Base Visit Book - Naval Station Ingleside

BRAC DoD Report by Commission Recommendation Number

AF31 Base Visit Book Ellsworth AFB

DA5 Base Visit Book Defense Agencies Leased Space - VA (DISA)

Base Visit Report – Army – Fort Sill, OK. No commissioners were present. Commission Staff present: Mike Avenick

Base Visit Report – Naval Air Station Pensacola, FL. Commissioner present: Admiral Harold Gehman. Commission Staff present: Joe Barrett, Syd Carroll, Carol Schmidt, Marilyn Wasleski

Base Visit Report – Army Fort Hood, TX. Lead Commissioner: General James Hill. Accompanying Commissioner: Brigadier General Sue Turner. Commission Staff: LTC Kevin Felix, Gary Miller.

Interview with Air Force veteran General Russell E. Dougherty, former commander-in-chief of Strategic Air Command. The interview includes Dougherty's personal experiences with General Curtis LeMay. Dougherty speaks about LeMay's uncanny judgment, organizational talents, and penchant for discipline, as well as his handling of people in his command, and the Soviet military's assessment of LeMay. The interview includes an appendix with "A General's Perspective: Leadership in the Cold War," written by General Russell E. Dougherty.

Interview with Allen H. Benton, World War II-era veteran of the 112th Cavalry, Texas National Guard. The interview includes Benton's personal experiences about childhood in upstate New York and the Depression-era economy, education at Cornell University, drafting into the U.S. Army Infantry and service at several stateside bases, transferring to Cavalry and combat in the Pacific Theater, and having a career as an author of biological field guides. The interview also includes Benton's memories of the Japanese surrender in Tokyo Bay as well as his opinions on war in general.

Interview with landscape architect and Army veteran William Garbo Sr. The interview includes Garbo's personal experiences about the G Troop, 112th Cavalry, in the Southwest Pacific Theater during World-War II, growing up in an Italian-American family in Mississippi during the Great Depression, volunteering for the draft and processing at Camp Shelby, Hattiesburg, Mississippi, basic training at Camp Lee, Petersburg, Virginia, being assigned to the 26th War Dog Platoon and to New Guinea in 1944, the Battle of the Driniumor River and his attachment to elements of the 32nd Infantry Division, jungle patrols on New Guinea with his dog, his transfer to Troop, 112th Cavalry and the invasion of Layte, Philippines, and the living condition in the Philippine jungles. Additionally, Garbo speaks about the fighting prowess of his comrades in the 112th Cavalry, jungle patrols on Leyte and Luzon, the 112th's activities around Marungko and Antipolo, Luzon, descriptions of cannibalism by Japanese soldiers, his wounds from artillery shrapnel and evacuation by helicopter, his return to the 112th Cavalry and preparations for the invasion of Japan, witnessing the Japanese surrender in Tokyo Bay, occupation duty at Tateyama, Honshu, relations between Japanese civilians and American occupation troops, the destruction of Japanese defensive fortifications …

Interview with aircraft worker Richard Crooks. The interview includes Crooks' personal experiences of being employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression.

This report summarizes and documents the work of the Joint Process Action Team and the approach and methodology used by the Department of Defense and the Secretary for analyzing Criterion 7 in developing and evaluating recommendations for the closure or realignment of military installations in the United States.

Criterion 8 JPAT Report - June 2004 - This report summarizes and documents the approach and process used by the Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) 2005 Selection Criterion 8 Joint Process Action Team (JPAT).

DISREGARD RESTRICTION HEADER AND FOOTER - JPAT 7 Installation and Activity Reports DoD Agencies and Activities As of April 20, 2005 -

Base Visit Report to Fort Gillem, GA, 10 June 2005. Lead Commissioner: Honorable James H. Bilbray; Commission Staff: Donald Manuel & Aaron Butler.

Community Input: National Association to Restore Pride in America's Capital (NARPAC) Report: "Transforming DC's Outdated Military Facilities into City Revenues" dtd 30 April 2005.

Base Visit Report for Fort Monroe VA 25 May 2005. Lead Commissioner: Chairman Anthony J. Principi; Accompanying Commissioner: General L.W. Newton; Commission staffer: Gary Dinsick.

Base Visit Report for Fort McPherson, GA, June 8 2005. Lead Commissioner: Honorable James T. Hill; Commission Staff: Donald Manuel & Aaron Butler.

Base Visit Report for Fort Eustin VA, 25 May, 2005. Lead Commissioner: Chairman Principi; Accompanying Commissioner: Gen. Lloyd W. Newton; Commission Staff: Dean Rhody, Gary Dinsick, James Durso.

Congressional Input: Report titled "Base Closings and Military Presence in the Northeast-Midwest: The Nation's Unguarded Region" submitted by Connecticut Rep. Rob Simmons. This report was submitted in regards to the closure of Submarine Base New London, CT. Rep. Simmons' letter is an addendum at the back of the report.

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

Base Visit Report - Naval Station Great Lakes, North Chicago, Illinois, Realignment Recommendations, 02 June 2005 visited by Commissioner Samuel K. Skinner.

Interview with Thomas W. Nance, a Texas National Guard WWII veteran from Dallas, Texas, who served with the 112th Cavalry in the Pacific. Nance discusses growing up and joining the 112th, working with horses, equipment used and organization, maneuvers at Fort Bliss, deployment to New Caledonia, operations on Woodlark Island, staging at Goodenough Island and the landing at Arawe, being wounded and evacuated, recovery and discharge, continued disability and experiences with VA hospitals, and reflections on the 112th as a unit. In appendix is the poem "Fiddler's Green," a list of places Nance served, descriptions of military equipment mentioned, and the 112th's service chronicle.

Interview with Major Anna K. Schelper, a Army WWII veteran from San Antonio, Texas. Schelper discusses her parents, growing up, her education and becoming a nurse, joining the Army Nurse Corps, experiences serving throughout the Pacific Theater, service in hospitals after the war, continued education and promoting, and reflections on her career and being a servicewoman. In appendix are Schelper's Army service record, a letter from two former patients to the 23rd Field Hospital, a scan of some of her letters which were printed in a book, and a scan of some sections from The Army Nurse Corps: Yesterday and Today by Mary M. Roberts.