Title

Gulfport Field, 592nd Technical School Squadron: Army Air Forces Training Command

Alternative Title

Historical and pictorial review Gulfport Field, Army Air Forces Technical School and Basic Training Center, Gulfport Field, Mississippi | 592nd Technical School Squadron, Gulfport Field, Gulfport, Mississippi

Creator

United States. Air Force

Publisher

Baton Rouge, La : Army and Navy Pub. Co., 1943.

Date

1943

Description

Basic Training Center No. 11 was activated at Gulfport Field on July 14, 1943. The center was in full operation by the time it was formally established. Raw recruits were being received in a steady flow from reception centers. The Basic Training Center takes the recruits, lectures them on military customs and courtesy, on basic military principles and rules. These men are taught to drill. They become soldiers. During his stay in the Basic Training Center, every phase of the recruit's civilian life is studied. His education, his civilian background, his aptitude for specific types of work-all are closely examined. His military classification is then determined after a study of these factors and in almost every instance the recruit's preference coincides with the scientific determination of his abilities. Gulfport Field is located along the coastal plain of the Gulf of Mexico. Here, beneath the semi-tropical sun of one of the nation's most famous resort areas, students and permanent party men alike divide their time with duty, recreation and physical training. Men who guide the destiny of Gulfport Field realize that soundness of body is essential to an alert, active life. Drill and calisthenics keep muscles toned and provide a refreshing change from the long hours of duty.

Subject

Gulfport Army Air Field (Miss.)

Military training camps--Mississippi--Gulfport Army Air Field

United States. Army Air Forces--Military life

United States. Army Air Forces. Technical School Squadron, 592nd--History

United States. Army Air Forces. Technical School Squadron, 592nd--Registers

United States. Army Air Forces. Training Command--History

World War, 1939-1945--Regimental histories

Type

Regimental histories

Format

100 pages : illustrations ; 31 cm.

Language

English

Is Part Of

Community-Contributed Resources

Note

This book appears courtesy of Bill Blood of Hampden, Maine.

Includes brief histories of the Army Air Forces, the Army Air Forces Training Command, the Army Air Forces Technical School and Basic Training Center, Gulfport Field, Mississippi.

Includes unit rosters and thumbnail portraits.

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