[Introduction to the Army]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]
WHAT THEY SAY ABOUT PRE-INDUUT1ON MEETINGS
Lt. Gen. Brehon Somervell, Commanding General, Army Service Forces: “Every prospective soldier should understand the cause for which we are fighting, know what happens at the Induction Station, Reception Center, and Replacement Training Center, and be familiar with the opportunities and advantages afforded by the Army. With such a background the inductee enters the Army in the right frame of mind, and the job of training him is less difficult. Through the program outlined in this bulletin, Defense Councils and other civilian agencies are laying the groundwork for speedy and effective orientation to Army life.”
Maj. Gen. Lewis B. Hershey, Director, Selective Service System: “This Headquarters * * * certainly approves the spirit shown by any community that wishes to help prepare men for military service and anticipates that a considerable lift in morale and understanding may be achieved by such means.”
Brig. Gen. ’Walter L. Weible, Director of Military Training, Army Service Forces: “A soldier’s entire Army career may be profoundly influenced by the ease or difficulty with which he makes the transition from civilian to military life. The efforts of civilian training agencies will facilitate this transition and result in greater speed and efficiency of post-induction training. The program outlined in this bulletin should aid materially in preparing prospective inductees for the adjustment they must make to Army life and Army training procedure.”
J. W. Studebaker, U. S. Commissioner of Education: “It is my belief that the holding of pre-induction informational meetings for the orientation of prospective selectees for service in the Armed Forces is eminently desirable. I am sure that State and local school officials will lend their active support and cooperation in connection with such meetings whenever they are invited to do so.”
John B. Martin, Acting Director, Office of Civilian Defense: “This joint endeavor by the War Department, Selective Service System, and OCD will be a significant contribution toward the winning of the war. It is the type of program to which local communities, through their Defense Councils, will want to give the greatest possible support, since it is for the benefit of the men on whom we are depending to fight the war.”
Thomas Devine, Assistant Director In Charge of Civilian War Services, Office of Civilian Defense: “This plan for assistance to prospective inductees seems to me to be a ‘natural’ for War Services Boards of local Defense Councils. Already a number of State and local Defense or War Councils are carrying out similar programs successfully by mobilizing the needed community resources.”
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Foreword
If a prospective inductee knows what the Army expects of him, what tests and training he may expect to go through, what kind of life he will live, and what kind of war we are fighting, he will enter the service with greater confidence and assurance. He will adjust more readily to the new situation and probably develop more quickly into a good soldier.
Recognizing this, a number of communities already have made plans to see that their boys go into the service well-informed and ready. In some cases, Selective Service boards have taken the initiative; in others, Defense Councils or other community agencies. Meetings, talks, exhibits, motion pictures have been used, in different places and in different combinations, to tell prospective inductees what they need to know.
At the request of some of these communities and of many others which wish to offer such services, the Pre-Induction Training Branch of the War Department has developed this handbook for the Office of Civilian Defense. Its purpose is to indicate to Defense Councils and other organizations some of the information about Army life and training valuable to the prospective soldier. The handbook suggests some of the printed material and motion pictures useful in conveying that information and some patterns and suggestions for preinduction meetings and programs which have been tried and proved workable.
The inductees for whom this kind of orientation will be especially valuable are those who are not now attending schools and colleges where comprehensive programs of pre-induction training are already in operation. However, schools and colleges also may find some of the following suggestions useful in supplementing their pre-induction training programs.
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ADDENDUM
As indicated in the following statement by Rear Admiral Randall Jacobs, the Chief of Naval Personnel, the Navy has given official approval to the PreInduction Informational Program.
The conditions of this war demand that Navy Recruits be trained for sea duty with a maximum of speed and efficiency. Any program which helps to familiarize them with the nature of Navy life and Navy discipline in advance of induction is a valuable contribution to the Navy’s war effort.
Although this approval was received too late to be included in the first edition of the Pre-Induction Informational Handbook the project will hereaftei be known as “Introduction to the Armed Forces.” In view of the large number of inductees now entering the Navy, local committees are urged to give equal emphasis to the Army and Navy in all pre-induction meetings.
Navy and Marine recruitment officers have been instructed to cooperate in planning and participating in these meetings. They may be reached through local recruiting stations and appropriate literature and materials for use in the meetings may be secured through them.
Most of the leaflet materials suggested apply equally to the Army and Navy; however, it would be advisable to have them checked by local Navy personnel of the local Navy recruiting station as well as by the Army and Selective Service officials prior to duplication in order that any necessary changes relating, to Navy procedures and nomenclature may be included. Additional leaflet material is now being prepared by the Navy Department to supplement Leaflets 6-10 which are concerned with the Army exclusively.
For use in these meetings the Navy has released a film “Fighting Men and Fighting Jobs” (20 minutes) which may be obtained from Navy recruiting stations.
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INTRODUCTION TO THE ARMY
Suggestions for Pre-Induetion Informational Meetings
CONTENTS
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SECTION I. PLANNING THE MEETINGS Foreword_______________________________ ill
The Information an Inductee Needs___________________ 1
How Defense Councils Can Help________________________ 1
How to Organize Pre-Induction Meetings_______________ 3
A Suggested Plan for One Meeting-____________________ 5
A Suggested Plan for a Two-Meeting Program___________ 7
Suggested Plans for Longer Series-___________________ 10
How to Get Further Advice_________________________ __ 10
SECTION * II. BACKGROUND INFORMATION FOR
INDUCTEES__________________________________________ 11
Leaflet 1: What Every Inductee Ought to Know_____ 13
Leaflet 2: Timetable from Civilian to Fighting Soldier. 19
Leaflet 3: The Selective Service System__________ 20
Leaflet 4: Your Country Protects You and Your Family. 21
Leaflet 5: The Induction Station_____________23
Leaflet 6: The Reception Center__________________ 25
Leaflet 7: A Few Facts on Army Life and Training_ 27
Leaflet 8: How the Army Fights_______________29
Leaflet 9: Religious Activities in the Army______ 32
Leaflet 10: The Soldier’s Spare Time_____________ 33
Leaflet 11: If You Have 3 Months or More Before You Will Be Inducted______________________________ 35
APPENDIX A. REFERENCE MATERIALS____________________ 36
APPENDIX B. SUGGESTED FILMS AND HOW TO SECURE THEM___________________________________________38
APPENDIX C. ADDITIONAL PRE-INDUCTION TRAINING POSSIBILITIES__________________________________ 39
APPENDIX D. PRE-INDUCTION TRAINING OFFICES AT SERVICE COMMAND HEADQUARTERS____________________ 40
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THE INFORMATION AN INDUCTEE NEEDS
A prospective inductee is likely to ask, and is entitled to know, the answers to such questions as these:
What'is the process of entering the Army? How is an inductee selected? What is the timetable of induction? What happens at the induction station? At the reception center? What happens if a prospective inductee is rejected? At what point in the induction process should an inductee give up his job? What should he take with him to camp?
How is an inductee classified and assigned to his military job? May he choose his branch of the service? Will his preference of jobs carry any weight? What kind of tests will he be given? What chance has he of being assigned to a military job to which he is well fitted? Will he have any chance to use his civilian skills?
What is Army life like? How does it differ from civilian life? How much is a soldier paid? What help may a soldier’s dependents count on? What if sickness or other trouble strikes his family while: he is in service? What about taxes and bills that pile up before he enters the service? What will his family get
if he is killed? May a soldier vote? How well does a soldier eat? What recreation has he? What kind of medical and dental care will he have?
What is the nature of Army training? What happens in basic training? What kinds of advanced and specialized training are there? How severe are the physical demands of military training? Will the soldier be trained like a robot? What are the chances of becoming an officer?
What kind of war are we fighting? How does this war differ from other wars? What special demands does global war make on an Army? What special preparations are required by mobile and mechanized warfare? How good is American war equipment? What range of specialties exists in a modern Army? What were the principal events leading up to the war?
What happens to a soldier after the war is over? Will anything he learns in the service be useful to him later in civilian life? What educational opportunities are there in the Army? What arrangements are being made to return soldiers to civilian life after the war?
HOW DEFENSE COUNCILS CAN HELP
Defense Councils, particularly through their War Services Boards, Education Committees, or Committees on Services to Servicemen, may help prospective inductees acquire the needed information in several ways.
Pre-induction meetings.—Probably the most effective single means is to arrange a meeting or a series of meetings at which motion pictures, exhibits, speakers, and discussion can be used to impart the desired information. This device is being used in many communities, notably Cleveland and Milwaukee. It may include the other devices listed below.
An exhibit of reading material may accompany the meetings, leaflets may be distributed to those who attend, and a counseling service may be arranged in connection with or following the meeting. The meetings are usually open to relatives and friends of inductees.
The Defense Council must decide for itself, of course, by which of these services, or by what other means, it wishes to help prepare the men in its community for induction. However, because meetings have proved so popular and effective and have aroused so much interest, the
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way in which they may be arranged is described in detail in the following pages.
Other possible services.—In addition to the meetings suggested above, Defense Councils may wish to consider the following possible services to prospective inductees:
1. Assembling pamphlets, books, maps, and exhibit material containing the information a prospective inductee needs. Partial lists of such material may be found in Appendix A. Communities which have adopted this way of serving their soldiers-to-be have found that the service is more useful if the material is in a central place, and if its availability is widely publicized.
2. Distributing printed material to prospective inductees. Some of the pamphlets listed for free distribution may be available in sufficiently large quantities to enable a community to put one in the hands of every prospective inductee. Another way to do this is to duplicate material locally. In Section II will be found copy for several leaflets which might be mimeographed inexpensively. Other material has been prepared in some communities with the aid of Selective Service officials and other experts.
3. Providing an individual counseling service.—Communities able to provide individual counselors for prospective inductees have found that the men benefit from a great variety of help. Some need assistance in understanding what the Army classification tests are like. Others want professional assistance in appraising their abilities and skills so they can describe their training and experience accurately at the Reception Center; this may make it possible to guide some men into additional pre-induction training courses. Other men want to turn to some experienced person for assistance in arranging their personal affairs and in planning for the care of dependents. The local Red Cross can assist servicemen and their families in meeting problems of adjustment of personal civilian affairs. Some men may wish to talk over with an understanding individual the whole procedure of going into the Army so they can be aided in thinking through the adjustment they must make to military life. This kind of individual counseling should, of course, be given by someone experienced in dealing with emotional problems.
A school or college guidance worker, a social
case worker, an industrial personnel officer, or some other trained person in the community may be willing to volunteer time for individual guidance to prospective inductees. This kind of service already exists in many schools and may be extended to prospective inductees out of school. It may be well also to find out what the local Red Cross is prepared to do along this line.
4. Cooperating with local schools and colleges in calling pre-induction training to the attention of prospective inductees.—The War Department, through its PreInduction Training Branch, recommends certain types of more intensive preparation for Army service when the prospective inductee has sufficient time. Most schools and many colleges offer these pre-induction courses which might be extended to men out of school. Defense Councils can help inductees by calling such opportunities to their attention. For additional suggestions, see Appendix C.
Use of volunteers.—Volunteer Offices of Defense Councils, upon request, will refer volunteers to assist in carrying on the different services enumerated above. As soon as a plan has been decided upon, the activities should be reviewed to determine which parts of the work can be suitably carried on by volunteers. Examples of work which has been done effectively by volunteers are:
1. Collecting and arranging material.
2. Assisting Selective Service Boards in mailing notices to registrants.
3. Distributing material at the meetings.
4. Assisting professionally trained persons in a counseling service. ,
5. Making arrangements for meeting places.
6. Operating movie projectors if 16-millimeter films are used. (Where 35-millimeter films are used, local and State ordinances regarding operators and safety regulations must be adhered to.)
• 7. Taking attendance at meetings, ushering, etc.
The committee should make arrangements for the selecting, training, and supervision of volunteers and should furnish the Volunteer Office with a complete description of the work which thè volunteers are to do, when and where it will begin, how many will be needed, and what the qualifications are. There is no obligation to accept volunteers who are referred if they do
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not seem suitable. Much time is saved the committee, however, by the initial screening which the Volunteer Office makes. Moreover, recruits who are not suited to do the work in
question can be shifted by the Volunteer Office to work for which they are qualified, thus sparing them the embarrassment of being turned away..
