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Air Lines War Training Institute Survival

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09620.349 Author/Creator: Air Lines War Training Institute Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Book signed Date: 1943 Pagination: 1 v. : 116 p. : Height: 19 cm, Width: 14.4 cm Order a Copy

A manual for aircraft crews that are forced down during the war. Prepared and Published by Air Lines War Training Institute in Washington D.C. Describes what soldiers should do to survive in the artic, jungle, desert, and ocean.

Inscribed "to Brigadier General W.E. Hall from G.T. McHugh H. Col. AC."

A note from Sheila Stone's daughter states "In Nov. 2016 Ali discovered this book in a crawl space in an attic of a new home she was renovating. We thought it interesting so have included it. It may be moldy after 74 years so BEWARE! Dedicated on inside front cover."

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