US Army Training Center - Yearbook (Fort Bragg, NC)

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4-v ' .ff Office of I. 8: E. Branch. I FIIHMI-ITIII and EII IIATIII Not only the best trained and best equipped but also the best informed soldier in the world is the aim of the Information 81 Education Branch, which came into exist- ence as the Morale Services Branch early in February 1944. The most important function of this branch, headed by Major Francis M. Dwight, is to carry out the different phases of the Army Orientation and Education program. Weekly meetings for the Army Service Forces Orientation Officers are conducted where plans for improving the program are discussed. The material on which the dis- cussions are based is made available to units of all forces on the Post. Orientation Kits and publications, such as, Hjournal of Recognitioni' and What the Soldier Thinksf, are also made available to all units. The official Post newspaper, the '4Fort Bragg Postfi is published weekly by the Information and Education Branch. This particular activity is under the direction of Lieutenant Gerald J. Ford, former Public Relations Officer of Fort Bragg. The uFort Bragg Post,', in addition to containing news of the important and interesting events which take War rooms. MAJOR DWIGHT LT. FORD place on the Post or among the units stationed here, also contains a four page orientation supplement known as 4'The War Review, which deals with various aspects of the War. Every day except Sunday a mimeographed sheet con- taining in brief the latest war news, known as the MDaily News Digestf' is circulated. This is supplemented by a weekly mimeographed summary of the news. In the office of this Branch there is an elaborate War Room and in each of the six Service Clubs there is a miniature HWar Room containing war maps and exhibits whereby the daily changes in battle positions are accurately recorded for everyone to see and thereby keep informed. The broadcasting from its own studios of two daily programs, a special program on Wednesday nights, and the weekly summary of the news on Saturday nights, is among the activities of this Branch. The Information and Education Branch is the central agency for the dissemination of material and information regarding off-duty education. They see to it that the soldier becomes acquainted with the advantages of self and group instruction and the benefits of the educational program of the United States Armed Forces Institute, more popularly known as the USAFI. Foreign language classes are also conducted, as well as open forum discussions, in which the views of the soldiers of the Post are presented. I mast JW' A G 1 H 2 W A ll ... -we rf :asf W' A if dt, if 4 kibxtglw -by ,,..,m, 73.2-tx' 7 ' J ff - .,.,, ,,. M5 , .. W ,r

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Exchange officers, left to right, seated: Major Robertson, Chief Special Services Branch: Capt. Cooper: Major Cobb, Chief Army Exchange Section. Standing: Lt. Manley, Lt. Siemenslu. Office employees at worlr SPECIAL SEHVIEES The MPX , as the Exchange is known, is the soldiers general store. Like such establishments back home, it serves as an informal club, a place where the soldier can relax a bit and discuss what he pleases with his friends while consuming a bottle of beer or a dish of ice cream. ln the EXE a soldier may obtain all items of ordinary use not supplied by the Army, be it a tube of tooth paste or a box of stationery. EE.-as Buying magazines at news stand , 4l4, Profits derived from Exchange Service Operations are divided into two equal parts. Fifty percent goes to the Army Exchange Fund in Washington and fifty percent goes to the Fort Bragg Central Post Fund. Through the latter are financed most of the recreational, athletic and publication activities of the Post. . of hange tnwll -to . oif- Q' May!! P l ' 4 43 1 l 44

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Capt. Goble, Capt. Daub, Lt. Col. Larsen, Capt. Rankin, Lt. Holmes. The Intelligence Branch is part of the Security and Intelligence Division, which is directed by l,t. Colonel Hans C. Larsen, Provost Marshal, Fort Bragg. At various periods of time, according to the organization under which the Post was operating, the Intelligence Branch had the status of a Staff Division. Major A. J. Martin, Cav., headed the Intelligence Branch until early in 194-4 when he was suc- ceeded by Captain Harold J. Daub, who is assisted by Captain Arthur J. Goble. The possession of information is essential to prepared- ness. A knowledge of the enemy,s plan will go a long way in determining our own plans for offensive action. Impor- tant functions of the Intelligence Branch involve the collect- ing. evaluating and disseminating of information classed as intelligence or counter-intelligence in nature. This branch formulates plans and assists in carrying out measures to insure continued and uninterrupted progress of military activities and operations in spite of enemy inspired sub- versive elforts. Advice, instruction, and assistance are given to all units. organizations, and qualified individuals on or off the post on matters having a relationship to the mission of this agency. On the other hand, secrecy of plans and activity is important to the surprise and success of any operation. Since Fort Bragg, because of the nature, scope, and impor- Capt. Daub, Capt. Goble, Sgt. Cann. ,sf Office of Intelligence Branch. I TELLIEE EE tance of its activities, has always been considered a vital area in the War Effort, a comprehensive Security Educa- tional program is carried on for the 'Safeguarding of Military Informationf' The objective of the program,directed by Captain Edgar B. Rankin, is to secure voluntary assist- ance and cooperation in the self censorship of personal conversations or communications. The need and reasons for safeguarding military information are impressed on every individual, and his or her responsibility in this matter is emphasized. Through slides and hlm trailers pro- jected on screens at regular showings in the theaters of the Post, and in those of adjacent communities, military and civilians are kept constantly aware of these objectives. Slogans, advertising, and editorials are inserted in the 'Tort Bragg Post, unit publications, and local newspapers. Other media used with success include radio broadcasts, leaflet distribution, and poster displays. Material prepared and used at Fort Bragg is also furnished to other installations of the Fourth Service Command in similar programs. Slogans such as MZip The Lipn have become nationally accepted. A typical poster of Zip the Lip campaign. .' aogcf' AN'mFx-'out-lAVE. Yvnv l umm Summits THE Dorn' DISCUSS N7LlT'P.l5'Y is Q... 2 9 is-ev' J! THE LIP 'RQ