Hist Rpt, 369th Inf Regt, Supplementary Papers,
AGO 393-70.4 (21783)
31 Memo, AGF G-1 for AGO Classification and Replacement Branch, 11 Aug 42, AGF
322.999/1 (Cld Trps) (R) .
32 Memo, G-3 for CG AGF, 5 Mar 43, WDGCT 291.21 (1-14-43) ; G-3 Rpt, Min Advisory Com on Negro Trp Policies, 22 Mar 43, ASW 291.2-Com; Min Gen Council, 15 Mar 43.
33 Ltr, Engr Hq Second Corps Area to CofE, 9 May 42, in AGF 353/1 (CAC Tng).
34 2d Ind, Hq AAC to Hq AGF, 4 Jun 42, 470.3/K, to Ltr cited n. 33.
35 3d Ind, Hq AGF to TAG, AGF 322.17/2 (76th CA) GNOYN, to Ltr cited n. 33.
36 1st Ind, OCA to SW, 2 Jul 42, to G-3 on Memo, G-3 for Judge Hastie, 29 Jun 42, WDGCT 220.3 (5-9-42) .
37 Memo, G-3 for Judge Hastie, 8 Aug 42, WDGCT 220.3 (15-9-42) .
38 Ltr, OCofAC to TAG, 18 Mar 41, AG 324.71 (3-12-41) .
39 Memo, G-1 for TAG, 4 Mar 41, G-1/15640-75.
40 Ltr, Hq AAF to SOS, 15 May 42, and attached M/R, AAF 210.31 Assignment of Offs.
41 The range for the 477th Bombardment Group, for example, was lower in the two end classes, but higher in the
uppermiddle range: Grade 1, 1.4 percent; II, 23 percent; III, 41 percent; IV, 30
percent; and V, 4.6 percent. Hist, 477th Bombardment Gp, 15 Jan-15 Jul 44, Air Force Hist Div.
41 The range for the 477th Bombardment Group, for example, was lower in the two end classes, but higher in the
uppermiddle range: Grade 1, 1.4 percent; II, 23 percent; III, 41 percent; IV, 30
percent; and V, 4.6 percent. Hist, 477th Bombardment Gp, 15 Jan-15 Jul 44, Air Force Hist Div.
43 Memo, Dir Mil Pers Div SOS for CG AGE, 21 May 42, SPGA/8645-5514.
44 M/S, ACT G-1 to DCofS, 29 Jul 42, AGF 3273/246 (Drafted Men).
45 Memo, Hq IRTC Ft. McClellan, Ala., to CG R&SC, 24 Sep 43, AGF
353.01/68.
46 Unit Training, Address by Col Lawrence B. Wyant, Mil Tng Div Hq ASF, to Fourth ASF Tng Conf, Ft. Monmouth, N. J.,15-17 Mar 44, Files Fourth Conf, pp. 4-5.
47 Remarks, CO 99th CA (AA) Regt, to VD Symposium, 30 Jul 43, G-3 291.21. See also, 1st Ind, Hq SOS USF China, APO 627, to CG U.S. Forces China Theater, APO
290, AG 291.2 (23 May 45) (2).
48 One corps reported that several of its white units were having AGCT score difficulties. Its 650th Engineer Topographical Battalion, a more highly specialized unit than most Negro units, had
complained that of 103 fillers received, 70 percent were in Grades IV and V and 95 percent had less than a grade school education. The 50th Engineer
Combat Battalion, a type of unit rarely used for Negroes, had 51 percent in Grades IV and V, while the 74th Ordnance Maintenance Battalion, a unit of another type seldom used to absorb Negroes, received 544 fillers in October 1942, 71 percent of whom were in Grades IV and V or illiterate. Ltr, CG IX Corps to Lt Gen Lesley J. McNair, CG
AGF, 30 Nov 42, AGF 324.71/212 (Drafted Men).
49 The Puerto Rican Induction Program and The Use of Puerto Rican Troops, sec. VI, Antilles Department Historical Studies, ch. IV, MS OCMH.
50 Among the units receiving materials directly were twenty-five divisions, including the 2d Cavalry and
92d infantry Divisions. Ltr, TAG to CO's Units and Posts, 28 May 43, AG 353 (5-28-43) OT-C.
51 Memo, AGE for G-1, 27 Nov 42, AGE 353/2025 GNGAP-1.
52 Lt Col James L. Lewis, Notes on Service with the gad Engineer Regt (GS) in Extreme Cold and Wet Cold Climates, Engr School 8715.
