Army Air Corps: When the Army Air Force recruited the college students in 1942 as Aviation Cadets from the colleges and universities across the land, then they told the students that they were needed as officers in the rapidly expanding Army Air Force and would become pilots, navigators, or bombardiers. Furthermore, those that did not choose to fly and had two years of college would become an Aviation Cadet Ground Crew and commissioned in armaments, communication, meteorology, photography, or engineering. But, when the AAF discovered at the end of 1943 that their over zealous recruiting and over estimation of loss rate had created a large surplus of pilots, they ignored all of the promises made to the college students and began transferring them to technical schools. This did not create a pleasant situation for the schools or the ex-cadets.
Art I have an Uncle that was in the Army Air Corp, in 1943. He ended up stationed in the Alluetin Islands. He didnt fare well when he did his pilot training and they made him a cryprographer. I have some really neat photos from his time there. He was there for quite some time. And he says it was cold...imagine that
~They shall not grow old As we that are left grow old
Age shall not weary them Nor the years condemAt the going down of the sun And in the morning
We will remember them ~
Uncle George & a buddy
~They shall not grow old As we that are left grow old
Age shall not weary them Nor the years condemAt the going down of the sun And in the morning
We will remember them ~
More buddies
~They shall not grow old As we that are left grow old
Age shall not weary them Nor the years condemAt the going down of the sun And in the morning
We will remember them ~
More buddies
~They shall not grow old As we that are left grow old
Age shall not weary them Nor the years condemAt the going down of the sun And in the morning
We will remember them ~
Cemetery
~They shall not grow old As we that are left grow old
Age shall not weary them Nor the years condemAt the going down of the sun And in the morning
We will remember them ~
Cemetery
~They shall not grow old As we that are left grow old
Age shall not weary them Nor the years condemAt the going down of the sun And in the morning
We will remember them ~
Titled Tree only one on Attu
~They shall not grow old As we that are left grow old
Age shall not weary them Nor the years condemAt the going down of the sun And in the morning
We will remember them ~
And from the looks of it, it looks like it didn't survive the winter. - 
- Marilyn
I have to find my notes for these I dont have the pictures handy to see what he wrote on the back. It does look cold though
~They shall not grow old As we that are left grow old
Age shall not weary them Nor the years condemAt the going down of the sun And in the morning
We will remember them ~
Cindy,
Where was your uncle in cadet flying
Do you know where he did boot training, a lot of us were at Miami Beach, Florida for boot training and then went to college
papa
I am not sure Papa Art. I will be calling him today to wish him Happy Fathers Day, but he has a bit of alzheimers and may not remember but I will ask sometimes he has a good day and recalls a lot but on others he doesnt know who I am. Which breaks my heart. He is a dear kind soul, and I love him dearly
I have more photos but I have to look for them. Thanks for the interest
xxooCindy
~They shall not grow old As we that are left grow old
Age shall not weary them Nor the years condemAt the going down of the sun And in the morning
We will remember them ~
I talked to uncle George today and he did have some clarity it was wonderful. He said he did boot camp in Sant Anna California and then at some Air Base near Chicago. I couldnt hear what he said and didnt want to have to have him repeat himself. It was great to hear him remembering.
~They shall not grow old As we that are left grow old
Age shall not weary them Nor the years condemAt the going down of the sun And in the morning
We will remember them ~
