Interview with accountant and Army veteran William Barsanti. The interview includes Barsanti's personal experiences about the European Theater during World War II, his youth in an Italian immigrant family, graduating from high school and enrolling in college, then in the Enlisted Reserve Corps, being inducted into the U.S. Army, basic training, being selected for the Army Specialized Training Program, transferring to the 106th Infantry Division, and his assignment to Cannon Company as a supply sergeant. Barsanti also talks about the living conditions at Stalag XII-A and Stalag II-D, Stargard, Germany, evacuating to Bremervorde, Germany, liberation, and his postwar business career in Europe.

Coalition Correspondence – Letter dtd 06/16/05 to the Commission from Betty Egbom, President of the Carlsbad Chamber of Commerce requesting that Cannon AFB be removed from the DoD BRAC list.

Executive Correspondence – Letter dtd 06/20/05 to BRAC Commission from the Board of Mineral County Commissioners, Hawthorne, NV expressing concern at the inaccuracies in the DoD BRAC recommendations with regard to Hawthorne Army Depot and requesting a BRAC Commission site visit.

Executive Correspondence – Letter dtd 06/20/05 to the Commission from Marty Scheuerman, Fire Chief of the City of Reno, NV expressing concern at the proposed relocation of the NV ANG’s C-130 aircraft to another state and the harm this action would cause to NV’s ability to move emergency equipment quickly and efficiently.

Executive Correspondence – Letter dtd 08/24/05 to Chairman Principi from Bonnie Weber, Chairman of the Washoe County NV County Commission, providing in support of maintaining the current mission of the NV ANG at Reno-Tahoe International Airport.

Executive Correspondence – Letter dated 07/20/2005 to George Delgado from Johnny Summers Lt Colonel U.S. Army enclosing a briefing on Update for the Global Demil Symposium presented on May 10, 2005