HOW TO ORGANIZE PRE-INDUCTION MEETINGS
The pattern of sponsorship suggested is for the War Services Board of the local Defense Council, usually through its Education Committee or Committee on Services for Servicemen, to form a subcommittee to develop and promote pre-induction informational meetings for men who are out of school. This subcommittee might represent the local Selective Service Board, school system, college, adult education agencies, public library, American Red Cross, veterans’ organizations, minority groups, and other interested citizens willing to give time to this program and able to command the confidence of the çommunity.
The Defense Council should, of course, not proceed to set up its own program until it has investigated to see whether any similar activity is already under way in the community. If some other agency has already taken the initiative in launching such a program, it is assumed that no effort will be made to set up a rival program in the community. It may be possible to broaden the sponsorship under the auspices of the Defense Council, and, in any case, the Council may be of great service in the undertaking.
The suggestions that follow are based on the experiences of communities which have arranged such meetings for their prospective inductees.
Some communities have preferred to put all the information into one meeting, others into two meetings, and a few into a longer series. Since the most common practice is to hold one or two meetings, this handbook is especially designed for such programs. If a longer series is desired, ample films and other materials are available to make each meeting interesting and informative. It is obvious that topics as broad as those here suggested cannot be exhaustively treated in one or two meetings. The object is to present only the information of most immediate use to prospective inductees and to create improved attitudes toward military service, particularly toward the early stages of Army life and training.
The scheduling of meetings should be worked out with local Selective Service Boards. In small communities this presents no problem. In larger centers, however, it may be necessary to divide the city into districts, perhaps combining the area covered by several boards into one district. The meetings will be more successful if districts are marked off in such a way as to have a population as homogeneous as possible. Also districts should not be so large that transportation to and from the meetings is a handicap. Some communities may find it desirable to follow zone and sector lines of the Defense Council’s Block Organization.
Where a city is thus divided into districts for the pre-induction meetings, several programs may be going on simultaneously so that the entire population is covered. A subcommittee for each district should have direct responsibility for the meetings, as such decentralization to the neighborhood level makes for greater success. The • central committee, however, should provide leadership to district subcommittees and should keep in close touch with their work.
Careful • planning will be needed. The following steps may help to guide the planning, but need not be followed exactly or in sequence:
Step 1 •—A Coordinator of the meetings will be needed. He should be someone thoroughly familiar with all phases of community life, a good administrator able to devote considerable time to the program, and, if possible, a person already experienced in adult education or personnel work. The Coordinator is the executive responsible for supervising all phases of the planning and conduct of the meetings.
Step 2•—Committees or individuals will be needed for the various specific tasks involved in setting up and conducting the meetings. These tasks may include:
Arranging for a meeting place and setting dates for the meetings.
Management of finances.
Publicity.
Exhibits.
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Planning and conducting the program.
Securing speakers or “experts” to answer questions.
Step 3.—The availability of the needed films, if films are to be used, and their cost can be determined by correspondence with the film distributors. For information on securing films see Appendix B. Details regarding delivery of films in time for each of the three meetings should be worked out. The dates for the meetings should not be set until the availability of the films has been determined.
Step 4.—A meeting place and dates must be decided on. The following factors may be considered in choosing a location:
Accessibility.
Seating capacity. (The local Selective Service Board can help estimate the probable attendance.)
Heat, light, ventilation, acoustics.
Exhibit space.
Suitability for showing films; availability of a 16-mm. or 35-mm. projector, screen, opaque shades, qualified operator.
Step 5 .—Arrangements must be made for defraying any costs connected with the project. These expenses, normally small, will include the rental and transportation of films, publicity, transportation of exhibit materials, printing programs, duplicating leaflets, etc. Defense Councils often have funds to cpver such incidental expenses, or local organizations may be called upon to arrange the finances. A major item of expense can be avoided by having the meetings in a place which can be obtained without charge; public school auditoriums, town halls, libraries, community centers, and other similar meeting places usually are available free.
Step 6.—Adequate publicity is essential to the success of the program and may be handled by the Publicity Committee of the Defense Council. This will vary from community to community but may include:
Arrangements with local Selective Service authorities to inform prospective inductees about the meetings. (Local boards may enclose announcements with their regular notifications to those registered.)
Poster announcements in schools, factories, Y’s; and other places where men congregate. (School children may help in making these posters.)
Newspaper stories and radio announcements. Organizations, clubs, and churches may be asked to announce the meetings to their members.
Reminder notices by the Committee may be sent to the prospective inductees.
A mimeographed or printed program for each meeting. These should be available in sufficient quantity for distribution at each meeting and will also be good publicity if distributed in the community prior to the meetings.'
Step 7•—Posters, pamphlets, leaflets, and books, some for display and some for distribution, will add to the effectiveness of each meeting. Some can be obtained without charge from various Government agencies, and others can be borrowed from local bookstores and libraries. Arrangements must be made so that these are obtained in time for each meeting and displayed in the most effective way. A list of exhibit material may be found in Appendix A. Leaflets for local mimeographing may be found in Section II.
It is important that these leaflets be checked by appropriate local Army and Selective Service authorities prior to duplication. Procedures change from time to time and vary slightly from place to place. This checking by local authorities is sufficiently important to justify assigning an individual or a committee. If well handled, it can be one effective means of securing interest in the meetings on the part of local or nearby Army personnel.
Step 8.—A plan for each meeting must be thought through and the required personnel secured. In general, the following will be needed:
A Chairman.—He should be experienced in handling adult meetings. His job is to keep the meeting moving along on its schedule and to get the prospective inductees to ask the questions they want answered. A different chairman may be selected for each meeting; the position can be filled by any person prominent in the community.
“Experts.”—Their job is to answer the questions that are asked. Different kinds of “experts” will be needed for each of the meetings. The “experts” chosen might include a local recruiting officer, a public relations officer .from the Service Command Headquarters or from an Army installation in the district, a Selective Service representative, a serviceman from the community who has returned from the Army, an Army chaplain, and a social science teacher.
Step 9.—The following suggestions will be helpful in planning for the actual operation of the meetings:
Audience interest must be maintained. The meetings must move along at a good pace, and the audience should participate.
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The program should be varied. Long speeches should be avoided; full time should be given to questions from the floor and to give-and-take among the chairman, the “experts,” and the prospective inductees. An informal atmosphere should be encouraged.
Audience singing has been found to be a good way to “break the ice” in such a meeting. A good song leader or a good movie song short is essential for the success of this device.
Many communities have bridged the awkward period before the meeting starts with a band or orchestra music, or with an exhibit for early arrivals to look at.
Many a meeting has halted and floundered because a small audience was scattered over a large hall. It is naturally preferable to have a small auditorium well filled than a large one half empty. When a large hall must be used, the chairman should ask the audience to move to the front.
Some communities like to serve light refreshments. This would be a good opportunity for informal discussion.
Most communities have opened these meetings to the relatives and friends of the inductees and have reported that these people, and the inductees too, are grateful.
If there is to be more than one meeting it is important that the second meeting be announced and “built up” at the first meeting.
After each meeting, opportunity should be given for individual consultation. Many inductees are hesitant about asking questions in public. It is helpful for each “expert” to have a separate room for this purpose, or at least a separate table or booth. Conference rooms, tables, and booths should be clearly marked with the name of the “expert” and his particular field of competence. In choosing a meeting place, one should be found in which the informal consultation can continue as long as questions are being asked.
It will facilitate the asking of questions, particularly at the commencement of the discussion period, if an opportunity is given for submitting questions in writing at the beginning of the meeting. This might be done by adding to the program sheet a slip with space for writing out a
question to be detached and handed in at the door upon arrival.
Step IO•—Groups planning such programs have found it helpful, before the first meeting, to review preparations in order to make sure that all details have been arranged and that the program is ready to work smoothly. This is particularly important if there is to be more than one meeting, because the success or failure of the entire series may depend on the response to the first meeting.
Step 11-—To test the success of each meeting and use its lessons in planning the next* committees have found it helpful to use such considerations as these:
Were there many questions?
Were the “experts” well chosen to answer the questions that came up?
Was there opportunity for private questioning of the “experts” after the meeting?
Was the audience willing to remain to examine the exhibit or to ask more questions?
Was the attendance larger or smaller than at the preceding meeting?
What comments or suggestions did the audience itself make concerning the form of the meeting?
Step 12.—In evaluating the success of meetings it is also well to ask whether there are indications of need for more meetings or for other approaches. Interest may be so high that original plans should be extended. The kind of questions asked may suggest the need of an individual counseling service. Low attendance may suggest that newspapers, radio stations, exhibits, libraries, or other means should be used to carry the information to prospective inductees. Or it may be found desirable to arrange meetings for particular groups of potential inductees in high schools, adult schools, factories, clubs, or organizations.
A SUGGESTED PLAN
If only one meeting is held, about 2 hours should be allowed for it. This has not been found to be too long, since part of the program is ¡usually devoted to motion pictures. A, good way to apportion that time is as follows:
5 minutes—introductory remarks by the Chairman-35-45 minutes—brief talk describing the process of entering the service, the procedure of classifica-
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tion and assignment, the nature of Army life and training, and the official Army film, “Classification of Enlisted Men” (which requires about 12 minutes).
45-60 minutes—questions by the audience, answers by the “experts.”
15—40 minutes—a film of general war interest. (Some communities prefer to use this time for additional questions and answers, rather than for a picture.)
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Experts to answer questions at this meeting should, if possible, include the following:
A representative of Selective Service.
A representative of the Army who knows induction and reception center procedures.
A representative of the Army—perhaps a soldier on leave—who is familiar with Army life and training.
A representative of the Red Cross who is prepared to answer questions about dependency allotments and similar problems.
Here are more detailed suggestions, based on the experience of communities which have organized such meetings:
Introductory remarks 5 minutes
Chairman
This is the time to welcome the audience, to state the purpose of the meeting, and to set forth the program. The Chairman should assure the audience that this is an informal meeting, a chance for them to ask all their questions about what happens during and after induction. He should then introduce the first speaker.
Informal talk About 15 minutes
Guest speaker
Some communities prefer to have short talks by several speakers representing Selective Service, the Army, and sometimes the Red Cross. Others prefer to have only one speaker. In either case, this first speaking period should cover these topics:
The major stages in the process of entering the Army are the Selective Service procedure, the Induction Station, and the Reception Center.
How the Selective Service System works (Leaflet 3).1
What happens at the Induction Station (Leaflet 5).
What happens at the Reception Center (Leaflet 6).
When the speaker comes to the-point of describing the procedure of classification and
1 It should be made clear to the audience that all discussion of Selective Service at the meeting will be confined to general policies and procedures of the Selective Service System. All questions of individual classification should be ruled out, since they are the responsibility of each local board. Only local boards have access to complete information in the individual case.
assignment, he is at a good point to introduce the Army , classification film.
In introducing the film, the speaker should point out that it is an official War Department film, showing how the Army matches the civilian skills and aptitudes of inductees to the Army jobs which have to be performed in order to win the war. He should point out that the film shows classification on the basis of a man’s civilian hobbies as well as his civilian jobs. The film was made early in the war; some of the procedures may have changed since the film was made, but the essential facts of classification and assignment are substantially the same.
Classification of Enlisted Men 12 minutes A film
This film shows the classification and assignment of inductees by the Army. The story is told by means of four case studies—a telephone lineman, a grocery clerk, a young mountaineer, and a tractor driver in a lumber camp. The film may be obtained from the pre-induction office at the Service Command Headquarters for your area and is available in 35 mm. as well as 16 mm. (See Appendix D.) Other possible films are listed in Appendix B. Do not forget that a 16-mm. or 35-mm. sound projector, a screen, and a qualified operator are necessary.
Informal talk About 10 minutes
Guest speaker
The film should be used as, basis for a part of the talk, and the speaker may continue his description where it was interrupted. Concerning the film, he should point out that—
1. The film shows the telephone lineman and the tractor driver being classified and assigned on the basis of their civilian jobs—to the Signal Corps and the Tank Corps. The civilian job of the grocery clerk bears no relation to any Army job—he is assigned on the basis of his hobby, photography, which is useful to the Army, '('he mountaineer has no special occupational qualifications, but his skill in “shootin’ ” is obviously of considerable value to the Army. But there are some cases where the Army job to which a man is assigned bears no relation to his civilian work or interests. That is because the most important consideration in classification and assignment is the immediate need of the Army. If the Army needs
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a man in a particular job, and the man is qualified, the chances are that he will be assigned to that work. But the inductee must realize that he will be given the job to do that most needs doing.
2. The Army is as interested as the inductee in placing him where he can do his best work. But sometimes the inductee has abilities which he himself never realized or explored, but which the Army can use to greater advantage than the abilities which determined his civilian occupation. Such “hidden” abilities often determine an inductee’s assignment.
