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[Memoranda of Meetings: Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission, 2005] (open access)

[Memoranda of Meetings: Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission, 2005]

Three memoranda of meetings from the 2005 Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission. The first two memoranda document meetings with the Naval Aviation Industrial Joint Cross-Service Group (I-JSG) regarding the Industrial Group’s proposal (IND 19) and the concepts used to evaluate capacity across all services. The third memorandum documents a meeting with military personnel regarding the Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, NC.
Date: June 2, 2005
Creator: United States. Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with R. Bruce Porter, September 30, 2000 (open access)

Oral History Interview with R. Bruce Porter, September 30, 2000

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with R. Bruce Porter. After a few years of college at the University of Southern California, Porter joined the Marines as an aviation cadet. After training on the F4F, Porter was assigned to Squadron 111 and shipped out on the USS Garfield to American Samoa. Porter mentions training with and talking with Joe Foss when his squadron passed through Apia. Porter then went to Turtle Bay, New Caledonia. He next flew F4F's in Guadalcanal in 1943. Their squadron then switched to the Corsair plane. Porter then started moving ""up the slot"" toward Japan gradually moving north with his squadron. Later, Porter returned to the states to train on F6F's and joined a night fighter squadron. He was assigned as a squadron commander in Okinawa. He discusses blowing up a plane with a ""baka"" bomb on it. Porter's record is an ace, with five official kills and one probable. Porter witnessed the surrender party preparing for the official surrender. He stayed in Japan for four months after the occupation.
Date: September 30, 2000
Creator: Porter, R. Bruce
System: The Portal to Texas History