Land Grantors v. United States

*519SECOND INTERIM REPORT, MEMORANDUM OPINION, AND ORDER

BRADEN, Judge and Hearing Officer.

I. Background Statement.1

Shortly after the onset of World War II, the United States (“Government”) acquired approximately 35,849.28 acres of land in the counties of Henderson, Union, and Webster, Kentucky to establish an Army training facility, that later was named Camp Breckin-ridge. Almost all of this property was owned by farmers who resided on the land, that had been in their families for generations and, more importantly, on which they depended for their livelihood. On March 7, 1942, the Secretary of…