3. Initial classification and assignment are not final. As a man evidences qualifications for more important or responsible work, his officers will note that fact and recommend his reclassification to the highest level of Army work for which they feel him qualified.
Depending on his time and knowledge, the speaker should also cover some or all of these topics:
What happens in basic training? (See Leaflet 7.)
Principal differences between Army life and civilian life. (See Leaflet 7.)
The kind of war we are fighting. (See Leaflets 7 and 8 and Appendix A.)
Questions and answers 45 minutes or more The “experts”
Thè “experts” should be seated on the platform. The Chairman should invite questions from the audience. In order that everyone in the audience may hear plainly, the Chairman should repeat each question when it is asked. If the audience hesitates to begin asking questions, the Chairman himself can start the discussion by asking leading questions of the “experts.” As soon as possible, however,
A SUGGESTED PLAN FOR A
In a two-meeting program, the topics are usually divided as follows:
Meeting 1.—“Entering the Army.” Selective Service procedures, the Induction Station, the Reception Center, Army classification and assignment.
Meeting 2.—“Life in the Army.” Army training, differences between Army life and civilian life, the kind of war we are fighting.
questions from the audience should be invited. Most communities have found that once the audience starts asking questions, the supply seems inexhaustible, and it is necessary to stop the questions before the “experts” or the audience grow weary. At the appropriate time the chairman can either terminate the meeting or introduce the concluding film.
A film 5 minutes or more
Many communities like to end their meetings with a film of general war interest. This may be a brief song short or a full-length picture such as:
1. “Target for Tonight,” an English film presenting an account of an actual bombing raid over Germany. 45 minutes. Available from a number of film distributors. (See Appendix B.)
2. “Prelude to War,” an official War Department film showing the events leading up to the war. 45 minutes. Available from a number of film distributors. (See Appendix B.)
Closing remarks 1 minute or more
Chairman
The chairman should thank the “experts” and speakers, call attention to any leaflets which are to be distributed or any exhibit material to be viewed, and dismiss the audience. Selection should be made from those leaflets suggested in Section II so as not to give prospective inductees so much material that none will be read. Leaflets in Section II can also be used as source material by speakers, as they have been prepared by the War Department. They should, of course, be checked periodically with the Service Command Headquarters or with nearby Army installations to see if there have been changes in procedure or factual information.
TWO-MEETING PROGRAM
The above arrangement of meetings is being used successfully in Cleveland and other communities. It is a logical arrangement and has the advantage of providing at the outset answers to many of the questions in the minds of inductees which are of most immediate and pressing concern.
Some communities prefer, however, to reverse the order of the meetings. This may have the
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advantage of sustaining slightly greater interest on the part of some until the conclusion of the two-meeting sequence. One possible disadvantage in holding the meeting on “Life in the Army” first is the tendency on the part of participants to ask many questions at this time which relate more directly to the subject matter of the meeting on “Entering the Army.” The Committee must decide, therefore, whether to have the same panel of “experts” at both meetings or to postpone as many of these questions as possible for the second meeting.
When there are to be two meetings, each meeting may be scheduled to last about an hour and a half to 2 hours. A common apportionment of time for the meeting on “Entering the Army” is:
5 minutes—introductory remarks by the Chairman.2
About 40 minutes—informal talk on Selective Service, the Induction Station, the Reception Center, and the procedures of classification and assignment, and the War Department film “Classification of Enlisted Men.’’
About 45 minutes—questions by the audience, answers by guest “experts.” These should if possible include a representative of Selective Service, a representative of the Army familiar with the procedures of the Induction Station and Reception Centers, and, if possible, a representative of the Red Cross prepared to answer questions concerning dependency allotments and similar subjects.
The apportionment of time for the meeting on “Life in the Army” will depend somewhat on how long a film is used, and also on whether this meeting comes first or second. If it is first, an additional 5 minutes or so should be given to introductory explanations. The following time apportionment is suggested:
5 minutes—introductory remarks by the Chairman. About 20 minutes—informal talk on the nature of Army training, and the chief differences between Army life and civilian life.
45 minutes —film, such as “Target for Tonight” or “Prelude to War.”
About 10 minutes—informal talk (by the speaker who gave the first talk, or by another speaker)
2 It should be made clear to the audience that all discussion of Selective Service at the meeting will be confined to general policies and procedures of the Selective Service System. All questions of individual classification should be ruled out, since they are the responsibility of each local board. Only local boards have access to complete information in the individual case.
on the nature of this war, and the demands global and mechanized warfare make on an army.
30 minutes or more—questions by the audience, answers by the guest “experts.” These should include one or two Army representatives such as training officers, returned servicemen, or chaplains, and local teachers or other citizens prepared to answer questions on the nature of global war and on the events leading up to the war.
Here are more detailed suggestions for the meeting on “Entering the Army,” based on the experience of communities which have organized two-meeting series:
Introductory remarks 5 minutes
Chairman
As in a single meeting, the Chairman welcomes the audience, states the purpose of the series, and sets forth the subject of the meeting. He should assure the audience that this is an informal meeting, a chance for them to ask their questions about entering the Army. He should explain that an opportunity to ask other kinds of questions will be offered at the next meeting. Then he should introduce the first speaker.
Informal talk About 20 minutes
Guest speaker
Some communities prefer to have short talks by several speakers,.representing Selective Service and the Army. Others prefer to have one speaker. In either case, this first speaking period should cover these topics:
1. The major stages in the process of entering the Army are the Selective Service procedure, the Induction Station, and the Reception Center.
2. How the Selective Service System works. (See Leaflet 3.)
3. What happens at the Induction Station. (See Leaflet 5.)
4. What happens at the Reception Center. (See Leaflet 6.)
When the speaker comes, to the point of describing' the procedure of classification and assignment, he is at a good point to introduce the Army classification film; For notes on how to introduce this film, see the preceding section.
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Classification of Enlisted. Men 12 minutes A film
For notes on the use of this film, see the preceding section.
Informal talk About 5 minutes
Guest speaker
This is ordinarily the same speaker who began his talk before the film was shown. He treats the film as part of his talk and continues with the same sort of remarks on the film which are suggested in the preceding section. He then briefly completes his description of the reception center, and the Chairman throws the meeting open to questions from the audience.
Questions and answers 45 minutes or more The “experts”
This is the same procedure as described in the preceding section under the heading “Questions and Answers.” The Chairman must be careful, of course, not to admit questions which should properly be asked at the next meeting.
Concluding remarks 1 minute or more Chairma'n
The Chairman should thank the visiting “experts” and speakers, call attention to any leaflets which are to be distributed or any exhibit material to be viewed, and announce the next meeting of the series. It is important that interest in the next meeting be built up by a carefully worded “preview” and the distribution of an attractive program. Several leaflets from among those suggested in Section II should be distributed at the door at the close of the meeting.
Here are suggestions for the meeting on “Life in the Army.”
Introductory remarks 5 minutes
Chairman
The Chairman should welcome the audience, state the purpose of the series and the subject of the meeting. He should assure the audience that this is an informal meeting, a chance for them to ask their questions about Army life and the kind of war we are fighting. If this is the first meeting, he should explain that an
opportunity to ask questions about induction and classification will be offered at the next meeting. Then he should introduce the first speaker.
Informal talk About 20 minutes
Guest speaker
This talk may well be given by an Army officer or service man. He should cover such topics as these:
1. How a soldier is trained—what happens in basic training, the different kinds of advanced training. (See Leaflet 7.)
2. How Army life chiefly differs from civilian life. (See Section II.) He can bring in some of his own experiences, in camp or in action.
Introduction of film 1 minute or more Chairman
The Chairman should explain that the film about to be shown is an official account of an actual R. A. F. raid over Germany.
Target for Tonight 45 minutes
A film
This film may be obtained from any one of a number of distributors. (See Appendix B.)
Introduction of next 1 minute or more speaker
Chairman
Informal talk About 10 minutes
Guest speaker
Many communities like to use a teacher of history or geography for this talk. Others use a military man, a lawyer, a clergyman, or any other well-informed citizen. In some communities the talk deals with the global nature of the war, the distances involved, the problems of supply and transport, the kind of Army such conditions demand. Charts or maps are frequently used. In other places, the talk is a brief reminder of events leading up to the war, recalling the long pattern of Japanese and German aggression.
Questions and answers 30 minutes or
more The “experts”
The procedure is the same as described previously under the heading “Questions and
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Answers.” The chairman must be careful to hold the discussion to the stated subject matter of the meeting. In this kind of meeting, most communities have used the speakers also as the “experts” and let them answer the questions from the audience. In most cases, however, one or two more “experts” have been added to take some of the burden' off the speakers.
Concluding remarks 1 minute or more Chairman
As in the other meetings, the Chairman should thank the speakers and “experts,” call attention to material to be distributed or viewed, and announce the next meeting if there is to be one. Several leaflets from among those suggested in Section II should be distributed at the door at the close of the meeting.
SUGGESTED PEANS FOR LONGER SERIES
In some places a series of three meetings has been arranged; in others, a series of four. A few communities have considered the possibility of still longer series.
If there is to be a third meeting, it is usually on “Events Leading to the War” or “Life in the Navy.” In the latter case, nearby Navy men may be willing to cooperate, and films and printed materials are available. (See Appendix A and B.)
Where four meetings have been scheduled, a typical arrangement of topics has been:
“Entering the Service.”
“Army Life and Training.”
“Navy Life and Training.”
“Events Leading to the War.”
There is ample material for a still longer series of meetings if enough good speakers and visual aids can be secured and if audience interest justifies such a long series. In addition to the topics already suggested, meetings may be arranged around such subjects as these:
“The Ground Forces.”
“The Air Forces.”
“The Service Forces.”
“Our Allies.”
“Our Enemies.”
“The Meaning of Global War.”
“The War in Europe.”
“The War in the Pacific.”
“The War in Russia.”
The nearest film distributor will be able to furnish a list of appropriate motion pictures. Appendix B to this booklet suggests films and how they may be obtained. Appendix A lists reference materials.
Additional possibilities for supplementary meetings include:
An evening devoted entirely to special problems of inductees, such as the settlement of civilian affairs, care of dependents, possibilities of continuance of education in the service, etc.
A meeting for those interested in more intensive pre-induction training to discuss the value of such training and available local facilities.
MOW TO GET FURTHER ADVICE
Local Defense Councils should look to State Defense Councils and State Selective Service offices for-guidance in setting up the program. The War Department maintains pre-induction training officers in each of the nine Service Commands. To the limit of their time, these officers will be glad to give help and answer questions. The addresses of the Service Commands are listed in Appendix D.
Any Defense Council will also know where to go, near at hand, for help in planning its meetings for prospective inductees. For accurate information, it is »essential to consult local Selective Service officials, the local Induction Station, if there is one, and nearby Army men, particularly public relations or classification officers and chaplains.
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Section II» Background Information for Inductees
The following pages present in some detail the general background information which prospective inductees should have. This section is designed to serve two major purposes: (1) Source material by chairmen and speakers, (2) copy for a series of leaflets which might be mimeographed locally for distribution to prospective inductees.
Where the leaflets are reproduced locally for distribution to inductees, the following suggestions should be noted:
1. Check material with local Army and Selective Service authorities.
The factual material is accurate, as of the date of this publication. It includes some information, however, which may readily become out of date, since Selective Service, induction, classification, and Army training procedures change from time to time. There are also minor differences in procedure among Army installations, among Service Commands, and among State Selective Service offices. It is, therefore, advisable to have the leaflets checked prior to duplication by the appropriate authorities; e. g., pre-induction training officers in Service Command Headquarters, commanding officers of induction stations and reception centers, Selective Service officials.
2. Select a few leaflets for each meeting.
To avoid the confusion which might result from presenting the inductee with too large a quantity of leaflet material at any one time, it is advisable to select carefully from among the suggested leaflets those which would be the most useful to the particular group in connec
tion with the subject matter of the particular meeting. • Probably no more than three to five leaflets should be distributed at any one meeting.
3. Consider distributing first leaflet as a pamphlet.
Where adequate facilities for duplicating—or, better still, printing—exist, the possibility of reproducing leaflet No. 1, “What Every Inductee Ought To Know,” and giving it widespread distribution at the meetings, through local Selective Service Boards, through schools, etc., should be considered.
4. Plan carefully for use of leaflets at pre-induction meetings.
The effectiveness of the leaflets will depend largely upon how well their use at the meetings is planned in advance. The following suggestions are pertinent.
