CENTRAL SIGNAL CORPS: REPLACEMENT TRAINING CENTER - CAMP CROWDER - WWII
Book Details + Condition: Everett Schneider and Co. (St. Louis, MO). First Edition, 1943 (nd). Hardcover with partial comb binding. 125 pages (unpaginated). Profusely illustrated with photographs. The book details the history of Camp Crowder, Missouri, as a major World War II training hub for the U.S. Army Signal Corps. It covers how the camp, established in 1941, trained thousands of signal recruits in areas like radio, radar, and telephone operation, while also housing the Women's Army Corps and a German prisoner of war camp. The book highlights the rapid, large-scale expansion of Signal Corps training, the basic and technical education provided, and the overall management structure that was in place, along with the facilities and logistical challenges faced.
Firm binding; rubbed corners and edges; some wear to boards, with areas of rubbing and discoloration; foxing to first and last few pages; title page has partially separated from combing; interior is clean and free of markings. All books are carefully packed, and shipped in boxes.