53 See above, p. 241.
54 Memos, CG SOS for CofS, 6 Jun 42 and 20 Jul 42, SPGAE/8645-731.
55 The percentage shifted as various proposals were considered during discussions of the plan.
56 Memo, G-3 for CofS, 10 Apr 43, AG 201.6 (19 Mar 43) (1) .
57 Ibid.
58 Ibid.
59 Memo, Mil Pers Div SOS for G-3, 19 Mar 43, AG 201.6 (16 Mar 43) (1) .
60 Memo, Actg Civ Aide to SW for G-3, 1 Apr 43, AG 201.6 (19 Mar 43)(1).
61 Memo, Dir of Mil Pers Div SOS for G-3, 19 Mar 43, AG 201.6 (19 Mar 43)
62 Memo, OTIG for G-3, 25 Mar 43, AG 201.6 (19 Mar 43) (1)
63 Memo, Derr to SW (initialed G.H.D. and H.L.S.), 1 7 Apr 43, in AG 201.6
(19 Mar 43) (1) .
64 Min Advisory Com, 2 Apr 43, ASW 291.2 NTC.
65 Memo, Classification and Repl Br AGD for Dir Mil Pets ASF, 27 Apr 43, AG
201.6 (19 Mar
43). (1)
66 Memo and Incl, Classification and Repl Br AGD for Dir MPD ASF, 25 Jun 43, AG 201.6
(19
Mar 43) (1) .
67 Ltr, Office of the Post Inspector, Hq Ft. Jackson, to CG Ft. Jackson, 13 Jul 43, AG 201.6(19
Mar 43)
68 3d Ind to Ltr cited n. 67, Hq Ft. Jackson to CG Fourth Sv Comd, 19 Jul 43, AG
201.6(19 Mar 43) (1) .
69 4th Ind to Ltr cited n. 67, Hq Fourth Sv Comd to TAG, 23 Jul 43, AG 201.6
(19 Mar 43) (1) .
70 5th Ind to Ltr cited n. 67.
71 Par. 15, AR 615- 28, 28 May .12.
72 Arnay Service Forces Annual Report for the Fiscal Year 1945, p. 142.
73 Ibid., pp. 142-43.
74 Ltr, Hq TD RTC to CG R&SC, 23 Aug 43, AG 353 (5 1-43) and 31 Inds; Ltr, TAG to CG's Sv
Comds,1 1 Oct 13, AG 353 (23 Aug 43) OC-LT.
75 Memo, Neuropsychiatry Div (Lt Col William C. Menninger, Dir), on Organization of "Armed" and "Unarmed" Pioneers, 20 Mar 44, Incl to Ltr, Col
Menninger to Col Arthur G. Trudeau, Mil Tug Div ASF, SPTR 220.3.
76 Memo Mil Tng Div ASF for TSG (Dir Neuropsychiatry Div), 25 Mar 44, SPTR 220.3 (2i Mar 44); Memo, MPD ASF for
G-1, 31 Mar 44, SPGAC/ 221 Gen (2r, Mar 44)-122; Memo for Record attached,
19 Mar 44, SPTR 220.3 (21 Mar 44)
77 Memo, G-3 for CC's ASF, AGF, AAF, 9 Aug 43: Memo for Record on G-3 Div M/S, 22 Aug 43; Memo, G-3 for CC's AAF, AGF, ASF, 24 Aug 43. All in WDGCT 291.21 (12 Jul 43).
78 Lit, Dir Mil Tng TC for Mob Div ASF, 28 Oct 43, SPTR 220.3.
79 These words are taken from a list of 500 words occurring with high frequency in The Soldier's Handbook, The Soldier's Reader, Army Life,
general orders, and bulletin board notices, over half of which were not known to Grade V men, white and Negro, tested at a replacement training center. Less than 50 percent of the men tested understood the words listed here. See WD Pamphlet
20-6, Command of Negro Troops, 29 Feb 44.
80 For later attempts to stress instructional methods, see WD Pamphlet
20-6, Command of Negro
Troops, 29 February 1944, and ASF Manual M5 Leadership and the Negro Soldier, October 1944,
both of which are discussed below, Chapter XIII. These publications came too late in the war to
affect the vital training periods of the bulk of the units.
81 See Shirley A. Star, "The Orientation of Soldiers Toward the War," in Samuel A. Stouffer et
al., The Arnerican Soldier: Adjustment to Army Life (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1949); Capt Ulysses G. Lee, Army Orientation, Hist of Mil Tng ASF, (1945), MS OCMH.
82 Mil Tug Div OCofTC, Transportation Corps History-Training of Units, Feb 45, P. 50, MS OCMH.
83 TM 10-379, Handbook for the Quartermaster Railhead Company, A 300.7 (4 Nov 43) , pp. 15-19
84 Address, Col William H. Craig. l ourtl1 Sv Comd, Problems of a Service Command Training Division, Notes, ASF Fifth Training Conf, 24 Oct 44, ASFTC Camp Barkeley, Tex., p. 163. in parentheses arc Military Occupational Specialty (MOS) numbers. See also, Unit Training in the Corps of Engineers, 1 July
1939-30 .Tune 1944, PP. 1 7-18, MS OCMH.
85 Address, Col William H. Craig. l ourtl1 Sv Comd, Problems of a Service Command Training Division, Notes, ASF Fifth Training Conf, 24 Oct 44, ASFTC Camp
Barkeley, Tex., p. 163. in parentheses arc Military Occupational Specialty (MOS) numbers. See also, Unit Training in the Corps of Engineers, 1 July
1939-30 .Tune 1944, PP. 1 7-18, MS OCMH..
