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Basic Military Training In The AAF, 1939-1944

"This history of basic military training in the AAF, covering the six years from 1 January 1939 to 31 December 1944 was prepared in the Historical Section, A-2 Division, Headquarters AAF Training Command, by QW Howard D. Williams. Before July 1943, Mr. Williams was a member of' the staff of the Technical Training Command Historical Section. The first chapter shows the peacetime accumulation of experience in planning, administration, training, and activation of replacement training centers. Thereafter, the story revolves around wartime activities: the growth of basic training centers; administration, both from higher headquarters and wit bin the training units; personnel problems, with respect to permanent party members as well as the hundreds of thousands of trainees; and, most significant of all, the execution of the training mission. An appendix of 94 documents which were important sources for this study is attached to the No, 1 copy of this study, AAF Historical Studies No 49, on file in the AAF Historical Office, and is available for consultation. These documents contain detailed elaboration of many matters - which are only touched upon in the study. Readers familiar with the s

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