The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Franklin B. Murphy of Milford, Maine. He discusses enlisting in the U.S. Marines and going through basic training in South Carolina before completing his communications training in North Carolina. He also talks about his journey from Hawaii to Tarawa and the horrors he saw when they arrived and started to set up communication lines. Mr. Murphy was assigned to the twenty-fourth marines as their communication before being sent to Iwo Jima. He was in Guam for some recreational time when the bombs were dropped on Japan and the war ended, he was then discharged December of 1945.

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Franklin B. Murphy of Milford, Maine. He discusses enlisting in the U.S. Marines and going through basic training in South Carolina before completing his communications training in North Carolina. He also talks about his journey from Hawaii to Tarawa and the horrors he saw when they arrived and started to set up communication lines. Mr. Murphy was assigned to the twenty-fourth marines as their communication before being sent to Iwo Jima. He was in Guam for some recreational time when the bombs were dropped on Japan and the war ended, he was then discharged December of 1945.

The personal diary of Sigismund Koperniak, a Navy veteran, detailing his experiences aboard the destroyer USS Spence during World War II. Launching of the Spence and sea trials off Portland, Maine, January, 1943; shakedown cruise to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, February, 1943; escort duty in the Atlantic and Caribbean, March, 1943; convoy duty in the Casablanca, French Morocco, area, April-May, 1943; passage through the Panama Canal, June, 1943; escort duty for the carriers Princeton and Belleau Wood en route to Baker Island, September, 1943; attachment to Destroyer Division 23 in the Solomon Islands, September, 1943; patrols off Kolombangara and Vella Lavella Islands; interdiction of Japanese shipping and the Spence's role in sinking of twenty barges off of Vella Lavella; bombardment of Buka-Bonis airfields, November 1, 1943; Battle of Empress Augusta Bay, November 2, 1943; support for landings on Bougainville, November 3, 1943; capture of a Japanese sailor; continued attacks by Japanese aircraft; gun battles with Japanese cruisers and destroyers in the Buka-Rabaul route, November 24, 1943; shore bombardments of Tiaraka, Bougainville, Kavieng, and New Ireland, January-February, 1944; shore bombardment of Emirau, Aitape, Humboldt Bay, and Caroline Islands, March 1-24, 1944; shore bombardment during the invasions of the Marianas Islands, June 19-27, …

Newspaper clipping giving information about the Patriot's Parade. A list of former WASP with portraits and short biographies is also included.

Newspaper clipping giving information about the Patriot's Parade. A list of former WASP with portraits and short biographies is also included.

Letter from Betty Brown to Eleanor Brown thanking her for agreeing to remain in her position on the WASP board.

Article reporting findings from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)'s Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Program (EMAP) conducted on a sample of lakes in the Northeastern United States from 1991 to 1996.

Interview with Homer James "Jim" Avery, founder of James Avery Craftsman from Kerrville, Texas. Mr. Avery discusses his childhood, education, service in World War II, and starting and developing his jewelry business. The interview includes photographs of Mr. Avery, on pages 35-41.

Interview with Jack and Frances Real Stevens, a ranching and former Navy couple from Kerrville, Texas. The couple describes their individual childhoods, growing up in town and on a ranch, as well as their travels around the world. Mr. and Mrs. Stevens also discuss their involvement with the Kerrville community. The interview includes a history of the Kerrville German Dance Club, on pages 2-4.

Interview with Navy veteran William J. Bates including personal experiences about the Pacific Theater during World War II, youth and education, the Navy Aviation Cadet Program, flight training, leaving naval aviation and attending Midshipman's School, being assigned to APc-21, operations off the coast of New Guinea with the VII Amphibious Force, providing escort duty for LCTs during assaults along the coast of New Guinea, the sinking of APc-21 by Japanese planes off New Britain Island, recuperating in New Guinea, returning to the States and being assigned to ATR-22, transferring to fleet tug ARA-182 as commanding officer, having convoy duty in the South Pacific, riding out a typhoon, disposing of Navy equipment after the war, and returning to the States.

Interview with Guinn Rasbury, a U. S. Marine during World War II. He discusses joining the Marines, being part of the invasion force at Florida and Tulagi Islands, having multiple malaria attacks, being transferred to Maine to cure his malaria, being transferred around the United States, and finally returning to the Pacific theater. He explains how being sick with malaria and getting bumped from a plane ride home saved his life. He shares anecdotes about sounding "Taps" at a memorial service for President Roosevelt and being chairman of the Second Marine Division Memorial Scholarship Fund Committee.

This fact sheet describes climate change scenarios in Great Plains region of the United States.

Department of Defense Clearinghouse Response: DoD Clearinghouse response to an e-mail from the BRAC Commission requesting the COBRA run close Naval Air Station Brunswick.

Final Cobra Run - Naval Reserve Center Bangor, ME

Final Cobra Run - 63A NAS Brunswick, ME. Cobra file regarding NAS Brunswick, ME.

Department of Defense Clearinghouse Response: DoD Clearinghouse response to an e-mail from the BRAC Commission requesting the COBRA run USA-0227 Soldier Systems Center Natick, MA.

Department of Defense Clearinghouse Response: DoD response to an e-mail from the BRAC Commission requesting COBRA Files from the Navy, all of which are inactive scenarios that the Commission would like to review. (DON-0138A: Realign NAS Brunswick, ME; Relocate Air Assets to NAS Jacksonvill, FL; Close NRC Bangor ME)

Department of Defense Clearinghouse Response: DoD response to an e-mail from the BRAC Commission requesting COBRA Files from the Navy, all of which are inactive scenarios that the Commission would like to review. (DON-0138R: Close NAS Brunswick, ME; Relocate to Jacksonville, FL)

Department of Defense Clearinghouse Response: DoD Clearinghouse response to a letter from the BRAC Commission requesting a COBRA run associated with the closure of Naval Air Station Brunswick.

COBRA Program - Navy Reserve Centers - Bangor, ME

COBRA Program - Naval Air Station Brunswick, ME

DON0138 Post-Final 05.07.11 0940 - 65A - Close NAS Brunswick, ME

2005 BRAC Commission Final COBRA Run - DON-0045, C5, V6.10, 23APR05 - 76 - Navy Reserve Centers\Navy Reserve Centers - Bangor, ME.

Contains Base Visit Report by Navy Team Analyst Hal Tickle for the second trip to NAS Brunswick, ME