(a) Ordinarily it is best to distribute them at the close of the meeting.
(b) They should be distributed at the door by ushers.
(c) Attention should be called to the leaflets at every occasion during the meeting when the subject matter of the leaflets is introduced and again at the close of the meeting.
5. Invite Selective Service officials to prepare additional material for distribution.
In addition to checking the content of leaflet No. 3, some State Selective Service offices or local Selective Service officials will wish to prepare new or supplementary material for distribution at the meetings.
NOTE.—In reproducing leaflets, omit material above and below heavy lines on first page of each.
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LEAFLET 1*
WHAT EVERY INDUCTEE OUGHT TO KNOW
Questions with Answers
If your number is up, here is some information you probably are looking for.
Local Selective Service Boards and Induction Stations say that the questions listed below are the ones they are hearing most often this winter, as fathers and the new class of 18-year-olds prepare to answer their calls to the armed services.
1. Is it true that men inducted now will not get into the fighting?
Unless the war ends unexpectedly, many of the men now being inducted will see action. However, a mod
ern army is a little like a football team, in which every man is essential to a successful play but only a few men carry the ball. Not all soldiers in a modern army can be combat troops, but those who do not see action also have vital work to perform. They keep the planes flying, the ships sailing, the vehicles rolling, the staff work efficient, the troops fed, the wounded cared for.
2. Can you give me a timetable for the steps involved in entering the Armed Services?
At any time after you are classified 1-A you may be called for a preinduction physical examination at the Induction Station. This examination is conducted by Army and Navy doctors and is final. As a result of the examination, you are classified as available for Army-General Service, Army-Limited Service, Navy, or, If you do not meet physical standards, are rejected. After you have returned home and received your Certificate of Physical Fitness, you will have at least 21 days before you are called to report to an Army Reception Center or a Naval Training Center for induction and service.
3. What tests will I have to take?
You will be given a thorough physical examination at the Induction Station. This includes measurement of height and weight; general medical examination; chest X-ray; examination of teeth, nose, throat, and eyes; urinalysis; and orthopedic and neuropsychiatric examination. If you are not a high school graduate you will be given an examination to determine the functional level of your education. In the Army Reception Center or the Naval Training Center you will be given a general classification test to see how quickly you can learn to do military work. Your aptitude or knowledge in certain kinds of work (such as radio or technical work) may be tested. All these except the medical examination are short-answer tests. You don't write answers; you merely mark in the proper space to register your answer.
4. What happens if I am rejected?
If you are not accepted for military service you may return home, and you are entitled to ask your local board the reason for your rejection. Remember, that no rejection—even a 4-F—is necessarily permanent.
5. When will I know whether to give up my j ob?
*N0TE TO LOCAL COMMITTEE: Before duplicating, check information in this leaflet with the Pre-Induction Training Officer at Service Command Headquarters.
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Tell your employer that you are being called up for induction but don't give up your job until you receive your Order to report for Induction. You will have at least 3 weeks—perhaps longer—between the time you pass the pre-induction physical examination and the time you must report for induction.
6. What happens at the Induction Station?
These things are done at all Induction Stations but not always in the same order:
You answer questions about your education, your experience, your family, etc.—You are fingerprinted.—You are asked whether you prefer to go into the Army, Navy, Marines, or Coast Guard.—You are given a thorough physical examination.—You are sent home for at least 21 days before you have to report to a reception center or naval training station.
7. Dol have to go directly to camp after I am examined?
No. You go home for 21 days, during which time you can wind up business affairs (insurance, taxes, automobile, house, etc.), arrange with local election boards to receive absentee ballots, and say goodbye to friends and family.
8. May I choose my branch of the service?
You will be asked at the Induction Station whether you prefer to enter the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, or Coast Guard.
As far as possible your preference will be taken into account along with your qualifications for the branch you choose, but the particular needs of the Armed Services at the time of your induction determine where you will be assigned.
9. What should I take with me to the Army Reception Center or the Naval Training Station? *
Take only a small overnight bag with razor, toothbrush, change of underwear, extra handkerchiefs, socks, and possibly a shirt. You will receive a complete outfit of clothing during the first few days.of your active duty. Tell your friends not to write to you until you send them an address; cards will be given you for this purpose.
Take a clear head with you to the Army Reception Center or Naval Training Station. Don’t celebrate too hard the night before you go. You probably will be given several important examinations the first day, and the grades you make on them may count a lot toward your initial classification and assignment.
10. What happens when I get to the Army Reception Center or Naval Training Station?
You probably will stay only 3 to 7 days at an Army Reception Center and then be assigned somewhere else for basic training. Following are some of the things that will happen at the Reception Center. Similar things will be on the program of the first days or weeks at a Naval Training Station.
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You are outfitted from head to foot, and supplied with razor, toothbrush, and other personal equipment.
You are tested to see how quickly you can learn to do military work, and whether you have a special aptitude for certain kinds of military work.
You are interviewed—asked about your training, work experience, hobbies, etc.
You are classified—tentatively assigned to a military or naval job.
You get your "shots'’—the first of your vaccinations and inoculations. You listen to a reading of the Articles of War, the laws which govern your conduct in the Armed Forces.
You get preliminary training. You have some marching and some drill; you learn when to salute; and you see some training films.
11. How will I be assigned to my Army or Navy j ob?
The classification officer will have before him the record of the tests you have taken, and the information you have given—including, among other things, your education and training, your ability to speak foreign languages, your preference among branches of the service, your work record, your best and second-best occupations, your experience in the management of men, your hobbies, your favorite sports, your previous military experience, if any. On the
basis of everything the interviewer can find out about your training, physique, record, aptitude, and interests, you will be tentatively classified in the military jobs for which you seem best fitted. Then you will be assigned to whichever one of those jobs most needs doing.
12. What chance have I of being classified in a job for which I am not fitted?
The Armed Services are as anxious to classify you effectively as you are to be so classified. The classification systems have absorbed the lessons of 20 years of industrial personnel work and the procedures of 40 years of psychological testing. There are undoubtedly misclassifications, and you hear more of one such mistake than of many thousand effective classifications. But there are not many mistakes that are not corrected sooner or later, because classification is a continuous process throughout military service; assignments are constantly being revised and improved in terms of performance and experience. Certainly you are more likely to be classified properly in this war than in any previous one.
13. Will I have anything to say about what service j ob I want to do?
You will be asked your preference among branches of thé service, and you will have a chance to say what jobs you do best. Later on, you will have a chance to apply for entrance into one of the military trade or specialist schools.
14. How tough are the physical demands of military training? Can I "take it"?
Military training is tough, but gradual, and it is adapted as much as possible to the age and condition of the individual. Almost all men find that they are in greatly improved physical condition after a few months in the service. 15. What is basic training like?
Basic training makes a civilian into a soldier or sailor. It lasts from 6 to 17 weeks, according to the branch of service and the individual assignment.
Basic training in the Army includes instruction in orientation and citizenship, the Articles of War, military courtesy and discipline, military sanitation, personal hygiene, first aid. The soldier learns such individual protective measures as defense against aircraft and armored vehicles, camouflage, counterintelligence. He has practice marches, drill, guard duty. He learns how to take care of himself and his clothing and equipment, how to use various weapons, how to dig and use trenches and foxholes. He has rigorous physical conditioning.
Basic training in the Navy includes instruction in Navy discipline, Navy customs, and organization, first aid, personal hygiene, Navy organization, ship's organization and life aboard ship, characteristics of ships and aircraft, ordnance, and gas defense. The sailor learns marlinspike seamanship; use of
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deck tools and machinery; procedures of anchoring; mooring and docking; rules of the road; rules of watches; use of the compass. He had life-raft, visual-signaling, and boat drills; some infantry drill; practice in using and caring for guns; and a rigorous program of physical training.
16. Will I be trained like a robot?
Coordination, cooperation, and team play are the heart of training for war. But modern war uses small, swift, mobile units rather than huge masses of men. This means that each soldier must be prepared to handle any situation created by an emergency on the battlefield and to step at any moment into another man's job. That puts a premium on initiative, no premium on being a robot.
17. How different is Army life—except for the actual fighting—from civilian life?
Perhaps the first difference you will notice is the lack of privacy in dressing and undressing, eating, sleeping. A large number of men live in small and simple quarters, and they have to learn to get along together. Another difference is in the strictness of discipline. This is not entirely new, of course. It is merely an extension of the self-control, loyalty to the group, and attention to detail that a civilian must learn in order to live a well-adjusted life. Many service jobs are unfamiliar. Time is rigidly assigned, and there is much less leeway, much less chance for loafing or making one's own schedule, than in civilian life. Despite the routine, there is more likelihood of change; with very little warning, a soldier or sailor may be reclassified or assigned to another post, or with no warning at all rolled out of bed or called out of drill to take on a responsibility of importance. The serviceman learns to subordinate the self-centeredness and self-indulgence that he probably allowed himself in civilian life. He learns self-control in unusual and difficult situations; he learns to put the welfare of the unit above personal welfare.
18. How much pay will I get?
As a buck private or apprentice seaman you will get $50 a month. As you go up the ladder your salary rises. When you you become a private first class or a seaman second class, you get $54. The highest noncommissioned rank (master sergeant in the Army, chief petty officer in the Navy) pays $138 a month. Foreign service entitles an enlisted man to 20 percent increase in base pay. These salaries are in addition to quarters and subsistence. Even as a buck private or an apprentice seaman your pay is much more than $600 a year. Here are some figures released by the Office of War Information to show what a private or an apprentice seaman really gets:
Cash_________________________________________________________ $600.00
Food_________________________________________________________ 576.50
Shelter______________________________________________________ 120.00
Equipment________________________2_________________________— 170.00
Health care__________________________________________________ 100.00
Savings on—
Life insurance_____________________________,----------------- 63.40
Cigarettes--------------------------------------------------- 10.95
Laundry_____________•-----------------------------— 32.50
Postage and barber________________________________ 26.65
Total_____________________________________________$1,700.00
19. How much help will my dependents get?
If you have a wife and/or children, they will receive regular monthly checks from the Government; all you have to do is to contribute your share of $22 a month, deductible from your pay. In addition, the Government’s share is $28 for a wife, $58 for a wife and 1 child, $78 for a wife and 2 children, and $20 for each additional child. If you have parents and/or brothers and sisters dependent upon you for substantial or chief support, they too can get dependency allotments if you contribute your share of $22 a month. For more detailed information, communicate with the Office of Dependency Benefits, Army Service Forces, War Department, Newark 2, N. J.
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20. What about bills and taxes that pile up before I enter the service?
You can wait to pay your income taxes until 6 months after you leave the service. You can prevent the sale of your property for unpaid taxes while you are in the service. If a judgment is taken against you while you are in the service, you can fight it when you return to civilian life. However, these deferments are not indefinite; you must pay all deferred debts and taxes a short'time after your discharge from the Army.
Provision has been made for at least one legal assistance officer to be assigned to every Army camp, post, and station. These officers, who are volunteer civilian lawyers or lawyers in the service, render free legal advice to all soldiers who desire it.
21. What if sickness or other trouble strikes my family while I am in service?
Wives and children of servicemen may get medical help at certain hospitals. The Red Cross in your home town will tell your family where such help is available and will also be able to give counsel and help on other such problems that may arise while you are gone. Emergency leaves are usually granted servicemen in cases of serious illness or death at home.
22. What will my family get if I am killed?
If you should be one of the small percentage of men who die in the service, your dependents will get the equivalent of 6 months* pay at the rate you were being paid at time of death. They will also get payments on any serviceman's insurance you took out.
Don't miss your chance to take out some of this low-cost insurance when you enter the service. You may take out as much as $10,000, as little as $1,000. The Government handles the policy at cost, and you may never again have a chance to give financial protection to your dependents at so low a figure. For a man of 21 the monthly premium per $1,000 of insurance is 65 cents; for a man of 45 it is 99 cents. The premiums may be deducted monthly from your salary. This is term insurance and may be converted to another kind of policy after the war.
23. May I vote while I am in the service?
You may vote by mail if you are registered in your home district. Before coming into the service, make arrangements with your local Board of Elections to be an absentee voter.
