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In con connecUon connection connection necUon nection with the grim business of ofwaging ofwaging ofwaging waging ' 'war war ' sounds incongruousYet Incongruous IncongruousYet incongruousYet Yet the 'the ' army army's armys ' s ordnance depart depart- - department department departmeni - ment meni , , , ita Its ground forces its it * air airtorces airforces lrforces torces forces and its service force forces * have haveplIed havepiled havepiled plIed piled up an amazing amazmg safety record recordIn recordin recordIn In time of war.For warFor war warFor For .For . example look at the score scoreIn scoreIn scorein In the patlon nation s three score govern government government governrnent ment owned contractor operated operatedexplosive operatedexplosive operatedexplosive explosive pr producing ducmg arsenals under tinder undersupervision tindersupervision Undersupervision supervision of the U Si S Sarmy army ord ordnance ordnance ordnance nance department . . , In January 1941 less than 11 11million 11million 11million million pounds of powder and ex exploslves explosives explosives ploslves plosives were produced In the U S SThree SThree SThree Three years later In January 1944we 1944 1944we 1944we we produced more than a quarter of ofa ofa ofa a billion pounds of explosives and anddurmg andduring andduring durmg during those three years our total totalproduction totalproduction totalproduction production was nearly 6 billion billionpounds billionpounds billionpounds billionpoundsIncredible pounds poundsIncredible Incredible as it may appear in inhandlmg Inhandling inhandling handlmg handling the most powerful explosives ex explosIves explosives plosIves known to man some so sosensItive sosensitive sosensitive sensItive they must be transported transportedunder transportedunder transportedunder under water others so potent that thata thata a small amount penetrates peJ1etrates flve dye flvemches dyeinches fiveinches mches inches of concrete ft ) t is neverthe neverthe- nevertheless nevertheless nevertheless - - less a fact that there were only only255 255 injuries 1lJuries during durmg 1943 throughoutall throuihoutall throuihout throughout all these installations lOstaUabons In AmericaNor AmericaNor America AmericaNor Nor is this thus safety program con confined confined confined fined to ci\ilian ci ilian cI\lhan lhan ciuhan \ workers Our men menm menin menin m in uniform umform have benefited greatly greatlyfrom greatlyfrom greatlyfrom from modern safety methods No Noone Noone Noone one would describe the job lob of a asoldier asoldier asoldier soldier on active wartime duty as a'safe a 'safe safe ' safe job Yet granting grantmg that the thesoldier thesoldier thesoldier aI I soldier risks bis his life constantly in inthel inthef Inthe thel thef thefperformance ' performance of his lus duty the thearmy thearmy thearmy army makes sure that he does not notrisk notrisk notrisk risk It needlesslyGun needlesslyGun needlessly needlesslyGun Gun tubes for example which whichmust whichmust whichmust must resist high pressures yet must . . 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J " . 114 t : wr " . . . , , ; ; A twisted or broken ankle can dls ills dlsable illsable disable able a soldier as effectively as an anenemy anenemy nenemy I anI enemy bullet American fightingmen fighting fightingmen fightingmen men leam learn how to jump fr from ro a a . mov movIng movbig nrvIng Ing big Tchlcle vehicle and land without Injury InjuryI InjuryThis injuryThis InjuryThis This Is only one of the many tricks trickstaught trickstaught trickstaught I taught in army rmy training tralDIDg campsalso camps also be light for easy aiming and andtransportation andtransportation andtransportation transportation are tested with ex excess excess excess cess pressure rounds before acceptance acceptante accept acceptnce ance ante nce to insure msure their safety in m the thehands thehands thebands hands of the troopsNow troops troopsNow Now our projectiles are 'bore bore 'boresafe 'boresafe ' ' boresafe safe They cannot explode wlthm within wlthmthe withinthe withinthe the gun Reflecting Refiectmg this th1s confidence confidencem confidenceI m in the safety of their weapons \ weapons eapons our ourI ourmen ourmen ourmen I I men are now regarded as the finest finestmarksmen finestmarksmen finestmarksmen marksmen in m the worldEscape world worldEscape Escape Batches Hatches in Tanks TanksThe TanksThe The combat crew inside mSlde a battle battletank battletank battletank tank cannot have and do not expect expectto expectto to have absolute safety But the thearmy thearmy thearmy army sees to it that within wlthm the hm lira hmIts liraits limits Its of normal battle hazards bazards they theyare theyare theyare are protected from unnecessary unnecessaryrisks unnecessaryrisks