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The Advisory Council on Historic Preservation approved and issued to the Department of Defense a Program Comment on World War II and Cold War era (1939– 1974) ammunition Storage Facilities, and a Program Comment on Cold War era (1946–1974) Unaccompanied Personnel Housing. The Program Comments pertain to all buildings and structures designed and built as ammunition storage facilities within the years 1939–1974, and all buildings and structures that were designed and built as Unaccompanied...
Final Historic Building Inventory and Evaluation of King Salmon Airport, Alaska (1999)
This report presents the results of an inventory and evaluation of buildings and structures at King Salmon Airport, Alaska. During the Cold War (1946-1989), King Salmon Air Force Station (AFS) supported the air intercept defense mission of the Alaskan Air Command (AAC). Seventy-one buildings and structures at King Salmon Airport were inventoried and evaluated for potential inclusion in the National Register. The 611th Air Support Group has determined that the forward operating bases in Alaska...
From Caffe’ Latte to Mass: An Intimate Archaeology of a World War II Italian Prisoner of War Camp (2015)
Camp Monticello, located in southeast Arkansas, served as a Prisoner of War camp for Italians from 1943 to 1946. The spatial arrangement of the camp, which consists of two officer’s compounds and three enlisted men’s compounds, was structured according to the central principles of surveillance, discipline, and control. The food, clothing, and possessions of Camp Monticello's inmates were provided by the institution. From mess hall menus and a chapel, archeological research reveals intimate...
GIS and Remote Sensing Applications in the Search for World War II POW/MIAs in the Philippines (2023)
This is an abstract from the "SAA 2023: Individual Abstracts" session, at the 88th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Over 81,500 U.S. servicemembers remain missing from America’s past conflicts extending to World War II (WWII). The great majority of this number, more than 72,000, relate to WWII alone. For the past several years, the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) has partnered with the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) on the recovery of WWII personnel in...
Gulfoil: Ghost in the Gulf (2013)
The oil tanker Gulfoil is located in 534 meters of water. Built by New York Shipbuilding in Camden, New Jersey, Gulfoil is the first oil tanker to be built in the United States of America using British engineer Joseph Isherwood’s system of ship construction. The Isherwood system used longitudinal framing instead of traditional transverse frames making the ship stronger and lighter than previous construction methods. Sunk by German submarine U-506 in the Gulf of Mexico in 1942, the...
Historic Building Recordation, Building 193, Naval Air Engineering Station Lakehurst, New Jersey (1996)
HABS/HAER Level II documentation of Lighter-Than-Air Historic District Building 193, the Recreation Building. Building 193 was a wood-frame, World War II building constructed in 1942 and demolished in 1996. The draft documentation includes a historic report and index to photographs of the facility and architectural drawings.
Historic Building Recordation, Building 200, Naval Air Engineering Station, Lakehurst, New Jersey, vols. 1 and 2 (1996)
HABS/HAER Level II documentation of Lighter-Than-Air Historic District Building 200, the Administration Building. Building 200 was a wood-frame, World War II building constructed in 1943 and demolished in 1996. The draft documentation includes a historic report and index to photographs of the facility and architectural drawings.
A Historic Context Statement for a World War II Era Black Officers' Club at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri (Legacy 93-0945)
This context is the first effort at evaluating a WWII period building at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, for nomination to the National Register. The building was used as the Black Officers' Club in the time before integration of the forces. The document includes an appendix discussion of German POW stonework at Fort Leonard Wood.
A Historic Context Statement for a World War II Era Black Officers' Club at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri - Report (Legacy 93-0945) (1998)
This context is the first effort at evaluating a WWII period building at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, for nomination to the National Register. The building was used as the Black Officers' Club in the time before integration of the forces. The document includes an appendix discussion of German POW stonework at Fort Leonard Wood.
Historic Context: World War II Prisoner-of-War Camps on Department of Defense Installations (Legacy 05-256)
This report provides a streamlined, comprehensive approach to the inventory and evaluation of WWII POW camps and features on DoD installations.
Historic Context: World War II Prisoner-of-War Camps on Department of Defense Installations - Report (Legacy 05-256) (2007)
This report provides a streamlined, comprehensive approach to the inventory and evaluation of WWII POW camps and features on DoD installations.
A History of Fort Amador and Fort Grant - The Former Panama Canal Zone, Republic of Panama (Legacy 93-1326)
Forts Amador and Grant were constructed to guard the Pacific entrance to the Panama Canal, which reverted to the Republic of Panama at the end of 1999, concluding a unique period in both countries' histories. The forts remain as a physical legacy of the U.S. contribution to the cultural heritage of Panama.
A History of Fort Amador and Fort Grant - The Former Panama Canal Zone, Republic of Panama - Report (Legacy 93-1326) (1993)
Forts Amador and Grant were constructed to guard the Pacific entrance to the Panama Canal, which reverted to the Republic of Panama at the end of 1999, concluding a unique period in both countries' histories. The forts remain as a physical legacy of the U.S. contribution to the cultural heritage of Panama.