86 For comprehensive accounts of methods of training used by the armed services, see series Publications of the Commission on Implications of Armed Services Educational Programs, American Council on Education (Washington, 1947)
(12 monographs) .
87 Requirements for most courses were not excessively high, but in a random choice among units few Negroes with both the necessary scores and the required background could be found to meet requirements such as the following: Water Purification: proficiency in elementary arithmetic and use of formulas, aptitude for or experience in electrical and mechanical work and elementary chemistry; Mechanical Equipment: elementary arithmetic and use of formulas with aptitude for or experience in electrical and mechanical work; Drafting: proficiency in arithmetic with an
aptitude for drafting, some knowledge of algebra, plane geometry, and trigonometry desirable. Ltr, OCE to TAG, 3 Jul 41, AG
220.63 Engr Sch (7-3-41) (1) .
88 Ltr,Ist Hq and Hq Detachment Special Trps, Armd Force, Ft. Knox, Ky., to CG Armd Force, 15 Jan 43, AGF 352/127 (Engr Sch).
89 Ltr, Hq AAF to CSigO, 1 Mar 43, AAF 353 Cld Trig.
90 Materials on the numbers of retests given in specific units and their results are lacking, for obvious reasons. That retests were given, sometimes legitimately and sometimes with such frequency as to negate the purpose of the AGCT, cannot be doubted. See Ltr, Hq Btry gad Div Arty to CG gad Div, 15 Aug 42, Misc Corresp Hq
93d Inf Div Arty; Ltr, T/5 L. A. P--- to Btry CO, 7 Aug 42. Both in same file.
91 Memo, Hq Third Army for Col Newcomer, Jun 42, CofE 352 (Engr OCS) pt. 3.
92 Of these students, 569 were in the 5 units located at Negro schools;
220 were in 36 units located at mixed schools in the north and west. Memo, Chief Standards Sec ASTP for Chief Curricula and Standards Br ASTP, 29 Jan 45, SPTR
291.2 (29 Jan 45)
93 Memo, Actg Civ Aide to SW for G-3, 19 Mar 43, and Memo, G-3 for G-1, 26 Mar 43, WDGCT 291.21 (3-19-43) ; Memo, TAG ASF for
G-1, to May 43, AG 201.6 (5-10-43) DC-A; Memo, G-1 for G-3, 12 May 43, WDGAP 322.99; Info Action Sheet, C&R Br AGO to
G-1, 14 May 43, AG 201.6
(5-14-43) OC-A.
94 Ltr, TAG to CG's, ctc., 17 Jun 43, AG 353 (to Jun 43) B-D-,1.
95 Memo, Truman Gibson, Asst to Civ Aide to Sw, for Lt Col Walter B. Smith, OD COfS, 27
Jul 41, AG 353.9 (6-27-41) (1); Ltr, Hq AFEDC and First AF to CG AGF,
18 Jun 43, and 1st Ind, Hq AAF, 15 Jun 43, AAF 353 Cld Trps; Msg, Hq Fourth Corps Area to Comdr Inf
Sch, Ft. Benning, Ga., 9 Apr 42, Fourth Corps Area CA
220.632-Inf Sch 92-E-2; Msg, CG R&SC to CG AGF, 18 Jul 42, AGF 352/37 (NITS); Ltr, Hq AAC to CG
AGF, 23 Sep 42, AGF 352/42 (Ord Sch); Ltr, Asst Adj Scott Fld, 111. to CG 2d Dist,
AAFTTC, St. Louis, Mo., AAF 353 Cld Trps; Rad, Second Army to Hq AGF, 17 Aug 42,
Rad, Hq AGF to Second Army, 17 Aug 42, AGF 322.999/168.
96 Lit, Avn Cadet Examining Bd, Moore Fld, Tex., to Hq AAF, 6 Jul 43, and 1st Ind, 14 Jul 43, Hq AAF to Avn Cadet Examining Bd, Moore Fld, AAF 353 Cld Tng.
97 R&RS, AAF Dir of Communications to AAF Dir of Base Svs, 6 Feb 43, AAF 353 Cld Tug.
98 R&RS, AAF MPD to AAF Dir of Communications, 29 Mar 43, AAF 353 Cld Tug.
99 M/R, AGF G--1 Enl Div, 16 Dec 42, AGF 220.3/ 1152.
100 Ltr, Hq ACT to CG's Armies, Corps, Commands, DTC, Chief Armd Force, 12 Oct 42, AGF
322.999/4
101 Unit Training, Address by Col Lawrence B. Wyant, GSC Mil Tng Div AST, to Fourth ASF Tng
Conf, Ft. Monmouth, N.J., 15-17 Mar 44, Files Fourth Conf, pp. 4-5.
102 EAUTC Hist Rpt, Ex No. 43, Fldr 1 (18 Mar 43-1 May 11) , pp. 126-27, .AF Hist Div Archives.