unnecessaryrisks unnecessaryrisksTanks risks risksTanks Tanks are provided with hatches hatcheson on both the top and bottom sur surfaces surfaces surfaces faces for easy escape regardless regardlessof of the position of the tank New Newautomatic Newautomatic Newautomatic automatic controls reduce driver s sfatigue sfatigue sfatigue fatigue Seats are cushioned cushlOned agalDst against agalDstshock againstshock againstshock shock and are provided with safety safetybelts safetybelts safetybelts belts Paddme Paddmg Padding is placed at many manypomts manypoints manypoints pomts points to avoid dangerous impact impactshock Impactshock impactshock shock Forced ventilation cools the thetank thetank tank interior Intenor in summer heat and anddrives anddrives anddrives drives off toxic tOXlC gun gases durmg during durmgcombat duringcombat duringcombat duringcombatAccident combat combatAccIdent Accident prevention however in inno inno inno no way impairs the effectiveness of ofour ofour ofour our fighting fightmg men the war depart department department department ment said A hard hitting hlttmg tough toughbodied toughbodied toughbodied bodied army continues to be our ourobjective ourobjective ourobjective objective There are fewer sprained sprainedankles sprainedankles sprainedankles ankles wrenched knees or sprained sprainedbacks sprainedbacks sprainedbacks backs in our field armies of today todaybecause todaybecause todaybecause because safety training trammg programs programshave programshave have taught men how to jump correctly correctiy cor correctly rectly rectiy from relatively great heights heightsWith heightswith with rifles rlfies and packs Men lifting Mhng MhngwrlOUS liftingcarious various wrlOUS carious heavy objects oejects in the field fielddo fielddo fielddo do aoawithout so so1 . without injury mJury because they wre were taught how during training trainingC011rses trainingcourses trainingcourses trainingcoursesOur C011rses courses C011rsesOur coursesOur Our realistic training methods metho < are areaciually areactually areactually aciually actually , safety , , . methods Experi Experience Experience Expertence ence h has . shown that the average averagerecruIt averagerecruit averagerecruit recruIt is as frightened by battle battlenoise battlenoise battlenolle noise and battle confusion contusion aa as he i is isby Iby * . by bullets Such i a ' soldier becomeexcited become becomes becomesexcited * . excIted perhaps fires his hi * rifle rifte un unintentionally unintentionally unIntentionally intentionally perhaps kills kUls or orwounds orwounds orwounds wounds his own c6mrade comrades * . insteadof Instead Insteadof insteadof of the enemy Such a soldier .oldier oldier . is I * un tin unsure tinsure uncure sure ot of himself nerve taunt taunt . , , , jump Jumpy , . 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On army Inflltratic InfIltraUon Infiltration curies courses * bat- bat bet- bet battlegreen bettiegreen bat-tie-greex bat tie greex - - - tle-green tle green tie-green tie - - fidliri soldiers are &aught aught taught & t otht _ how bow howto bowto h wt to crawl acres across acr ss . ringh rough terrain terrainthr , , thro through agh h barbed wlr wire wiry ; , while macblne machine macblnegun machinegun machinegun gun ballet bullet bullets * . waix whla whiz above their heads headand * , and TNT charge charges * . expltd explode * nearby nearbyUke nearbylike aexrbylike Uke like enemy land xnljes rolnes mines Graauate Graduates Graduatesof * of f these safety - tn-battle tn battle iD-battle iD in-battle in - coarse courses * are arenot arenot arenot not likely to t * suffer needles needless * wni wounds woundsor * or r Meedless needless death eath They brw know that thatIn thatin thatIn In crawling It fa is I * Tital vital to t keep thehead the thehead ( hehead head and body dwn down * , that a .mart mart smart smartsoldier . imartsoldier .martsoldier soldier crawls ander under barbed wire , , not ot ever over It , that a loldler soldier whose whoseweapon whoseweapon wh eweapn weapon * is not ( clean and ready to tofunction tofunction tfunction * function when needed li Is a soldier soldiermost soldiermost ridlernrst most likely to t * become becoroe a casualtyMention casualty casualtyMention Mention ' the 'the word doughboy ' ' to tomost tomost tomost most persons and they think of a aI aman aman aman man with a rifle rl1le and a bayonet bayonetThat bayonetThat I , That may have been true in pre preVIOUS previous preVious VIOUS . . wars but It is not true in this thisone thione * . one Safety training trammg and practice inthe in inthe inthe the army ground forces goes a long longway longway longway way beyond this basic rifle 1'lfie 1lfie ' and bay bayonet bayonet bayonet onet conception of the American Amercan ! foot footsoldier footsoldier tootsoldier soldier Weapon training trainlDg