Pennsylvania. Archer discusses his education and hiring by Texaco, assignment to the Philippines in 1938, work as a lube engineer, mining operations in the Philippines, distribution, relations between the Philippine and New York offices, marketing strategies, company policies, World War Two and hiding on Negros Island, liberation and the reestablishment of company operations, the post-war market, reorganization, production, security issues, trade with Arabia, and various other businessmen in the industry.