Papers, 1929-1988.

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Papers, 1929-1988.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/22615900

Papers include materials from flight school training, photographs, military orders, maps, a diary by Dorsey of D-Day June 1944, correspondence to Dorsey by family and friends during World War II, and miscellaneous items.

1.5 cu. ft., 1 record center box and 1 document box.

Auburn University.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7079097

Auburn University.

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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...

Dorsey family.

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Dorsey, Isham J., III, 1923-1987.

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Dorsey was a native of Opelika, Alabama, and attended Alabama Polytechnic Institute. He was a combat pilot in the European Theatre in World War II with 44 combat missions. He was awarded the Air Medal and the Distinguished Flying Cross. After the war he was a commercial pilot and instructor, and later an accountant. From the description of Papers, 1929-1988. (Auburn University). WorldCat record id: 22615900 ...