JF Ptak Science Books Quick Post
This bit popped up this afternoon in a browse through some military material: Facts Regarding Enlistment in the United States Army seems to have been printed in the mid-1930’s, the illustrations have a sort of WPA feel to them, or at least they do not have a standard green sensibility. In any event. I’ve reproduced the pamphlet here, with all of its interesting facts and factoids, not the lest of which are the pay grades for non-com and enlisted men. One thing that stopped me was the dental requirement–the army needed recruits to have at least 12 teeth, which doesn’t really sound like very many. (I think I remember–perhaps in Donald L. Miller’s history of WWII?–that in the bad part of the war the Marine Corps, in 19043/4, lowered that 12-tooth requirement to 8. It was a very tough time for the Corps.) By the way the whole document is printed on one piece of paper, 5″x18″, printed in both sides.
Click on each for a clear much expanded view of the pages:
