Paul E. Gardiner papers, 1941-1981.
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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...
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At Harris Neck, Georgia, in the remote northern reaches of McIntosh County, the United States government, in the fall of 1942, confiscated the lands along the South Newport and Barbour Island Rivers. Paved runways were constructed for aircraft, and Harris Neck became an air reconnaissance base for the United States Army Air Force during World War II. A number of support buildings were constructed at the Harris Neck Air Base, such as barracks for personnel, an officers club, and PX, to serve the ...
Gardiner, Paul
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Paul E. Gardiner was a decorated military pilot and air officer. Gardiner served as a pilot in the U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II and flew P-47 fighter planes in the European theater. After the war, Gardiner served as an officer in the U.S. Air Force and held a number of posts between the 1940s and 1960s, including Chief of Combat Air Command Advisory Team, Taiwan (1954-1955) and Director of Operations, Air Force Advisory Group, Vietnam (1965-1966). He also was the recipient of a numbe...
