Base Visit Book - McChord Air Force Base - WA

Community Correspondence - Letter from a concerned citizen regarding NAS Whidbey Island

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-005: Close NS Everett, WA; Relocate ships to Bremerton, WA and NS San Diego, CA)

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-036: Close NS Everett, WA; Relocate ships to NS Pearl Harbor, HI and NS San Diego, CA)

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-037: Close NS Everett, WA; Relocate ships to NAS Guam)

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Community Correspondence - Letter from Lawrence M. Clemons opposing the closure of McChord, AFB in Washington.

Community Input from Washington State in Support of Ft. Lewis, McChord AFB, and the Port of Tacoma. Document includes Community and Economic impact reports.

Executive Correspondence – Letter dated 07/17/2005 to Chairman Principi from Senator Maria Cantwell of Washington discussing her concern for the Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve assets in the Pacific Northwest.

State Input- Economic Impact of the Closure of Naval Surface Warfare Center, Corona by Dr. John E. Husing, Economics and Politics Inc dated 12 September 2004 (Bound hard copy available for review at the BRAC Commission library)

Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story about a rescue on Mount Rainier. This b-roll footage shows an air rescue. The story aired at 6:00 A.M.

Interview with Mary Schandua, a riveter for the Boeing Company during World War II. Florence Reeves also participates in the interview. She began working for the Boeing Company as a riveter in Seattle after she married her husband John, who was in the service. She assembled wing sections on aircraft.

Executive Correspondence – Letter dated 7/5/2005 to the Chairman from Congressman Adam Smith of the 9th District, Washington discussing the Pentagon’s Joint Base Lewis-McChord proposal and the projected reduction in jobs affiliated with McChord AFB.

Base Visit Report - BRAC Commission base visit report for McChord AFB, Washington, 25 May 2005. Base visited by the Honorable Philip Coyle and the Honorable James H. Bilbray, Carol Schmidt, and Ken Small.

Community Correspondence - Letter from Marilyn Martinetto using direct quotes from transcripts of briefings, USAF website, and DoD information to express disapproval for the suggestion to close the base.

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with James H. ""Herb"" Macia. He discusses being a navigator/bombardier on the 14th plane in the Doolittle Raid, including the training leading up to the raid, the trip on the USS Hornet, the raid itself, bailing out over China, the weeks spent there before making it out through India and Egypt and stories about other men in the Raiders. He also discusses meeting with Generalissimo and Madam Chiang Kai-Shek, seeing the Egyptian pyramids, crossing Africa then to Brazil before getting back to the US, landing in Miami, his later deployments in North Africa and Europe, his work after the war and reunions the Raiders have had since the war.