Hitler's Fortress Builders: The Use of Non-Destructive Testing to Quantify the Differential Treatment of Labourers on Second World War Alderney (2017)
World War II left behind archaeological evidence of an impressive magnitude on the British Channel Islands, and today many of these features lay untouched. It was throughout my Master's research at Glasgow University in 2013-2014 that I developed a project to enhance our archaeological understanding of these concrete relics. Using a specific set of methods, I was able to accurately and non-destructively test the compressive strength of several concrete features. Combining this raw data with the...
Home Front Households: Patriotism in the Domestic Sphere During WWII (2019)
This is an abstract from the "Exploring the Recent Past" session, at the 2019 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. WWII was a time of significant cultural upheaval in the United States. America’s participation in the war produced substantial changes to gender roles, consumer behavior, advertising, labor, children’s activities, and entertainment, and saw a swell in expressions of nationalism and patriotism. By analyzing a collection of WWII-era artifacts that includes...
Innovative Methods for the Documentation of a B-24 Wreck off Montalto di Castro, Italy (2020)
This is an abstract from the session entitled "East Carolina University Partnerships and Innovation with Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency" , at the 2020 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. In August of 2017, at the request of the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA), a collaborative team of researchers from East Carolina University, NOAA, and NPS Submerged Resource Center conducted a survey of a submerged aircraft wreck off the coast of Montalto di Castro, Italy....
Landscapes of Battle and the Search for the Missing (2017)
The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) is the governmental entity tasked with the investigation, recovery, identification, and accounting for U.S. military members that have gone missing during conflict, while in service. This effort follows stringent scientific archaeologically-based protocols and practices, proving some degree of success especially for the resolution of incidents involving single-event site types such as aircraft crashes or burials. The archaeologist faces a challenging,...
Letter from Joseph Logan to Claudia Nissley, Building 156, Randolph Air Force Base, Texas (1993)
An email with attachments concerning proposed undertakings for Building 156 at Randolph Air Force Base, Texas. This letter is part of a large packet of correspondence and associated documents concerning a complex proposal of undertakings for World War II temporary buildings located on Randolph Air Force Base, Texas. Many of the documents are drafts and letters from internal circulation within Randolph Air Force Base.
Letter from Joseph Logan to Scott Shepherd, Building 156, Randolph Air Force Base, Texas (1993)
A few emails written by Scott Shepherd and Joseph Logan concerning the proposed undertakings for Building 156 at Randolph Air Force Base, Texas. This letter is part of a large packet of correspondence and associated documents concerning a complex proposal of undertakings for World War II temporary buildings located on Randolph Air Force Base, Texas. Many of the documents are drafts and letters from internal circulation within Randolph Air Force Base.
Letter from Scott Shepherd to Emmitt Smith, Building 156 List of Letters and Correspondence, Randolph Air Force Base, Texas (1993)
An email with attachments concerning proposed undertakings for Building 156 at Randolph Air Force Base, Texas. Included is a handwritten note, photograph of the building and an attached List of Letters and Correspondence on World War II Temporary Buildings and Building 156.
Letter from Scott Shepherd to Joseph Logan, Draft Correspondence for Foreclosure of Undertakings at Buildings 156, Randolph Air Force Base, Texas (1993)
A draft letter concerning foreclosure for the rehabilitation of Building 156 at Randolph Air Force Base, Texas. It discusses the problems with the project leading to the need to foreclose. This letter is part of a large packet of correspondence and associated documents concerning a complex proposal of undertakings for World War II temporary buildings located on Randolph Air Force Base, Texas. Many of the documents are drafts and letters from internal circulation within Randolph Air Force Base.
Letter Report Concerning Survey for Historic Properties for U.S. Army Reserves Complex Site at Tafuna, American Samoa (2002)
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Maritime archaeology of oil tanker shipwrecks from World War II (2019)
This is an abstract from the "Developing Standard Methods, Public Interpretation, and Management Strategies on Submerged Military Archaeology Sites" session, at the 2019 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. World War II awakened the industrial power of the United States. Supplying and waging war across two oceans, the US relied on tankers to move oil to its naval fleets and those of its allies. Carrying the fuel that drove the American war machine, these tankers became...
Matters of Steel: Examining the Deterioration of a World War II Merchant Shipwreck (2015)
Between May 24th and June 1st, 2014, NOAA’s Monitor National Marine Sanctuary collaborated with the Battle of the Atlantic Research and Expedition Group to survey and map the merchant shipwreck Caribsea, a freighter sunk off the coast of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina in 1942 by the German submarine U-158. The data acquired from this project was instrumental in a study designed to illustrate and interpret site formation processes affecting World War II ferrous-hulled merchant shipwrecks. This...
Notes from Scott Shepherd, Building 156 Foreclosure, Randolph Air Force Base, Texas (1993)
A few emails written as notes by Scott Shepherd detailing conversations and drafting for formal letters concerning the proposed undertakings for Building 156 at Randolph Air Force Base, Texas. This letter is part of a large packet of correspondence and associated documents concerning a complex proposal of undertakings for World War II temporary buildings located on Randolph Air Force Base, Texas. Many of the documents are drafts and letters from internal circulation within Randolph Air Force...