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United States War Dept. What The Soldier Thinks

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC10047.03.311 Author/Creator: United States War Dept. Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Pamphlet Date: January 1944 Pagination: 18 p. ; Order a Copy

One pamphlet entitled What The Soldier Thinks dated January 1944. Includes articles:
Soldiers Who Have Seen Battle Realize the Toughness of the Job Ahead
Confidence in Combat Officers
Who goes AWOL- and Why?
Esprit De Corps In Air Force Ground Crews
Front-Line Infantrymen Know the Importance of the Rifleman
Specific Problems of Orientation
Soldiers are Sports-minded
Our Men Like the British
Soldiers Want to Know the Score.

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