24. How well will I eat in the service?
No soldier or sailor in the world is better fed than the American soldier or sailor. The American fighting man consumes 5 pounds of food daily. His menu is not elaborate, but it is well balanced. Here is a sample day's menu in an Army post:
Sample menu:
Breakfast Dinner Supper
Fruit or juice Roast or chops Soup
Cereal 2 vegetables Meat dish
Milk Salad 2 vegetables
Eggs Bread and butter Bread and butter
Bread and butter Dessert Dessert
Coffee Tea or coffee Coffee
In the field, soldiers often eat emergency rations. Here are the contents of a K ration package:
Chopped beef and egg white American cheese and bacon Bouillon powder
Biscuits Malted milk and dextrose Corned pork loaf
Fruit bar tablets Biscuits
Coffee powder Biscuits Chocolate bar
Sugar Lemon powder Sugar
Cigarettes Sugar Cigarettes
Chewing gum Cigarettes Chewing gum Chewing gum
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25. What recreation may servicemen expect?
War is hard work, but the services realize the importance of recreation for their men. There are brief rest periods during the day, and, except in the field, evenings and Sundays are usually free. You will find motion-picture theaters in camp, service clubs, an extensive athletic program, books and magazines to read (the services have bought more than 10 million new books for their men, and subscriptions to
13 magazines are given every company sent overseas), and you will have a chance to hear the best in radio (nearly 100 radio programs a week are beamed at the Armed Forces everywhere in the world). You probably will find a USO social center near camp, and overseas the Red Cross will help to provide adequate recreation.
26. What kind of medical and dental care will I get in the service?
The services want to keep you fit. A soldier or sailor who is physically unfit for duty is as much a casualty as if an enemy bullet had struck him. Therefore, the Army and Navy medical and dental corps are well staffed and provided with the newest and best equipment. The emphasis is on prevention, but sulfa drugs, blood plasma, and other effective measures are available if you are wounded or seriously ill. Probably never in civilian life will you find greater care given your physical condition than in the service.
2?. How good is American war equipment?
The American serviceman is as well equipped as any soldier or sailor in the world, and in many ways better equipped. Our enemies have many times paid us the compliment of imitation. The lessons of combat are constantly being incorporated in new issues of weapons, clothing, vehicles, and communication devices.
28. Will anything I learn in the service be helpful to me in civilian life after the war?
Unless you are a severe casualty you are likely to come out of the service showing considerable physical improvement. You will learn valuable lessons in understanding others, cooperating with them, and getting along with all kinds of people. You may travel overseas, and you may learn a foreign language. You will quite likely have a chance to learn a trade or technical skill, or improve your skill; there is more technical training now under way in the Armed Services than in any other country at any time. You will have a chance to take high-school, trade-school, or college courses by correspondence; the Armed Forces Institute arranges that, and the fees are nominal. Where correspondence is difficult, you may take self-teaching courses. You may receive high-school or college credit for some of the work you do in the service. And what you learn in the way of self-control and team play will be as useful to you in civilian life as in military life.
29. What chance will I have for a job when I get out of the service?
Congress, the executive branch of the Government, the War and Navy Departments, the Selective Service System, and a number of committees and organizations of private citizens are doing everything possible to make sure that you have a job when you come back. The classification systems are beihg geared to run in reverse; that is, to classify you for the right civilian job. Selective Service has already begun establishing procedures to aid in placing returning servicemen. Plans are under consideration to bridge the gap between the end of fighting and demobilization with useful training and to provide whatever training opportunities and assistance may be needed by an ex-soldier in the first months after demobilization.
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LEAFLET 2*
TIMETABLE from CIVILIAN to FIGHTING SOLDIER, A. U. S.
With Information about Stop-overs, Way Stations, Baggage, and Descriptive Notes
Station Stops Time Allowed Descriptive Notes
CIVILIAN Preliminary Examination . Induction Station* At home Reception Center **._.. Replacement Training Center and/or Field Unit Special Service School.**** FIGHTING SOLDIER, A. U. S. Until the Army needs you.... Arranged by local Selective Service Board at selectee's request. Usually about 1 day..-. At least 21 days Usually 3 to 7 days 17 weeks 17 weeks to 12 months 4 weeks to 6 months Until the war is won This takes place when a selectee believes he has an obvious disqualifying defect . This is for the preinduction physical exam and assignment to service (Navy, Army, Marines, Coast Guard). This time is spent at home and is for clearing up personal and business affairs . More examinations, outfitting, assignment to some branch of the service. Basic training.*** Basic training and special training for the branch and unit to which you are assigned. This is for specialist training in the branch to which-you are assigned.
*Don't give up your job at this point.
**Bring along with you: (1) records of special courses you have taken; (2) a small overnight bag with clothing for 2 or 3 days.
♦♦♦Everybody does it. This is the works.
♦♦♦♦Only a few make this stop.
♦NOTE TO LOCAL COMMITTEE: Before duplicating, check information in this leaflet with the Pre-Induction Training Officer at Service Command Headquarters.
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LEAFLET 3*
THE SELECTIVE SERVICE SYSTEM
How Is It Set Up? Whom Does It Affect? Who Makes The Rules?
2. All men in any class deferred, even after
1. This is a national program for all males from 18 to 64, governed by regulations laid down by Congress. State Directors of Selective Service see to it that all men are treated equally under the law.
other than 1 are deferred. No man is ever permanently having been put in 4F.
3. Registrants are classified or reclassified according to their physical, vocational, and dependency status, and in accordance with the existing regulations.
4. The registrant must keep the local Board informed of any changes in job, address, dependents, even as minor a change as a shift from one type of job to another within the same plant.
How Are Men Called Up? Should They Give Up Their Jobs As Soon As They Are Called?
1. A lottery was used to determine the order in which the first group of registrants would be called; all others have been assigned an order number according to the date of their eighteenth birthday. The exact time men are called depends upon changing military needs and available manpower.
2. Upon arrangement, at a selectee's request, he may obtain a preliminary physical examination if he believes that he has an obvious physical defect which would cause his deferment.
3. At any time after he is classified 1-A, a man may receive a notice to appear at the Induction Station.
4. All registrants who are accepted for service at the Induction Station are sent home for a period of at least 21 days during which they can wind up their personal and business affairs. During this period they are still civilians.
5. A registrant should not resign his position upon receiving his call to appear at the Induction Station. Even after he has passed the pre-induction physical examination and has received his Certificate of Physical Fitness, he will have from 21 to 90 days before being ordered to active duty.
*N0TE TO LOCAL COMMITTEE: Before duplicating, check information in this leaflet with local Selective Service officials. Certain important changes in procedure are pending. A list of Selective Service classifications may be added to this leaflet.
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LEAFLET 4*
YOUR COUNTRY PROTECTS YOU AND YOUR FAMILY WHILE YOU PROTECT YOUR COUNTRY
MEDICAL SERVICE AND OTHER HELP FOR YOUR FAMILY
What If Sickness or Other Trouble Comes to Your Family While You Are Away? Wives and children of soldiers can get medical help at certain hospitals. In addition, servicemen's wives who need maternity care are provided for under a plan which includes prenatal treatment and medical care for the infant during its first year of life. The Red Cross in your home town will tell your family where to go for medical treatment and will aid them with their personal problems. If you have to get in touch with your family in a hurry, the Red Cross will smooth the way for you. AFTE£ YOU LEAVE THE RECEPTION CENTER, BE SURE YOUR FAMILY KNOWS YOUR ARMY ADDRESS, GRADE, SERIAL NUMBER, AND THE UNIT TO WHICH YOU ARE ATTACHED.
TAXES?? BILLS?? PAYMENTS??
What About Bills and Taxes That Pile Up Before You Enter the Army? You can wait to pay your income taxes until 6 months after you leave the Army. You can prevent the sale of your property for unpaid taxes while you are in the Army. If a judgment is taken out against you while you are a soldier, you will be able to fight the case after you go back to civilian life.. The Veterans’ Administration will help you keep private life insurance up to $10,000. YOU CAN GET FREE LEGAL ADVICE FROM LAWYERS ON YOUR SELECTIVE SERVICE ADVISORY BOARD FOR REGISTRANTS, OR, AFTER YOU ARE IN THE ARMY, FROM LEGAL ASSISTANCE OFFICERS ASSIGNED TO YOUR CAMP, POST, OR STATION.
A CHECK EACH MONTH FOR YOUR DEPENDENTS
Do You Have a Wife and Child? Have You Been Supporting a Parent, Brother., or Sister? If you agree to give your family $22 out of your pay each month, the Government will match this with an extra $28 each month for your wife, $58 for wife and child. YOU CAN SIGN UP FOR THESE PAYMENTS AT THE RECEPTION CENTER.
NATIONAL SERVICE LIFE INSURANCE
If Anything Happens to You, What Will Happen to Your Family? You can take out National Service Life Insurance in amounts from $1,000 to $10,000. The cost is low—$7.10 a month for a 30-year-old man on a $10,000 policy— and payments are taken out of your monthly checks. YOU CAN SIGN UP FOR THIS INSURANCE AT THE RECEPTION CENTER.
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VOTING BY MAIL
Can You Vote While You Are in the Army? Yes. If you are a registered voter in your home State, you can get an "absentee ballot" and vote by mail in elections for President, Vice President, and Members of Congress. In most States, you can also vote as an "absentee voter" in State and local elections. YOU CAN FIND OUT ABOUT THESE RULES BY SEEING YOUR LOCAL BOARD OF ELECTIONS BEFORE YOU GO TO THE RECEPTION CENTER.
FOR MORE INFORMATION about how your Government will help you and your family while you are in the Army—
Handbook for Servicemen: House Document No. 822.
Personal Affairs of Military Personnel and Aid for Their Dependents .
State Absentee Voting and Registration Laws.
When you go.
A Congressional handbook edited by Representative Wright Patman of Texas. Describes benefits and rights of soldiers and their dependents.
You can get a copy by sending 100 in cash to the Superintendent of Documents, Washington, D. C.
A 45-page pamphlet published by the War Department in January 1943. Contains information about soldiers’ pay, checks for their dependents, payment of taxes, and other benefits.
You can get a copy by sending 100 in cash to the Superintendent of Documents, Washington, D. C.
A 79—page pamphlet published by the Office of War Information in September 1942. Contains information about each State law for "absentee voting." Includes information about getting and returning ballots, registration, etc.
You can get a copy by sending 150 in cash to the Superintendent of Documents, Washington, D. C.
A 2-page leaflet of suggestions to inductees prepared by the American National Red Cross in December 1943. Available free from all local Red Cross chapters.
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LEAFLET 5*
THE INDUCTION STATION
YOUR FIRST CONTACT WITH THE ARMY
Your Number Is Up. Your local board has told you to report at a certain time and place to a nearby Induction Station where you will be examined and, if accepted, earmarked for one of the armed services. WHAT SHOULD YOU DO? Well, for
one thing, get to the appointed place on time.
You don't want to start out by being A. W. 0. L. (Absent Without Leave).
The induction Station Takes Only One Day of Your Time. You will be sent home for at least 21 days after you are through at the Induction Station. So— YOU DON’T HAVE TO BRING ALONG ANY CLOTHING and YOU DON'T HAVE TO QUIT YOUR JOB YET. You must tell your boss, though, that you're being called up for examination.
You Answer Questions at the Induction Station. The Army wants to know all about you, so be prepared for lots of questions from here oi|. The Induction Station will have all your papers from the draft board, but it will want to get more information about your citizenship, character, etc. THE QUESTIONS ARE SIMPLE—YOU’LL KNOW THE ANSWERS.
You Get Fingerprinted at the Induction Station. If you’ re working on a war job, chances are that you’ve gone through this before.
The Commanding Officer of the Induction Station Talks to You. He’s been talking to fellows like you for a long time now, so he has a good idea of the things you want to know about. He gets a whole group of you together early in the day and gives you a little talk about what’s going to happen to you at the Induction Station. YOU WILL BE ABLE TO ASK HIM QUESTIONS.
You Are Asked If You Want To Go Into the Army, Navy, Marines, or Coast Guard. You get a chance to state which branch of the service you would like to enter. Officers on a joint Army-Navy board interview you at the Induction Station to decide upon your fitness for the branch you prefer, subject, of course, to the particular needs of our Armed Forces.
The Doctors Examine You at the Induction Station. If you're really not healthy enough, you'll be rejected; you'll be told what's wrong with you, but nobody else will. If you’re passed by the doctors—and most men are—you’ll be ready for induction. The doctors check you over from head to foot. You’ve been to doctors before, but THIS IS AS COMPLETE A PHYSICAL CHECK-UP AS YOU'RE LIKELY TO HAVE ANYWHERE.
