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Brown Shoe Black Shoe: Memories of Two Air Forces, Two Wars and One Military Occupation

Troy Thompson Jr.

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Description:The narrator grew up in pre-WWII days loving aircraft; in his case, model aircraft and stories of flying. While he's in college World War II begins. Not relishing the idea of becoming an Infantryman, he signs up for the Army's Aviation Cadet program as a desirable alternative to being drafted. Approximately a year later (April 1943) the Army calls him to active duty for training as an air crewman. When he leaves Birmingham-Southern College it's into a different life style, that of an Army trainee. You follow him as he tells of his more memorable moments in training. First is the inevitable Basic Training at Keesler Army Air Base in Biloxi, Mississippi. At Keesler there are the basic military things to learn and do-drilling, Kitchen Police-KP, physical examinations by the medics and the all-important physical training-PT.From Keesler he goes to the College Training Detachment at the University of Tennessee. The CTDs, located at many colleges and universities, are mostly a holding operation for the prospective aircrew trainees where they wait their turn for going into actual flying training. The only meaningful activity is the continuation and increased emphasis on physical conditioning in the PT classes. Next there is a month in the Classification Center in Nashville Tennessee where he is identified as being either a prospective Pilot trainee or Navigator trainee.At the Army's Maxwell Army Air Base in Montgomery, Alabama, the narrator spends two months in Pre-Flight training. This is his introduction to life as an Aviation Cadet. He tells of the frequent inspections, the formal military parade ceremonies and life in the war-time Cadet program. As this phase ends, he and his fellow Cadetsleave to go into actual flight training. Flight training for the narrator begins at Carlstrom AB in Arcadia, Florida. He tells us about the training aircraft--the Stearman biplane-- and what a trainee does in learning to fly it. After his solo flight, he is reWe have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Brown Shoe Black Shoe: Memories of Two Air Forces, Two Wars and One Military Occupation. To get started finding Brown Shoe Black Shoe: Memories of Two Air Forces, Two Wars and One Military Occupation, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Release: 2004

ISBN: 1413427138

Description: The narrator grew up in pre-WWII days loving aircraft; in his case, model aircraft and stories of flying. While he's in college World War II begins. Not relishing the idea of becoming an Infantryman, he signs up for the Army's Aviation Cadet program as a desirable alternative to being drafted. Approximately a year later (April 1943) the Army calls him to active duty for training as an air crewman. When he leaves Birmingham-Southern College it's into a different life style, that of an Army trainee. You follow him as he tells of his more memorable moments in training. First is the inevitable Basic Training at Keesler Army Air Base in Biloxi, Mississippi. At Keesler there are the basic military things to learn and do-drilling, Kitchen Police-KP, physical examinations by the medics and the all-important physical training-PT.From Keesler he goes to the College Training Detachment at the University of Tennessee. The CTDs, located at many colleges and universities, are mostly a holding operation for the prospective aircrew trainees where they wait their turn for going into actual flying training. The only meaningful activity is the continuation and increased emphasis on physical conditioning in the PT classes. Next there is a month in the Classification Center in Nashville Tennessee where he is identified as being either a prospective Pilot trainee or Navigator trainee.At the Army's Maxwell Army Air Base in Montgomery, Alabama, the narrator spends two months in Pre-Flight training. This is his introduction to life as an Aviation Cadet. He tells of the frequent inspections, the formal military parade ceremonies and life in the war-time Cadet program. As this phase ends, he and his fellow Cadetsleave to go into actual flight training. Flight training for the narrator begins at Carlstrom AB in Arcadia, Florida. He tells us about the training aircraft--the Stearman biplane-- and what a trainee does in learning to fly it. After his solo flight, he is reWe have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Brown Shoe Black Shoe: Memories of Two Air Forces, Two Wars and One Military Occupation. To get started finding Brown Shoe Black Shoe: Memories of Two Air Forces, Two Wars and One Military Occupation, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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