adds to thesoldier the thesoldier thesoldier soldier s a chance of survi/al survi al survllal survival / by mak making making makIng ing him hum versatile with a great many manymore manymore manymore more weapons than his rifleAmong rifle ' Among these are hand and nfle rifle nflegrenades riflegrenades riflegrenadei grenades combat knife automatic automaticpistol automaticpistol automaticpistol pistol machine maclune pistol carbine carbineautomatic carbineautomatic carbineautomatic automatic rifle three types of Ina ma InachlOe machine machine chlOe chine guns two types of mortars mortars1Iame mortarsflame mortarsflame 1Iame flame thrower bazooka mines andbooby andbooby and 'booby booby ' booby traps bangalore torpedo and andother andother andother other demolition demolttlOn equipment Most Mostprobably Mostprobably Mostprobably probably the individual infantryman infantrymanwill Infantrymanwill will never be called caUed upon to use all allthese allthese allthese these weapons in combat , , , but he hemay hemay hemay may at any time be called uponsuddenly uponsuddenly upon suddenly in m an emergency to use useanyone useany useany anyone any one of them The knowledge and andfacility andfacility andfacility facility gained gamed during durmg training tralDmg in increases increases increases creases powerfully the safety fac factor factor tactor tor protecting protectmg the uniformed umformed man 1I1 in 1I1ba inbattle inbattle ba battle ttle battleIn ttleIn In addition the army ground groundforces groundforces groundforces forces protects prote"ts protets " its men in the field fieldby fieldby fieldby by careful instruction in battle and andfield andfield andfield field sanitation samtatlon In personal hygiene hygienein hygienein in the safe use of drinking drmkmg wa water water water ter and in defense against dIseases dIseasescaused diseasescaused diseasescaused caused by insects msects and parasites parasitesEven parasitesEven parasitesEven Even so small a thing thmg as the com corn common cornmon cornmon mon toot foot bhster blister is not ignored 1I1 in 1I1army inarmy inarmy army safety practh.eFewt.r practiceFewqr practlie practh.e practhe practice practlieFewer . 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Air Corps Accidents AccidentsEqually AccidentsEqually Equally insistent on the highest highestpossible highestpossible highestpossible possible safety standards m 10 in the thedangerous thedangerous thedangerous dangerous business busmess of waging wagmg war is isthe isthe isthe the army air forces training tramlng com corn command cornmand cornmand mand During Durmg the first sue SIX months of of1943 1943 a total of 13 4 million militaryflymg militaryflying military ofI I | flying flymg hours were logged in continental continental con Itinental tinental U S During DurlOg the samepenod sameperiod same | sameI I period penod in 10 1944 the total was 20 201 201million 201million I Imillion million Despite this impressive m in mI mcrease increase mcrease I crease of more than 0500000 6 500 000 bours hours boursfatal hoursfatal hoursfatal fatal accidents and death totals totalswere totalswere totalswere were actually reducedFurthermore reducedFurthermore reduced totalsI I Furthermore the improvement is iscontlDuing iscontinuing Iscontinuing contlDuing continuing In July 1944 the acci acts accident actsdent accident dent rate for training type planes planeswas planeswas planeswas was the ( he lowest yet recorded Dur During During DurIn ing ; July JuJy In hr the continental U S Strainees Strainees Strainees trainees in undereriduate undergnduate undergraduate pilots pilotsschools pilotsschools pilotsschools schools logged an amazing amazlDg total pilotsI of offlYlDg offlying fflying I flYlDg flying time lime in m PTl3s PT 13 s 17s 17 s IS 18 sand s and27 27 s witli with only one fatal accident ' ' I Graduate pilots operating operatlOg combat combattype combattype combattype type airplanes ' ) 'n n ) a n transition schools schoolsand schoolsand schoolsand and in m the replacement tralDmg training tralDmgunits trainingunits trainingunits units established safety records too tooPilots tooPilots tooPilots Pilots in m B 17 Flying Flymg Fortresses Fortressesachieved Fortressesachieved Fortressesachieved achieved an all time low in 10 crack crackups crackups crackups ups Also in 10 July 1944 there were wereI wereonly wereonly wereonly I only two fatal accidents in the hIgh hIghspeed highspeed highspeed speed B B25 25 Billy MltchellsThis MitchellsThis Mitchells Mltchells MitchellsThis This is not the safety record of o1 a acommercial acommercial acommercial commercial airline alrllOe or even a com corn comi commerclal cornmercial cornmercial i merclal mercial truck fleet but the safetyexperience safety safetyexpenence safetyexperience expenence experience of a giant air force en engaged engaged : |
