Benjamin Thomas Anderson papers, 1943-1945.

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Benjamin Thomas Anderson papers, 1943-1945.

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Letters describing Anderson's experiences at U.S. Army Air Force training camps in South Carolina, North Carolina, and Louisiana (May 1943-June 1944), and his activities while serving in Italy, chiefly Foggia (July 1944-November 1945) during World War II. Some letters include poems. Papers document Anderson's various duties as administrative clerk and draftsman in intelligence sections of Bombardment Squadrons 347 and 353. Contains his induction notice and discharge papers; newspaper clippings; photographs; playbills from U.S. Army Special Service productions; and specimen copies of military publications, including The Engineer, published at Fort Jackson by the War Department, Corps of Engineers.

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University of South Carolina, System Library Service, University Libraries

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University of South Carolina, System Library Service, University 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...

Anderson, Benjamin Thomas, 1918-

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Soldier, of Newberry, S.C. From the description of Benjamin Thomas Anderson papers, 1943-1945. (University of South Carolina). WorldCat record id: 28413821 ...