Executive Correspondence – Letter dtd 08/15/2005 to Senator Warner from Chairman Principi in response to DCN 7273 on the BRAC E-Library concerning the BRAC hearing on 8/20/2005 regarding the state of Florida.

Executive Correspondence – Letter dtd 08/9/2005 to Chairman Principi from Lincoln Diaz-Balart (Rep 21st FL) writing in support of a letter by Congressmen Ander Crenshaw (FL-04) and Cliff Stearns (FL-06) regarding the transfer of the navy’s F/A-18 fighter squadrons from NAS Oceana, VA to NAS Cecil Field, FL

Executive Correspondence - Letter to Governor Bush informing him of the Commission's decision to conduct a hearing to further consider information that was presented during meetings between the BRAC Commissioners and Gov Bush on 11 Aug 05

Executive Correspondence - Letter from Florida Senator Bill Nelson dated 9 August 2005 urging the Commission to examine the former Naval Air Station Cecil Field as an alternative to NAS Oceana

Executive Correspondence - Letter from Town Manager (Orange Park Florida) John W. Bowles regarding the re-establishment and reopening of the Cecil Field facility

Interview with attorney and Army Air Forces veteran Edward J. Drake. The interview includes Drake's personal experiences about being a B-17 pilot in the European Theater during World War II, youth and education in Dallas, Texas, enlistment in the Aviation Cadet Program, various training programs, bombing transportation facilities during and after the Ardennes Offensive, crash-landing in Belgium after his plane was hit, and linking up with American troops. Additionally, Drake talks about his assignment to the 91st Bomb Group, the routine for a typical mission, formation flying, flying through enemy flak, rest and relaxation on-base and in London, recuperating from a collapsed lung, his return to combat for three more missions, and his return to the crash site of his plane 57 years later. The interview includes an appendix with "The Last Flight of 'Jezebel,'" written by Drake.