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Case 1:93-cg-00648-SGB

Document 251-3

Filed 07/17/2008

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Documents cited to support finding that "numerous requests/petitions were made by the former landowners to repurchase their land after World War II ended." Land Grantors I, n.52
Exhibit Author M.J. O'Byrne, Col, Chief, Surplus War Real Estate 07/20/44 Division M.J. O'Byrne, Col, Chief, Surplus War Real Estate 12/11/44 Division George E. Fuller, Acting Deputy Administrator 07/12/45 Real Estate Date Recipient William Wolflin (Berwyn, Illinois) Former Owner? Statement According to the letter, Mr. Wolflin had requested information regarding "the purchase of a small farm now located where Camp Breckinridge is stationed." Mr. McBride had inquired about his "interest in the repurchase of a tract of land containing 97 acres. . . ." Mr. McBride did not receive a repurchase promise. See DX-91.

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DX-87

No. The name "Wolflin" does not appear in the list of former landowners.

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DX-92

E.R. McBride (Paducah, Kentucky) Dorothy Denton (Owensboro, Kentucky)

Yes. This appears to be Tract No. E-110, a condemned tract.

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DX-94

Ms. Denton's letter (DX-93) does not mention a repurchase promise, and No. Ms. Denton described herself as "a daughter of one simply requests information about of the families whose home was taken. . . ." DX-93. repurchase rights. This "Daily Negotiations" document states only "Mr. Reginald W. Riggs, Morganfield, Kentucky, interested in property for cultivation in the area of this camp." Mr. Espy states that he was "discharged from Camp Breckinridge" and was "interested in starting to farm for myself." The document indicates Mr. Lynch was interested in Camp Breckinridge, Sturgis Air Field, and Camp George Air Field.

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DX-95

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DX-96

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DX-97

01/29/46 J.R. O'Connor Edward C. Espy (Waverly, 02/13/46 Kentucky) Joseph J. Woolfson, Special 03/04/46 Assistant

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No. The name "Riggs" appears in connection with some condemned tracts (Tract Nos. E-267, 366, 371), but the name "Reginald W. Riggs" does not appear in any of the acquisition documents associated with those tracts.

Honorable Louis Ludlow Clayton A. Lynch (Evansville, Indiana)

No. The name "Espy" does not appear in the list of former landowners.

No. The name "Lynch" does not appear in the list of former landowners.

Attachment B to United States' Opening Brief

Case 1:93-cg-00648-SGB

Document 251-3

Filed 07/17/2008

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Documents cited to support finding that "numerous requests/petitions were made by the former landowners to repurchase their land after World War II ended." Land Grantors I, n.52
Exhibit Author Recipient Orville Lamb, Associate Regional Director of James T. War Assets Wright (Tolu, 08/27/46 Corporation Kentucky) Date Former Owner? Statement

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DX-102

No. The name "James Wright" does not appear in the list of former landowners.

The document indicates Mr. Wright had "requested information concerning land at Camp Breckinridge." DX-102 at DOJ1375.

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DX-107

J.R. O'Connor, Deputy Regional Director of Office of Real Property 12/02/46 Disposal

Claude Randolph (Morganfield, Kentucky)

No. The name "Claude Randolph" does not appear in the list of former landowners.

Mr. Randolph did not describe himself as a former landowner. DX105. His letter indicates that he was simply interested in acquiring one of the Breckinrdige Properties after the war. See id.

Attachment B to United States' Opening Brief