VERY RARE SNAFU WW2 BOOK Army Air Forces Pilot School 1942-44, George Field, IL

  

VERY RARE SNAFU WW2 BOOK: Army Air Forces Pilot School 1942-44, George Field, IL. SNAFU : Army Air Forces Pilot School--Advanced two-engine--George Field, Illinois. "Final Edition" featuring SNAFU the cartoon character. #### VERY VERY EXTREMELY RARE BOOK. There are only 4 existing copies listed in Worldcat, the online library catalog of books.

And you won't find this anywhere else online. So it's quite likely that this is the 5th and only other copy in existance available anywhere in private hands. THIS IS A MUST-HAVE FOR ANY MILITARY MEMORABILIA FAN. PUBLICATION INFORMATION: Published in 1944 by AAF (Army Air Forces). 128 pages, mostly portraits, photos and illustrations with descriptions.

Spiral bound, with cardstock cover. Contents: 1 Administration & Services, 2 Training & Operations, 3 Supply & Maintenance 4 Buildings 5 George Field in Review.

Engraving by Terre Haute Engraving Company. Printing by Viquensey Printing Company. DIMENSIONS: H: 9" x W: 12". GEORGE FIELD HISTORICAL BACKGROUND: George Field Army Air Training School was named after Brigadier General Harold H.

Located 4 1/2 miles northeast of Lawrenceville, Ill. It was the first training field located north of the Mason-Dixon-Ohio River line. This final issue of the Camp's newspaper includes a brief history of George Field and many photos of air field personnel and events. George Field is now the home of the Mid-America Air Center.

FASCINATING FACTS ABOUT THE SNAFU CARTOON CHARACTER. Private Snafu is the title character of a series of black-and-white American instructional adult animated shorts, ironic and humorous in tone, that were produced between 1943 and 1945 during World War 2. The films were designed to instruct service personnel about security, proper sanitation habits, booby traps and other military subjects, and to improve troop morale. Primarily, they demonstrate the negative consequences of doing things wrong.

The main character's name is a play on the military slang acronym SNAFU, "Situation Normal: All FD Up". The cleaned-up version of that phrase, usually used on radio and in print, was "Situation Normal: All Fouled Up". The goal was to help enlisted men with weak literacy skills learn through animated cartoons (and also supplementary comic books). They featured simple language, racy illustrations, mild profanity, and subtle moralizing.

Private Snafu did (almost) everything wrong, so that his negative example taught basic lessons about secrecy, disease prevention, and proper military protocols. Cartoons were a military secret-for the armed forces only.

Surveys to ascertain the soldiers' film favorites showed that the. Cartoons usually rated highest or second highest.

The short animated films were classified government documents. SEE PHOTOS Spiral bound book. Front and back covers are cardstock. Front cover has some soiling, but the colors are still pretty bold, and the illustrations vivid.

In pencil on the top in cursive letters the name "Robert Cooper" is written. This was the original owner of the book. The top and bottom right corners are very slightly folded.

The text reads: FINAL ADDITION. ARMY AIR FORCES SCHOOL -- ADVANCED TWO-ENGINE -- GEORGE FIELD, ILLINOIS. The back cover is also the last page (128). There are some smudges and some soiling, small creases and a few tears. But the glossiness is still there.

The page features a full-page photo with the caption: The American Flag is carefully folded after being lowered at Retreat -- ending the life of George Field as an Advanced Pilot School. The plastic spiral binding has seen better days, with some of the tabs on the front cover torn, and significant wear and tear.

But it's still tight. The pages are all nice and bright with bold text.