Richard A. Thompson wartime log book, 1944 Mar. 23-1945 June 3.

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Richard A. Thompson wartime log book, 1944 Mar. 23-1945 June 3.

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The log book of Lt. Richard A. Thompson while he was a prisoner of war at Stalag Luft III in Sagan, Germany, 1944-1945. It includes hand-colored illustrations of World War II fighters and bombers, insignia, views of Stalag Luft III, and caricatures of people and personalities of the time and at Stalag Luft III. It includes a diary, poems, a mail received log, and lists of P.O.W. recipes, Air Force slang words, Red Cross box contents, and military related subjects. The unnumbered plates contain newspaper clippings, samples of movie theater tickets for movies shown at the P.O.W. camp, monthly calendars, and various cigarette labels.

[6], 151, [1] pages, [40] pages of plates : color illustrations, color maps ; 26 cm.

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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...

Stalag Luft III

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Thompson, Richard A., 1920-

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Richard A. Thompson, of Upper Darby, Pa., was a lieutenant serving in the U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II. When his plane was shot down on a bombing run over Germany, he parachuted to safety and became a prisoner of war on March 23, 1944. He was transferred to Stalag Luft III, a prisoner of war camp in Sagan, Germany (which later became Żagań, Poland). From the description of Richard A. Thompson wartime log book, 1944 Mar. 23-1945 June 3. (Pennsylvania State University Lib...