Papers, 1942-1944.

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Papers, 1942-1944.

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Correspondence from Bernard Gabriel (1942-1943), Clarence Gabriel (1943 and 1 from 1944), and Louis Solle (1942-1943) to the Gabriel boys' parents and brother detail the soldiers' activities working in airplane repair, guard duty, or the quartermaster service at bases in San Angelo, San Antonio, Eagle Pass, and Harlingen, Texas; Keesler Field, Mississippi; and Chanute Field, Illinois.

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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...

Gabriel, Frank (Fat), b. ca. 1920.

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Gabriel, Bernard L. (Coon), 1922-1996.

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Burton, Velma Jean, fl. 1943.

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Gabriel, Clarence M., 1896-1988.

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Gabriel, Dorothy Chandler, 1900-1988.

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Gabriel Family.

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The Gabriel family consisted of Clarence M. Gabriel, Sr. (1896-1988), a Rochester or Springfield, Sangamon County, Illinois farmer, his wife Dorothy (1900-1988), and three sons: Frank (b. ca. 1920), Bernard L. (1922-1996), and Clarence M., Jr., (1924-1973). Bernard (nicknamed Coon) and Clarence (called Curl) served in the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II. Bernard (November 7, 1942-February 13, 1946) became a private first class and Clarence (April 7, 1943-February 24, 1946) a corporal. Th...

Solle, Louis A. (Bud), b. 1918.

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Gabriel, Clarence M. (Curl), 1924-1973.

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