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Author:

Oyos, Lynwood.

Title:

Reveille for Sioux Falls : a World War II Army Air Forces technical school changes a South Dakota city / Lynwood E. Oyos.

Publisher:

Center for Western StudiesAugustana College,

Copyright Date:

2014

Description:

xi, 218 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.

Subject:

United States--Army Air Forces--Military life.
United States--Training School for Radio Operators and Airplane Mechanics (Sioux Falls, S.D.)--Training School for Radio Operators and Airplane Mechanics (Sioux Falls, S.D.)
World War, 1939-1945--Sioux Falls.--Sioux Falls.
Flight radio operators--United States--History--20th century.
Sioux Falls Army Air Base (S.D.)--History.
Sioux Falls (S.D)--History, Military--20th century.
Sioux Falls (S.D)--Social conditions--20th century.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-209) and index.

Contents:

Reveille for Sioux Falls -- Prosperity and problems -- Command -- Ohm's law and dit-dahs -- Field training and field work -- Remembering the weather -- Race relations -- Women and the war effort -- Misdemeanors and murder -- Base life away from the classroom -- Use it up, wear it out, make it do, or do without -- Victory and draw down.

Series:

Prairie plains series ; 14

ISBN:

0931170974 (pbk.)
9780931170973 (pbk.)

LCCN:

2013958145

Locations:

HPPD845 -- Orange City Public Library (Orange City)

OZAX845 -- Northwestern College - DeWitt Library (Orange City)