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What now? You'll get another free ride back to your home town. GO ON HOME AND START WINDING UP YOUR AFFAIRS. You'll have at least 21 days before you have to report to the Reception Center or Naval Training Center. YOU'LL GET A NOTICE WHEN AND WHERE TO REPORT FOR YOUR FREE RIDE TO THESE CENTERS. DON'T WORRY: THE ARMED FORCES TAKE CARE OF ALL ROUTINE MATTERS AT THE PROPER TIME.
You' re Not a Soldier Yet. You are still a civilian. SPEND YOUR TIME GETTING READY TO GO AWAY. Tell your boss when you're leaving; say good-bye to family and friends; straighten out your money matters—bank account, insurance, taxes, bills, auto, house, etc.; arrange with your local Board of Elections so you can be an absentee voter; take care of everything you have to. You'll be at the Reception Center for only 3 or 4 days and then, without a chance to come home again, you’ll be sent off for your basic military training—most likely to a Replacement Training Center. SO ATTEND TO THINGS AT THIS TIME. Don't celebrate on the night before'you have to leave for the Reception Center. You'll be pretty busy at the Reception Center, and what you do there counts a lot. You’ll want to be on your toes.
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LEAFLET 6*
THE RECEPTION CENTER
THE INDUCTEE BECOMES A SOLDIER
Can You Prepare Yourself for the Reception Center?
Yes; you can:
—Straighten out all your personal and business affairs beforehand.
—Be well-rested and alert on the day you’re to go.
—Get together any records and letters which will help the Reception Center see what training and experience you’ve had.
You’ 11 Be at the Reception Center for Only 3 to 5 Days. Don’ t pack a trunk. Take along a small overnight bag with razor, toothbrush, change of underwear, extra handkerchiefs. As soon as you get your Army outfit you'll ship all this stuff back home anyway. You'll be moving pretty quickly, so don't count on getting mail while you’re at the Reception Center. THERE'LL BE TIME FOR YOUR FAMILY TO WRITE TO YOU AFTER YOU’VE GONE ON FOR YOUR BASIC TRAINING—YOU’LL BE GIVEN A CARD TO SEND YOUR FAMILY YOUR NEW ADDRESS AS SOON AS YOU'RE ASSIGNED TO A UNIT. .
You Are Sworn in and Welcomed at the Reception Center. First you are sworn into the Army. A special guide gives you a brief picture of what happens at the Reception Center. You are then assigned to a company barracks, which will be your home during your stay at the Reception Center. One thing you’ll notice right away—and this is true all through the Army: THERE’S NO PRIVACY FOR THE PRIVATE. You eat and sleep, work and play, toilet and dress right along with a whole bunch of other fellows who are doing the same things.
You Get Your Supplies. You’re a soldier now. You get your uniform, coat, shoes, hats, socks, underwear, razor, toothbrush, down to the last detail. Every item of clothing is carefully fitted by tailors and shoe experts. You should be sure you have everything you’re supposed to get before you sign out with that barracks bag slung over your shoulder. After you get your supplies, YOU MAIL HOME—FREE OF CHARGE—THE OUTER GARMENTS YOU BROUGHT ALONG WITH YOU. TAKE CARE OF YOUR SUPPLIES: YOU WILL HAVE TO PAY FOR ANY ARTICLES YOU MAY LOSE.
You Take Tests. The Army wants to know what you can do. So you take tests to find out which Army job you can do best. You take three kinds of tests:
—1. Mechanical Aptitude Test: This tests your ability to learn to work with machines. If you know about such things already, so much the better.
—2. Army General.Classification Test: This tests your ability to learn to do military work.
—3. Radio Operators’ Aptitude Test: This tests your ability to learn radio code. Don’t worry if you don’t know code—you’ re not supposed to.
All of these tests are short-answer tests. You don't write out an answer— just make a mark.in the proper boxed space. These tests are used to decide what your Army assignment will be. LISTEN VERY CAREFULLY TO INSTRUCTIONS FOR ALL THESE TESTS.
You Take Out Army Insurance and Sign Up for Payments to Your Family. If you agree to give your dependents $22 out of your pay each month, the Government will add an extra amount, depending upon whether it's for your wife, child, parent, brother, or sister. A 20-year-old soldier can take out a $10,000 National Serv-
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ice Life Insurance policy for only $6.50 a month—a real bargain in any man's language. You get a chance to sign up for dependency payments and insurance at the Reception Center. DON’T PASS IT UP. You also get a chance to sign up for War Bonds—a certain amount to be taken out of your pay each month; this is an excellent way to save money for after the war.
You Are Interviewed. After you've taken your tests, your marks are entered on your Soldier's Qualification Card. This card has spaces to enter complete information about your education, experience, hobbies, etc. A trained interviewer asks you questions and puts down the information. THIS IS THE TIME TO SHOW YOUR RECORDS OF TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE. You are given your first assignment on the basis of this interview and the grades you made on the Army tests.
You Are Classified. The Army has to take its needs into account, and then decide where you will fit in best. This is a first assignment only. IF YOU SHOW USEFUL ABILITIES LATER, YOU MAY BE RECLASSIFIED. In fact, you can be assigned and reassigned all through your Army career. IT’S WHAT YOU DO AS A SOLDIER THAT COUNTS FROM NOW ON.
You Get Some Training. You learn to march and drill at the Reception Center. You learn basic military courtesy—when to salute, etc. An officer reads the Articles of War to you; this is your police and court law for the period you stay in the Army. And you see a couple of movies that give you some good tips on hygiene.
You Get "Shots." You receive the first of your vaccinations and inoculations against disease at the Reception Center.
You Eat and Sleep. There are complete mess halls at the Reception Center, with plenty of good food. You sleep in barracks, and there are recreation rooms, day rooms, soda fountains—plenty of places to spend your spare time.
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LEAFLET 7*
A FEW FACTS ON
ARMY LIFE AND TRAINING
What Happens After the Reception Center?
1. Most soldiers are assigned from the Reception Center to a Replacement Training Center or a Unit Training Center where for 17 weeks they receive basic training.
2. This basic training includes physical conditioning; close—order drill; Army orientation procedures; military indoctrination; first aid; military sanitation; interior guard duty; methods of self-protection; camouflage; expert care and use of weapons, equipment, and transport; duties as part of a combat team; some basic knowledge peculiar to the branch of service to which a man is assigned; and—Army discipline.
3. The most important part of this training is military discipline. Discipline means self-control in unusual or difficult situations; it means placing the task of the unit above personal welfare.
How Much of Army Life Is New?
1. The Army has about 650 different jobs for which soldiers must be trained. Many of these are very similar to civilian occupations (cook, tailor, clerk), but most of them require building on to civilian skills to fit Army needs. Some Army jobs, however, have no counterpart in civilian life.
2. Even military discipline is not something entirely new; it is an extension of the self-control, loyalty to the group, and attention to detail that everybody learns in order to live a well-adjusted life.
3. One new element which runs all through Army life is the lack of privacy. This is very different from civilian life—in dressing and undressing, eating, sleeping.
4. Most men value the unique opportunity afforded by Army life of meeting men from all parts of the country and men of varying backgrounds and experience.
5. Another new element is the amount of change. For example, a soldier is given his first assignment to a branch of service at the Reception Center, but he may be reclassified at the Replacement Training Center or at any time later during his Army life until his most useful service is discovered. This means shifting and changing, something to which the soldier must become accustomed.
DOES ARMY LIFE MEAN THE END OF THE INDIVIDUAL?
1. Swift, modern war uses small mobile units rather than huge masses of men. Individual initiative is as important as in civilian life. Each soldier' must be prepared to handle any situation created by an emergency on the battle front.
2. On the other hand, coordination, cooperation, and team play are also the essence of the modern army; these are even more important than they are in civilian life.
WHAT HAPPENS AFTER BASIC TRAINING?
1. After basic training the soldier may receive further direct training, in a field unit, for the branch to which he is assigned; this is likely to cover a period of from 17 weeks to 12 months.
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2. Some soldiers with special abilities and interests are selected for training in a special service school; this is likely to cover a period of from 4 weeks to 6 months.
3. Soldiers who receive a rating over a certain standard on the test they take at the Reception Center and who show leadership qualities may be recommended by their officers for enrollment in an Officers' Candidate School as openings occur.
DOES THIS TRAINING PREPARE FOR LIFE AFTER THE WAR?
1. The Army wants intelligent, skilled soldiers who have initiative. This is the purpose of all military training, much of which is mechanical, scientific, and technical in nature, and therefore practical preparation for employment after the war.
2. In addition, the training in first aid and personal hygiene and the whole healthful quality of out—of—door Army life will improve a man's physical well-being.
’3 . Also, through the Armed Forces Institute, the Army gives every man an opportunity to continue his high-school and college courses by correspondence, whether he is stationed in this country or overseas.
4. The Army has bought more than 10 million books for the use of soldiers, here and abroad. Magazines, radio program, and a well-balanced recreational program—athletic, theatrical, and musical—are provided both in this country and abroad.
5. The Army classification system has been geared to work in reverse, and the Reemployment Division of the Selective Service System is already set up and functioning to classify men separated from the service for civilian jobs.
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LEAFLET 8*
HOW THE ARMY FIGHTS*
The Different Branches of the Army Have Hundreds of Jobs To DO. . . . These Jobs Are Done by Men Who Are Both Military Specialists and Fighting Soldiers . . . Men From the Three Army Forces Work Together as a Fighting Team.
THE ARMY GROUND FORCES
The Infantry may ride or fly to battle, as well as march there—but its work is on the ground, fighting the enemy at close range. Infantrymen must know how to use rifles, machine guns, grenades, and antitank weapons.
The Field Artillery prepares the way for the infantry with its big guns and howitzers. It also operates light, unarmed planes for observing.
The Coast Artillery Corps defends us against enemy submarines, sea-borne invasion forces, and bombing raids. Coast Artillerymen fly observation planes, operate giant coast-defense guns, and man the antiaircraft batteries.
The Cavalry does reconnaissance work (exploring) and reconnoitering (observing) . It uses horses, motorcycles, scout cars, and other vehicles.
The Armored Forces do front-line fighting in modern mobile warfare. They run the great new tanks, the half-tracks, and other armored vehicles.
The Tank Destroyer Units hunt out, ambush, and destroy enemy tanks. They do their work in fast, hard-hitting, tractorlike vehicles which are equipped with powerful guns.
Air-borne Units fight the enemy in his rear lines; they also can support our troops at any given point along a line. Air-borne units are carried irito action in transport planes and gliders, fully equipped with rifles, grenades, artillery, and even jeeps.
The Amphibious Troops use assault boats, landing barges, and land-water tanks to make landings and establish beach heads, sometimes in the face of enemy fire.
Special Troops are used for fighting in mountainous and desert areas.
Ski troops fight our battles in cold, snowy regions.
, Paratroops attack enemy troops and holdings far in the rear of their lines and disrupt enemy communications; they must be tough and agile and are specially trained and equipped for their work.
Rangers are the American "Commando" troops,.selected for difficult and important missions.
*This is not a complete description of all the details of the Army’s organization. Only those branches of the service have been included to which the majority of inductees are likely to be assigned. Also omitted are the over-all administrative functions—Secretary of War, General Staff, Headquarters of the three Forces.
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THE ARMY AIR FORCES
I. Overseas Air Force performs the following functions:
A. Protects military and,civil establishments against attack from the air.
B. Supports the Ground Forces by destroying enemy aircraft and installations, and by attacking enemy shipping, transportation, supplies.■
C. Operates an.independent force of long-range bombers to strike, usually at a substantial distance behind the enemy's front lines, directly at the enemy's capacity to wage war.
D. Maintains a supply of equipment and spare parts, and services the complex machinery of the fighting units.
II. Army Air Forces (Continental United States) include:
A. Training Units.
1. First and Fourth Air Forces, operating under the Eastern and Western Defense Commands, organized for defense of our coasts and for training units for overseas assignment. Second and Third Air Forces, operating under the Commanding General of the AAF, are training organizations, preparing units for overseas assignment.
2. The AAF Training Command trains men in technical and administrative subjects and in the skills required for flying personnel (pilots, navigators, bombardiers, and gunners).
3. The School of Aviation Medicine trains men in medical subjects related to aviation and the special requirements of the AAF.
4. The School of Air Intelligence trains men in intelligence subjects peculiar to the AAF.
5. The School of Applied Tactics tests and develops latest AAF tactical matériel, organization, and methods, and trains selected men and units in the tactics and techniques of aerial warfare.
6. The Troop Carrier Command trains units in the techniques associated with air support of Ground Forces, including troop carrier, transport, glider, and evacuation aviation.
