IX Engineer Command 831st Aviation Battalion WWII History & ERTC Guide 1945

by Morale Office E.R.T.C., IX Engineer Command

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CONDITION: Set of 2, WWII Aviation & Engineering and Mobile Warefare Memorabilia. Soldier Grouping. Good Condition +. 1942 & 1945. Scattered with hand written notes documenting his service and delployments in each. Paperbacks, staple bound wrappers, bit of rust around the stamples on one. 1) Introduction to ERTC. Morale Office E.R.T.C.; Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, February 1942. Cream wrappers; vertical crease, edge browning & foxing; stamped soldier last name to cover (Drum, incl. serial number). 2) Aviation Engineers in Mobile Warfare. IX Engineer Command; European Theater of Operations (c.September 1945). Blue & white typographic wrappers, color bright; window cutout to front cover; clipped rectangular section to lower margin of personal service leaf (likely a removed home address or a wartime censor excision). Extensive soldier annotations, itineraries & unit markings to the 831st Engr. Avn. Bn. Two-color illustrations by Cpl. George C. Skurko, 9th Air Force photographs & a two-page theater route map. Small format (16mo). Ships from the USA, quickly & w/care. SYNOPSIS: Originating from the European Theater of Operations and domestic mobilization bases, these two original wartime publications chronicle the operational trajectory of U.S. Army combat engineers during World War II. Published by the Morale Office in February 1942, Introduction to ERTC details the training regimens, camp layouts, and orientation procedures at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, complemented by period

• Publisher: U.S. Army / IX Engineer Command
• Year: 1945
• Condition: Good

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