David Winges papers, 1943-1983, bulk 1943-1945.

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David Winges papers, 1943-1983, bulk 1943-1945.

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World War II military records, pamphlets, and memorabilia; 1945 correspondence related to Winges being declared missing in action; March 1945 journal in which Winges describes his journey through Hungary and Romania after a crash landing in Hungary; 1962-63 correspondence with Arnold Bichman, a Romanian friend who fled to Israel to escape the Communist regime; 1981 typed memoir relating his war experiences; and 1983 typed essay recalling people and places from his childhood in Louisville's West End. David Winges was a tail gunner on a B-24 in the 460th Bombardment Group; he was stationed in Spinazzola, Italy in 1944-45.

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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...

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