B. Service Units.
1. The Air Service Command operates supply depots, secures supplies, maintains all types of equipment, and does difficult repair work on planes.
2. The Air Transport Command transports freight and passengers and ferries aircraft for the War Department.
3. The Matériel Command does research work to develop aircraft and other equipment for the AAF.
THE ARMY SERVICE FORCES
The Corps of Engineers builds the docks, bridges, roads, camps, and airdromes for our Army. It also destroys equipment before the enemy can capture it. The Engineers operate light, power, and water systems.
The Quartermaster Corps feeds the Army; it also gives the soldier his bed and all his other equipment, except arms. Quartermaster Corps also repairs and replaces equipment.
The Ordnance Department supplies the Army with all its guns, ammunition, and bombs. It secures and maintains all motorized equipment and supervises the many Government arsenals where arms are made.
The Signal Corps "gets the message through"—by radio, telegraph, telephone, carrier pigeon, cable, and semaphore. It installs, operates, and maintains all Army communications systems.
The Chemical Warfare Service gives the Army all its chemicals—smoke screens, flame throwers, gas masks, incendiary bombs. It also fights the enemy, using chemical weapons.
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The Medical Department is responsible for the health of all Army personnel. It includes doctors, dentists, surgeons, nurses, veterinarians, and sanitary experts. Medical Corps personnel remove the sick and wounded from battle areas and run the Army hospitals.
The Transportation Corps directs the flow of soldiers, supplies, and equipment. It regulates all Army transportation—by boat, train, etc.
The Morale and Special Services Divisions provides the soldier with recreation, entertainment, and educational opportunities — including the chance to get a regular high-school or college education through the correspondence courses of the Armed Forces Institute. The Morale Service Division produces films and other materials for orientation purposes.
The Army Specialized Training Program operates the college training programs where qualified men are trained to do highly specialized Army work in the fields of medicine, engineering, languages, and psychology.
The Adjutant General's Office (AGO) carries out administrative work relating to personnel, records, awards, etc. It runs the Army Postal Service. AGO has charge of assignment and classification of inductees.
The Finance Department handles all the Army’s financial affairs and takes care of the soldier’s pay.
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LEAFLET 9
RELIGIOUS ACTIVITIES IN THE ARMY
Men entering the Army for the first time will find one thing that reminds them of home. They will see churches with spires where religious services are held. On Sunday ministers will teach Bible classes and conduct worship services. Catholic priests will hear confessions and say Mass. When Friday evening comes, the Jews will gather for a service like the one they attended in the home synagogue led by a rabbi. Occasionally, there may be services of a type
familiar to Christian Scientists and Mormons. The songs, prayers, Scripture lessons, responsive readings, and sermons will not differ from those heard amid the surroundings of the home.
No man is forced to attend church in the Army. He is advised to do so, for many officers feel that men with an earnest faith in God make the best soldiers. A large proportion of men in the Army do attend religious services.
Two things will seem strange about religion in the Army. All faiths will meet for worship in the same church. Jews, Catholics, and Protestants will use the same building, but not at the same hour. Again, there will be but one songbook for all groups. This book will contain three sections. One will be fa.mi liar to Catholics, another to Protestants, and a third to Jews.>
Army Chapels
The church buildings on Army posts and camps are called Army chapels. There are about 1,500 of them in this country, and in foreign lands there are many chapels which soldiers themselves have built.
Each Army chapel has seats, an organ, an altar and altar cover bearing the words "Holy, Holy, Holy," pulpit and lectern, communion rail, and an ark to hold the Jewish scroll. Hymnals, altar cross, flower vases, candleholders, national colors, and a chapel flag are provided. All soldiers who ask for it are given a book of the Jewish Scriptures or a Catholic or Protestant New Testament.
Although chapels cannot be carried into the training field or battle area, Army chaplains go along with their men. They carry along full equipment-called a chaplain's outfit—for conducting religious services-out in the field.
Army Chaplains
The Army minister, priest, or rabbi is called an Army chaplain. These chaplains are chosen from the various church groups in proportion to the number of members in the groups. . One fourth of the chaplains of the Army are priests of the Catholic Church. The Methodists and Baptists have the next largest number. Churches with a small membership have their proper share of chaplains.
The chaplain is an officer of the Army. He is also a minister of religion. He conducts religious services and funerals, officiates at marriages, and performs other religious rites and ceremonies according to the customs and usages of his church or those most familiar to the men he serves.
The chaplain is thA soldier’s friend and counselor. If a man is in trouble or needs advice, he is free to go to the chaplain and will be sure of a sympathetic hearing. The chaplain will advise and encourage the man and help him in other ways. If the soldier is sick in the hospital or a prisoner in the guardhouse, the chaplain will visit him and show him every kindness that he can.
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LEAFLET 10*
THE SOLDIER'S SPARE TIME— VOLUNTARY LEISURE ACTIVITIES
Education in the Army
1. Armed Forces Institute.—You can continue your high-school or college education while you are in the Armed Forces by taking correspondence courses prepared by the Armed Forces Institute. You get regular credit for courses successfully
completed, and you can count that credit toward graduation from any one of the participating schools you care to choose.
2. Morale Services Division.—Morale Services provides Newsmaps and regular weekly discussion periods to keep you up to date on current events and the progress of the war. In order to help you understand the background of the war, Morale Services has prepared, under the direction of Col. Frank Capra, a series of films on "Why We Fight" which are shown to all soldiers. Morale Services also prepares the foreign-language courses and the guides to foreign areas.
3. Libraries.—You will find ample reading material wherever you go in the Army, no matter what your special interests are. Army libraries are well-stocked with the latest books. These books are usually available in your company day room, your post recreation hall or chapel, or some other centrally located place.
4. Army Training.—Although the regular and special kinds of Army training the soldier receives are part of his work rather than of his leisure activity, they deserve mention here as major sources of education in the Army. This training and the training that specially selected men receive at Officers' Candidate Schools and in the Army Specialized Training Program provide an occupational background that may prove very useful in civilian life after the war. It is interesting to note that much of the training you get in the Army will be given you by means of films.
Recreation in the Army
1. Informal Camp Activities.—Your company day room is equipped with books and easy chairs for leisure time reading, and usually contains a billiard or ping-pong table; also there is usually a piano around for impromptu vocalizing. Your camp recreation hall offers additional facilities for recreation. And, of course, there is always the PX (Post Exchange) where you can gather around for sodas and conversation.
2. Organized Sports.—After you get used to the routine of Army life, you probably will want to go in for some sports in your spare time. You will find complete equipment for baseball, football, basketball, etc., at the camp, and the Special Services officer will help you organize teams and set up schedules.
3. Movies and Post Entertainment.—You will be able 'to see the latest movies, sometimes even before they hit the big cities; for only about 20 cents—even less if you buy a book of 10 tickets. GI movies, including regular features plus interesting shorts, are free. Also, every so often, stage, screen, and radio stars perform for the fellows in the recreation hall. In addition, a Special Services officer at camp organizes home talent shows and post dances from time to time.
4. Activities Outside of Camp.—When you are on furlough there will be many recreational facilities open to you. Of course you know that you can get reduced
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rates on trains and you can get into movies at special rates. You will find plenty of lounges in train stations and at centrally located places. Many towns run special dormitories for servicemen and servicemen's canteens where you can get free food and entertainment. The USO, the Red Cross, local churches, and other groups all cooperate to see that you can have a good time without having to spend too much money.
Legal, Medical, and Personal Service
1. Legal Assistance.—The Army makes provision for at least one legal assistance officer to be assigned to every camp, post, and station. Under this plan soldiers can obtain free legal advice from a volunter civilian lawyer, or from* a lawyer who is in the service himself.
2. Medical and Dental Service.—You will be given more complete and thorough medical attention in the Army than you probably could have afforded in civilian life. The Army takes very good care of the health of its soldiers. If you need any dental work, the Army will take care of that for you. If you need eyeglasses, the Army will fit you and provide you with them too.
3. Red Cross Field Director.—If for any reason you have to get in touch with your family in a hurry, the man to see is the Red Cross Field Director. The Field Director also will help you solve personal problems involving finances, medical care for your family, and others of like nature.
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LEAFLET 11*
IF YOU HAVE THREE MONTHS OR
MORE BEFORE YOU WILL BE INDUCTED—
You Can Prepare Yourself for an Army Job By Taking One or More of These PRE-INDUCTION TRAINING COURSES:
Name of course: Brief description of contents and a list of some of the Army jobs for which the course provides preliminary training. This information can be secured from the schools offering the course by consulting the official PIT teachers’ manual.
(Name and address of school where course is offered.)
(Days and time when classes meet.)
(Details of registration: To whom course is open; when and where to apply. )
(Name of course: Same information as above for each PIT course being offered in the community that is open to out—of-school people.)
NINE OUT OF EVERY 10 SOLDIERS ARE SPECIALISTS—
Increase Your Chances of Being Assigned to the Kind of Special Job You Want To Do in the Army—TAKE A PRE-INDUCTION TRAINING COURSE.
At the Reception Center the classification interviewer will make a record of any Pre—Induction Training courses you may have taken. He has received official War Department instructions to include PreInduction Training, as well as your other training and experience, on your Form 20—the Soldier’s Qualification Card.
The information on this card plays a large part in deciding which branch of the Army you will be assigned to and what job you will be trained to do in that branch.
HELP YOURSELF AND HELP THE ARMY—TRAIN YOURSELF TO DO A VITAL ARMY JOB—TAKE PRE-INDUCTION TRAINING NOW
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APPENDIX A—REFERENCE MATERIALS
[A brief, suggestive list of pamphlets, posters, and books. Some may be useful for reference, others for exhibition, and a few for distribution]
Free Posters and Charts.
Newsmaps prepared by Morale Services Division of the War Department for Army use. A very limited number may be available for use in connection with pre-induction meetings by special arrangement with the Pre-Induction Training officers assigned to Service Command Headquarters. (See Appendix D for list of these representatives.)
26 Job Opportunities in the Army Air Forces.
U. S. Office of Education, Washington, D. C.
Jobs in Naval Aviation. U. S. Office of Education, Washington, D. C.
Where Our Men Are Fighting. Office of War Information, Washington, D. C.
Americans Will Always Fight for Liberty. Office of War Information, Washington, D. C. Poster No. 26.
Remember December 7. Office of War Information, Washington, D. C. Poster No. 14.
The Four Freedoms. Office of War Information, Washington, D. C. Posters Nos. 43, 44, 45, 46.
This World Cannot Exist Half Slave and Half Free. Office of War Information.
Free Pamphlets.
The Personnel of the Army of the U. S. 1942. Superintendent of Documents, Washington, D. C. Information about the appointment, enlistment, and induction of commissioned officers, Army nurses, warrant officers, cadets, officer candidates, and enlisted men.
Helpful Hints to the Navy Recruit. 1943. 33 pp. Distributed by U. S. Navy Recruiting and Induction Division. A guide for the inductee, telling him what to bring to the Naval Training Station and what to expect of training and life in the Navy.
Information and Premium Rates, National Service Life Insurance. 1941. 24 pp. Full details about National Service Life Insurance. Veterans’ Administration, Washington, D. C.
Services to the Armed Forces. 1942. 46 pp. American National Red Cross. Washington, D. C.
When You Go. 1943. 2 pp. American National Red Cross, Washington, D. C. Details of the services provided servicemen and their families by the Red Cross are contained in both pamphlets. Available at all local chapters.
Pamphlets for Sale.
Service in the Armed Forces. Franklin R. Zeran, 1943. U. S. Office of Education. Superin
tendent of Documents, Washington, D. C. Illustrated. Questions and answers on all branches of Armed Forces. Addressed to prospective inductees. Contains comprehensive bibliography.
New Soldier’s Handbook, Including the Official U. S. Army Manual. 1942. Penguin Books, 41 East Twenth-eighth Street, New York, N. Y. 25^. Compact and authoritative.
Soldier’s Handbook. 1941. 253 pp. War Department Field Manual. FM 21—100. Superintendent of Documents, Washington, D. C. ‘35^. A convenient and compact source of basic military information.
Military Service. Vocational Division Bulletin No. 221, U. S. Office of Education. 1942. Superintendent of Documents, Washington, D. C. 10^. Describes occupational opportunities in the Army, Army Air Forces, Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard, giving information about requirements, ratings, salaries, etc.
