The Army Life

WAR DEPARTMENT PAMPHLET 21-13 • 10 AUGUST 1944

Does anybody out there remember this 182 page pamphlet issued to Army inductees during the Second World War?  As I studied this I realized it hasn't been so long ago that the Secretary of War believed having a religion made men (and women) better soldiers.

I'll be posting this on the web at http://www.talewins.com/Treasures/history/soldiers.htm  AS I SCAN IT IN.  However, my copy is old, brittle, and crinkled not to mention hard to handle.  So, expect to see some delays before it is finished.  On the other hand, you can read along with me as I unravel this fascinating piece of history.

Once it is finished, I will turn this into a .pdf file (book) so that you can print out copies for all the heroes you know.  Don't be surprised if this pamphlet brings wet tears to many eyes

WAR DEPARTMENT PAMPHLET 2S-13

ARMY LIFE

 

WAR DEPARTMENT • 10 AUGUST 1944

United Slates Government Printing Office Washington: 1944


 


 

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MEMBERS OF THE ARMY OF

THE UNITED STATES


 

As a newly inducted soldier, you will find it necessary to make a complete readjustment of your previous habits of life. You have become a part of a huge organization in which you will live in intimate daily association with other soldiers conforming to the exacting requirements of the military team. The necessary disciplinary control and the military surroundings will present an entirely new order of life for you, all essential to our great purpose in this war. To help you make the necessary readjustments, this booklet, army life, has been prepared. It is based on experience of mil-lions of men who have'entered the Army before you and it should provide the answers for most of the questions every new soldier asks himself or his associates. Study carefully its contents, for it should assist you greatly in making the necessary readjustments in establishing yourself as an efficient soldier. Good lack to you. May you find friends and experience that will be of great help to you'in the years to come.

G. C. MARSHALL, General, Chief of Staff.

WAR DEPARTMENT,

Washington 25, D. C, 10 august 1944.


 

War Department Pamphlet 21-13, army life, is published for the information and guidance of all concerned.' (A.G. 300.7 (13 Jun 44).1

By ORDER OF THE secretary OF war:

G. C. MARSHALL,

Chief of Staff.


 

OFFICIAL: J. A. ULIO,

Major General,

The Adjutant General.


 

DISTRIBUTION: SvC (10). Induction Stas (10).

For explanation of symbols, see FM 21-6. .

 

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