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Show Enlistees Choose i Army Air Forces g i From November figures on reg-' y ular army enlistments at the Utah 1 y Military Personnel Procurement Dis- g trlct tabulated today, it is clear y that the Army Air Forces are still the choice of a good majority of i nlLstees. Of nearly 200 men who 5 enlisted for three years and were j thus qualified to select their arm JJ or service, in excess of 100 chose g the Army Air Forces, according to Major Hugh J. Stewart, Public Re- 3 lationS 'Officer. J Another feature which became clear upon reviewing November en- y listments, was the popularity of the j jj European Theater of Operation . V compared to all other overseas theaters'. Although some enlistments 'i were completd for each theater, five out of six three-year enlistees sel- ected the European Theater in pref- Jj erence to all other overseas theaters, jj Total enlistments and re-enlist-ments completed In November were over 100 per cent greater than en- llstments for October. Most of the g Increase is accounted for by the V large number of re-enlistments. I y Many young men 17 and 18 years g of age are now enlisting in the reg- ular army In order to secure pract- y ical education and technical train- lng. Of this group, the great major- ; y ity express a, preference for train- i J ing in aeronautical mechanics. j y vailable to 'most enlistees, nearly $ With four, enlistment periods a- nine out of every ten men volun- ! y tarlly chose the maximum three year I y enlistment period. This feature 1 especially revealing in the re-tn- y llstment group where only three g who re-enlisted after active service g men out of more than one-hundred y in World War II, selected less than g the maximum three year period, j Iv |