Cold War Era (Temporal Keyword)

DOCUMENT Full-Text Karen Van Citters.

Data collected for the 2003 National Register of Historic Places Historic Context and Evaluation for Kirtland Air Force Base in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Documents include old reports and records.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Karen Van Citters.

General historic documentation and information from Kirtland Air Force Base. Includes compilation of primary sources and handwritten notes.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Robert C. Whetsell.

The New Boston Air Force Station (NBAFS) Archaeological District is a time capsule of New Hampshire and New England history. The 2,826-acre District contains a diverse and wide-ranging array of archaeological sites and structures representative of human occupation of the region beginning with the Archaic Period (10,000-3,000 B.P.) and ending with the use of the land as a bombing range during World War II and the early Cold War periods of U.S. history. The district is like no other archaeological...

DOCUMENT Full-Text John J. Cullinane.

This form is for use in nominating or requesting determinations of eligibility for individual properties or districts.The SAGE (Semi-Automatic Ground Environment) system was designed and developed in the mid-1950s to coordinate all air defense components of U.S. air defense system. SAGE was born out of a need to replace the Manual Air Defense System used extensively in WWII to track enemy aircraft. As the perceived threat from Soviet air attacks increased in the early 1950s, it became apparent...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson.

This document is a National Register of Historic Places registration form for site ANC-789 Site Summit.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Duane Peter. Marsha Prior. Karen Van Citters.

This report provides a context and themes for assessing the historic significance of DoD Cold War-era resources for NRHP eligibility. Based on earlier guidelines and investigations, which have highlighted many important military functions, the themes developed for this task allow one to assess the significance of resources within the broader military context common to all DoD Components. It is also beneficial for recognizing the historic significance of resources under and over 50 years of age,...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Rebecca Gatewood. Dean A. Doerrfeld. Katherine Grandine.

This study documents the Naval Weapons station in operation from 1941 throughout the Cold War Era in Charleston, South Carolina. It examines the creation of the station, the mission of the Polaris Missile Facility Atlantic (POMFLANT), and provides representative samples of ammunition storage facilities (ASF) constructed and/or modified during World War II and/or the Cold War Era. This resource has associated images within document. The Department of the Navy prepared this study to meet the...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Rebecca Gatewood. Dean A. Doerrfeld.

This study examines the creation of the installations and provides representative samples of UPH and ancillary structures constructed and/or modified during the Cold War Era.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn G. Dixon. Melissa Crosby. Dean A. Doerrfeld. Rebecca Gatewood.

Draft report on the Department of the Navy compliance study for the Program Comment for Cold War Era Unaccompanied Personnel Housing (1949-1974). This report provides documentation on four Naval installations located in the Hampton Roads area of Virginia: Naval Station Norfolk, Naval Amphibious Base Little Creek, Naval Air Station Oceana, and Dam Neck Annex. This study examines the creation of the installations and provides representative samples of UPH and ancillary structures constructed...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Melissa Crosby.

This study examines the creation of the installations and provides representative samples of UPH and ancillary structures constructed and/or modified during the Cold War Era.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kristy Hollinger.

The objective of this report is to provide a personal history, documenting what it was like for young servicemen to live and work at Alaska’s Nike batteries where the weather, isolation, and pressures of being on the front lines of the Cold War culminated in a unique and unforgettable experience. Limited archival information was available in the state, and further research may add more to the Alaskan Nike Hercules story.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Phyllys Callina.

The U.S. Air Force proposed to extend the north end of the north/south-oriented runway at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska. Because the proposed project included federal funds and lands, it qualified as an undertaking under Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA), U.S. Code (USC) Title 54, Section 306108 (54 USC 306108); therefore, an identification-phase cultural resources survey of the project area was planned and completed in June 2015 to comply with Section 106...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Advisory Council on Historic Preservation.

This provides notice of the Army’s adoption of the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation’s Program Comments for Cold War Era Unaccompanied Personnel Housing (1946–1974), World War II and Cold War Era (1939–1974) Ammunition Storage Facilities, and World War II and Cold War Era (1939–1974) Army Ammunition Production Facilities and Plants, and the availability of the final Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact for the actions. This Program Comment goes into effect on...

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Print out of website on the Oral history of Brooks AFB. Includes historic photographs of the installation.

DOCUMENT Full-Text 611th Civil Engineer Squadron.

A brief historical summary of Shemya Island at Eareckson Air Station.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Sean Fitzell. Susan Hathaway. Cynthia Auman.

This report gives a brief history of Hanscom Air Force Base including Ipswich Antenna Station and Sagamore Hill Antenna Complex. Hanscom AFB began as an auxiliary airport for Boston in mid-1941, and was utilized by the U.S. Army throughout World War II (Weitze 2001). Two organizations were conducting electronics research for the Army at the time: the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Radiation Laboratory, and Harvard’s Radio Research Laboratory (Hanscom AFB nd). With the end of the war,...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Eugene D. Csaszar.

Correspondence concerning the state and national historic eligibility status of thirty-nine buildings at Andrews Air Force Base.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Marsha Prior. Julian W. Adams.

This preliminary report presents the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) eligibility recommendations for a Cold War-era building and structure assessment conducted at Fort Sam Houston (FSH), San Antonio. This report is the first phase of a survey and evaluation of 303 buildings and structures constructed between 1946 and 1991—the generally agreed upon dates encompassing the Cold War. The final report for this project will include: (1) a more extensive discussion of the Cold War-era...

DOCUMENT Full-Text John L. Nau.

This Program Comment provides the Department of the Army (Army) with an alternative way to comply with its responsibilities under Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act with regard to the effect of the following management actions on World War II (WWlI) and Cold War Era Army Ammunition Production Facilities and Plants that may be eligible for listing on the National Register of Historic Places (Facilities and Plants) ongoing operations, maintenance and repair, rehabilitation,...

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Programmatic Agreement among the 721st Mission Support Group, the Colorado State Historic Preservation Officer, and the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation regarding routine maintenance activities at Cheyenne Mountain Air Force Station, Colorado.

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The United States Air Force (USAF), Headquarters, Air Mobility Command (AMC), has conducted real property surveys and evaluations at selected installations throughout the continental United States to identify potentially significant Cold War buildings and structures. The immediate goal of the study is to provide the baseline information required for compliance with Section 110 of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) and for the completion of Cultural Resources Management Plans (CRMPs)....

DOCUMENT Full-Text Tracy A. Bailey.

Descriptions of the proposed actions that may affect historic buildings at Andrews Air Force Base in 1996.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Edward Salo. Marsha Prior.

An inventory and assessment of the Cold War-era (1945–1991) built environment at Randolph Air Force Base, Texas, was conducted by Geo-Marine, Inc., in October 2000 to assist the United States Air Force, Air Education and Training Command meet the requirements of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, as amended through 1992 (16 U.S.C. § 470 et seq.; P.L. 89–665; 80 Stat. 915). The primary objective of this investigation was to assess buildings and structures that were constructed during...

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Project metadata for resources within the Randolph Air Force Base cultural heritage resources collection.

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The purpose of the architectural investigation was to re-evaluate the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) eligibility of the Perimeter Acquisition Radar Historic District (known as Cavalier Air Force Station) of the Stanley R. Mickelsen Safeguard Complex. Thirty-four buildings/structures and infrastructure elements were re-evaluated at CAFS as a part of the SRMSC during the transition of the facility from the United States Army to the United States Air Force. Previous surveys for the USA...