How to Shoot the U.S. Army Rifle, 1942. The Jap Soldier, 1942
Scope and Contents
a) Manuals: “Military manuals created for the training division of the Army after my induction in 1942. Several earned citations, Bronze Star and Legion of Merit. Included are devices I invented as aids to rifle marksmanship and map reading.”
• The Jap army. Army orientation course. Series 1, No. 1. Washington: The Infantry Journal, 1942. 59 p., ill. 11 x 18 cm.
• The Jap soldier. Washington: The Infantry Journal, 1943. 124 p. ill. 14 x 17 cm. “This book was prepared by Captain Arthur Goodfriend … and is an adaptation of the training film strip, ‘The Japanese Soldier,’ produced by the director of military training, Army Service Forces.”
• You must be fit. Washington: The Infantry Journal, 1943. 101 p. ill. 15 x 23 cm. The Official Physical Training Manual of the Woman’s Army Corps. The format and presentation of the material was under the direction of Arthur Goodfriend.
• How to shoot the U.S. Army rifle. Washington: The Infantry Journal, 1942. 122 p. ill. 14 x 18 cm.
• Scouting and patrolling. Washington: The Infantry Journal, 1943. 125 p. ill. 13 x 19 cm.
“This book was prepared by Captain Arthur Goodfriend … It was prepared with the assistance of Time, Inc. and based on doctrine established at the Infantry School, Fort Benning, Georgia with whose cooperation both text and pictorial matter were determined.”
b) Folder:
• Reprints from The Infantry Journal. None dated.
- "Recognition by repetition: A new deal in plane spotting." By Captain Arthur Goodfriend. 2 p.
- "GP the army’s newest training aid." By Captain Arthur Goodfriend. 1 p.
- "Snores, bores and training aids." By Captain Arthur Goodfriend with illustrations by the author. 3 p.
- "Rifle marksmanship." No author indicated. 4 p.
• Sighting Device. 9 x 18 cm.
• Training Compass. 11 x 13 cm.
• Photocopies of newspaper articles. No author, nd.
- "Army distributes new training device." 16 cm.
- "Dummy training compass, latest aid to teaching of compass map reading." 50 cm.
Dates
- Creation: 1942
Conditions Governing Access
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Repository Details
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