Our Armed Forces. A Source Book on the Arjny and Navy for High School Students. 128 pp. U. S. Infantry Association in cooperation with the U. S. Office of Education. The Infantry Journal, 1115 Seventeenth Stredt NW., Washington, D. C. 35^; 25^ in quantities of 4 or more. Describes Army and Navy organization, ranks, and ratings, and includes a glossary of service terms.
Handbook for Servicemen and Servicewomen of Wprld War II and Their Dependents, Including Rights and 'Benefits of Veterans of World War I and Their Dependents. House Document No. 822. Superintendent of Documents, Washington, D. C. 10^. A Congressional handbook edited by Representative Wright Patman, of Texas.
State Absentee Voting and Registration Laws. 1942. 79 pp. Superintendent of Documents, Washington, D. C. 15^. Pertinent details for civilians and servicemen, arranged by States. Includes information about obtaining and returning ballots, registration requirements, etc.
Personal Affairs of Military Personnel and Aid for Their Dependents. 1943. 44 pp. Superintendent of Document's, Washington, D. C. 10^. Comprehensive information about financial and welfare provisions for the soldier.
Getting Ready for Induction. 1943. 30 pp. State Department of Education, Columbus, Ohio. 10£. A bulletin for young men 16 to 19 years of age who are getting ready for induction. Guidance information on Selective Service, induction, reception center interview, dependency allotments, Army and Navy pay,
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branches of the Armed Forces, Army and Navy specialized training programs. Question and answer form.
Hooks.
Army Selectee's Handbook. Craf. 1943. Stanford University Press.
It's A Cinch, Private Finch. Sgt. Ralph Stein and Sgt. Harry Brown. 1943. Whittlesey House, McGraw-Hill Book Co., New York, N. Y. Cartoons and numerous sketches trace the trials of Private Finch from the time of his induction call to the time he is sent overseas. Here are the ups and downs of Army life in highly entertaining style.
Our New Army. Marshall Andrews. 1942. Little, Brown & Co., Boston, Mass. Excellent account of organization and training in the Arrny camps.
• What Every New Soldier Should Know. Major John D. Kenderdine. 1940. 204 pp. Simon and Schuster, Inc., New York, N. Y. Covers the first days in the Army, military courtesy, purpose of drill, privileges, and obligations. Contains useful information and a short book list. Some of the information is obsolete.
What The Draft And Army Training Mean To You. Baumer. 1940. Prentice-Hall, New York, N. Y.
He's in the Air Corps Now. Frederick P. Graham and Harold W. Kulick. 1942. 218 pp. Robert M-McBride Co., New York, N. Y. $2.50. Includes the history of the Army Air Corps, cadet training, and the duties of pilots, navigators, bombardiers, paratroops, etc.
He's in the Armored Force Now. Captain Addison F. McGhee, Jr. 1942. 256 pp. Robert M. McBride Co., New York, N. Y. $2.50. The story of the armored force and the tank, with details about the Armored Force School and the Fort Knox Officers School.
Modern Bat tie. Know Your Foes: Army Orientation Course, Series 1, Number 2. Lt. Col. Paul W. Thompson. 1942. 253 pp. Infantry Journal, Inc., Washington, D. C. Describes military operations as a means of explaining German methods of warfare.
Opportunities in the Armed Forces. Maxwell Lehman and Morton Yarmon. 1942. 418 pp. The Viking Press, New York, N. Y. A handbook of military information for civilians, enlisted men, and officers, covering Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard,
Merchant Marine, and Civil Aeronautics. Tells how and where to obtain military jobs for which one is best fitted, how to advance in the ranks, and how to become an officer.
School of the Citizen Soldier. Robert Griffin. 1942, D. Appleton Century Co., New York, N. Y. Material from the educational program of the Second Army. Includes organization, activities, duties of the Armed Forces.
The Jap Army. Lt. Col. Paul W. Thompson, Lt. Col. Harold Doud, and Lt. John Scofield. Know Your Foes: Army Orientation Course, Series I, No. 1. 157 pp. 1942. Infantry Journal, Inc., Washington, D. C. Describes military operations as a means of explaining the Japanese Army, its history, organization, and present campaigns.
What the Citizen Should Know About the Air Forces, Our Arms and Weapons, the Army Engineers, the Coast Guard, the Marines, Modern War, the Merchant Marine, the Navy, the Signal Corps, and Submarine Warfare. This series of books, all published by W. W. Norton & Co., New York, N. Y., gives good pictures of the history, organization, and function of the various branches.
Youth Goes to War. Lyle M. Spencer and Robert K. Burns. 1943. 223 pp. Science Research Associates, Chicago, Ill. A well-illustrated informative account of the war and the part youth has to play. Covers the kind of war this is and the effort needed for victory; the jobs for boys and girls in the armed forces; detailed guidance information; war jobs on the home front, etc.
Among Other Sources.
New Tools for Learning, 280 Madison Avenue, New York 16, N. Y., is the distributor for movies, recordings, transcripts of radio broadcasts and pamphlets containing material about aspects of civilian life which have a bearing on the war. You may secure from them a catalog which lists and describes their offerings.
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For use as part of the exhibit in connection with pre-induction meetings, it may be possible to secure from the Pre-Induction Training Officer at Service Command Headquarters a set of photographs illustrating procedures and activities at an Induction Station and a Reception Center located in a nearby area.
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APPENDIX B—SUGGESTED FILMS AND DOW TO SECURE THEM
Classification of Enlisted Men. 12 minutes. War Department film. Shows classification and assignment of new soldiers at Reception Centers. May be obtained from pre-induction offices at Army Service Command Headquarters. (See list in Appendix D.)
Private Smith, USA. 20 minutes. RKO Radio Pictures. Available only in 35-mm. size. Traces Private Smith’s activities from time he receives his “Greetings” notice to tim^ he wins his first stripe. Available for nominal rental charge from RKO Theatrical film exchange centers in most large cities.
The Tanks Are Coming. 20 minutes. Warner Bros. Technicolor. Shows induction and training of enlisted men in the Armored Force. Humorous sequences and story continuity. Available from the nearest Main Army Recruiting Station.
The following 11 films are available from a number of film distributors. (For complete list of distributors handling these films, write to Walter O. Gutlohn, 25 West 45th St., New York City, or to Castle Films, Inc., 30 Rockefeller Plaza, New York City, or to Modern Talking Picture Service, Inc., 9 Rockefeller Plaza, New York City.
Prelude to War. 45 minutes. War Department film. First in “Why We Fight” series. Shows events leading up to present war and contrasts democratic with Axis way of life.
Nazis Strike. 45 minutes War Department film. Second in “Why We Fight” series. Shows early Axis aggression culminating in Munich Pact.
Divide and Conquer. 50 minutes. War Department film. Third in “Why We Fight” series. Shows attack on Norway and Low Countries and conquest of France.
Battle of Britain. 50 minutes. War Department film. Fourth in “Why We Fight” series. Shows failure of aerial blitz to conquer England.
Battle of Russia. 70 minutes. War Department film. Fifth in “Why We Fight”, series. Shows heroic defense and counter attack at Moscow, Leningrad, and Stalingrad.
Army Service Forces. 50 minutes. War Department film. Shows work and varied activities of Army Service Forces.
All American. 25 minutes. War Department film. Combat scenes on the North African and Sicilian fronts.
The Life and Death of the U. S. S. Hornet. Navy film. 2 reels.
December 7. 20 minutes. Navy film. Shows damage done to Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor and the job of repairing and getting the ships back into action.
This is Guadalcanal. 20 minutes. Navy film. Main combat crews (Marines) which invaded Guadalcanal.
Navy Flies On. 18 minutes. Navy film. Story of
naval aviation through experimental years up to present stage of high development of planes and aircraft carriers.
The following six films are available from practically every one of the larger film distributors. (For complete list of distributors handling these films, write to Bureau of Motion Pictures, Office of War Information, Washington, D. C.)
Target for Tonight. 45 minutes. English film. Documentary account of RAF bombing raid over Germany.
The World At War. 40 minutes. Combines newsreels and documentary films to give picture of 10-year period of Axis aggression from 1931 to 1941.
Dover. 10 minutes. The spirit of the people of England; Commandos; soldiers rehearsing tank tactics; the RAF. Narration by Edward R. Murrow.
Ring of Steel. 10 minutes. A tribute to the American soldiers who have protected our country from 1776 to 1943, forging a “ring of steel” around American democracy. Narration by Spencer Tracy.
Western Front. 21 minutes. Shows China’s heroic fight and desperate struggle against the war lords of Japan. A tribute to the courage and tenacity of the people of China—fighting with us in the battle for freedom.
Mission Accomplished. 10 minutes. _ Story of a Flying Fortress.
The following four films are available from the Film Division of the following offices of the British Information Services: 30 Rockefeller Plaza, New York 20, N. Y.; 1336 New York Avenue, NW., Washington, D. C.; 360 Michigan Avenue, Chicago 1, Ill.; 260 California St., San Francisco, Calif.; 448 South Hill St., Los Angeles 13, Calif.
Lift Your Head. 11 minutes. The story of the labor battalion made up of German and Austrian antifascists who escaped to England. The picture shows them training for the day when they will strike back.
Silent Village. 35 minutes. Reenacts the story of Lidice. Made by the people of Cwmgiedd, a mining village in South Wales, whose peacetime life was very similar to that of the people of the Czech village. Shows the effects of the attack on the life of the village.
I Was a Fireman. 39 minutes. Reconstruction of an episode during the time when the Luftwaffe tried to break civilian morale in Britain. Shows how the fires started by high explosives and incendiaries were brought under control. Scenes taken in Stepney, London, one of the most severely blitzed areas in the country.
Before the Raid. 36 minutes. Shows how the people in a fishing village in occupied Norway defied the Nazis and the local Quislings. Made with the co-dperation of the Norwegian Government.
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APPENDIX O—ADDITIONAL PRE-INDUCTION TRAINING POSSIBILITIES
For those prospective inductees who have 3 or more months’ time before their induction is to take place, an additional service may be provided by suggesting pre-induction courses they may take to help prepare themselves for Army training.
The War Department has defined certain areas in which pre-induction training would prove advantageous to the potential soldier. The needs of prospective soldiers which might be met wholly or partially prior to induction include job skill training; physical fitness and knowledge of how to stay fit; the ability to speak, read, and understand oral instructions quickly and accurately; the ability to compute with ease and accuracy ; an understanding of the backgrounds of the war; and familiarity with Army life and training, particularly the processes of Army induction and classification.
The coordinator of the meetings suggested in this manual, or a specially designated individual or committee, might investigate the pre-induction resources of the community, especially courses offered in the late
afternoon or evening by local trade and vocational schools and those offered by the regular high schools which are open to out-of-school people.
Announcement of the availability of such pre-induction courses might be made at each of the meetings in the series. In addition, the exhibit materials might include certain official pre-induction materials, such as those on Auto Mechanics (PIT 331), Machine Shop Practice (PIT 332), Aircraft Maintenance (PIT 333), and Electrical Signal Communication (PIT 334), etc.
The following materials on pre-induction training might also be distributed free of charge at the meetings:
1. A printed leaflet on pre-induction training, available from Pre-induction Training Branch, Office of Director of Military Training, Headquarters, A. S. F., War Department, Washington, D. C.
2. Leaflet No. 11. (See Section II.) “If You Have Three Months or More Before You Will be Inducted,” to be distributed at the pre-induction meetings after checking with local school officials.
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APPENDIX D—LIST OF ARMY PRE-INDITCTION TRAINING OFFICES IN THE NINE SERVICE COMMANDS
Service Command States Addresses
First ' Second Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island. New York, New Jersey, Delaware 808 Commonwealth Ave., Boston 15, Governor’s Island, New York City. Mass.
Third Fourth Fifth Sixth Seventh Eighth Ninth J Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia. Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky, West Virginia. Wisconsin, Illinois, Michigan North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Colorado, Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, Wyoming. New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana. Washington, Oregon, California, Montana, Idaho, Nevada, Utah, Arizona. Keyser Bldg., Redwood & Calvert Sts., Baltimore 2, Md. Old Post Office Bldg., Atlanta, Ga. Fort Hays, Columbus, Ohio. Civic Opera Bldg., 20 North Wacker Drive, Chicago, Ill. Federal Bldg., 15th and Dodge Sts., Omaha 2, Nebr. Santa Fe Bldg., Dallas 2, Tex. Fort Douglas, Utah.
NOTE.—Letters should be addressed to the Commanding General of the Service Command, attention Pre-Induction Training Officer.
U. S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE! 1944
For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, IL S. Government Printing Office Washington, D. C. - Price 15 cents
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