Executive Correspondence – Letter dtd 08/17/05 to the Commission from Mayor Anthony Masiello writing in support of removing Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station from the BRAC list for closure.

Testimony of Senator Raymond A Meier To the BRAC Commission June 27, 2005

Community Input: Fort Drum, NY Interactive CD-ROM/DVD Produced by the Fort Drum Regional Liason Organizations. The CD-ROM and DVD are available for viewing at the BRAC Library in Crystal City, VA.

Executive Correspondence - Letter from John A. D'Ambrosio, President of the Orange County Chamber of commerce, New York, to Chairman Principi, regarding Niagara falls Air Force Reserve and Guard Base.

Executive Correspondence - Letter from Marie L. Little, Royalton Town Clerk, New York, writes to the BRAC commission regarding a resolution adopted by the town Board, in support of removing Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station from the BRAC list of closures.

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 Jerell E. Crow. He entered the Coast Guard in 1940 and trained in Florida and New York City. He served aboard a Landing Ship, Tank (LST) when those ships were first introduced. He traveled to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to the Neville Island Shipyard operated by the Dravo Corporation as part of a crew that brought an LST down the Mississippi River to New Orleans. From there, the crew practiced operations at Biloxi, Mississippi. Eventually, Crow travelled to San Diego aboard the LST through the Panama Canal. From there, he went to Guadalcanal and unloaded tanks. Eventually, his ship was hit at Saipan and he was wounded. He also served aboard an LST during the invasions of Iwo Jima and Okinawa. Afterwards, Crow's LST was present in Tokyo Bay for the surrender. He visited Hiroshima while on occupation duty after the atomic bomb was dropped. Eventually, his LST made its way back to San Francisco where he was discharged.

Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.

Interview with Ethel Reisburg Schectman of Fort Worth, Texas, who was born in New York City during the Great Depression to Jewish Polish immigrant parents. The interview includes Hill's personal experiences of World War II on the home front, including memories of D-Day, iron metal scrap drives, victory gardens, rationing, V-E and V-J Days, and what it was like being Jewish in Dallas during that time.