Harding Field heroes file, 1941-1945.

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Harding Field heroes file, 1941-1945.

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Correspondence of Colonel W.G. Schauffler Jr., commanding officer at Harding Field (Feb 1944-Mar 1945), with the next of kin of men who trained at Harding Field, including newspaper articles and pictures pertaining to their service records. The correspondence is arranged in folders filed alphabetically by the first two letters of the surname of the serviceman. The collection also includes 39 folders of newspaper clippings from Baton Rouge and other American newspapers pertaining to the air base and its personnel, apparently compiled by personnel at the field (1941-1944).

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Louisiana State University, LSU Libraries

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SNAC Resource ID: 6913296

Louisiana State University, LSU Libraries

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United States. Army Air Forces

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The Army Air Forces War Adjustment Course was established in 1944 at several locations in the U.S., one of which was Harvard Business School. The HBS program involved eight weeks of training in the business of contract terminations, cutbacks, and property disposal necessitated by changes in Army Air Forces tactical requirements. Approximately 4,200 officers received instruction throughout the country, about one sixth of them at HBS. The goal of the program was to train men for participation in t...

Schauffler, W. G.

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Harding Field was a United States Army Air Corps base nine miles north of Baton Rouge, La., that operated between 1942 and 1945. It was converted to a public airport for civilian use in the Baton Rouge area in 1948. It was renamed Ryan Airport in 1954 and Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport, Ryan Field in 1981. From the description of Harding Field heroes file, 1941-1945. (Louisiana State University). WorldCat record id: 166919357 ...