Education and Training

An English class taught to personnel of the 76th T.T. Co. by Cpl. Leroy Curtis. Frankfurt, Germany, February 26, 1951 (NARA).

An English class taught to personnel of the 76th T.T. Co. by Cpl. Leroy Curtis. Frankfurt, Germany, February 26, 1951 (NARA).

Scene in the well-stoked library of a station in Wilts, England, 1944 (NARA).

Scene in the well-stoked library of a station in Wilts, England, 1944 (NARA).

1st Lt. Richard Nance at the 7871st Training and Education Group at Kitzingen Training Center explains the current bond drive in EUCOM. Post-war, Kitzingen, Germany (Library of Congress).

1st Lt. Richard Nance at the 7871st Training and Education Group at Kitzingen Training Center explains the current bond drive in EUCOM. Post-war, Kitzingen, Germany (Library of Congress).

LT Charles D. Beckman, technical advisor of unit publications, points out common errors made in unit newspapers to three G.I. students in charge of publishing unit newspapers. Hoechst, Germany, 25 November 1946 (NARA).

LT Charles D. Beckman, technical advisor of unit publications, points out common errors made in unit newspapers to three G.I. students in charge of publishing unit newspapers. Hoechst, Germany, 25 November 1946 (NARA).

Col. Benjamin O. Davis, graduate of west point and Commanding Officer of the all-black 332nd Fighter Group 15th Air Force, Italy, in front of a scale map of Europe as he briefs his pilots before a mission. (NARA).

Col. Benjamin O. Davis, graduate of west point and Commanding Officer of the all-black 332nd Fighter Group 15th Air Force, Italy, in front of a scale map of Europe as he briefs his pilots before a mission. (NARA).

African American pilots of the 332nd Fighter group being being briefed before a mission. Italy, August 28, 1944 (NARA).

African American pilots of the 332nd Fighter group being being briefed before a mission. Italy, August 28, 1944 (NARA).

A poster displaying a feature of the Army’s new career Guidance Plant attracts the attention of three GIs at the 594th Transportation Truck Company in Giessen, Germany, 1948 (LOC).

A poster displaying a feature of the Army’s new career Guidance Plant attracts the attention of three GIs at the 594th Transportation Truck Company in Giessen, Germany, 1948 (LOC).

Cpl. Lawrence D. Martin, trained as an Army education instructor at Kitzingen Basic Training Center, instruct an on-duty education English class in Giessen, Germany, December 14, 1948 (LOC).

Cpl. Lawrence D. Martin, trained as an Army education instructor at Kitzingen Basic Training Center, instruct an on-duty education English class in Giessen, Germany, December 14, 1948 (LOC).

Work in a Quartermaster Salvage Repair Company in Germany which repairs typewriters for U.S. Ninth Army in a mobile trailer unit. Germany, March 28, 1945 (NARA).

Work in a Quartermaster Salvage Repair Company in Germany which repairs typewriters for U.S. Ninth Army in a mobile trailer unit. Germany, March 28, 1945 (NARA).

African American soldiers of the 12th Armored Division, Seventh U.S. Army, are briefed just before starting toward a new objective somewhere in Germany, April 1945 (NARA).

African American soldiers of the 12th Armored Division, Seventh U.S. Army, are briefed just before starting toward a new objective somewhere in Germany, April 1945 (NARA).

Tank Crew Trainees brush up on their marksmanship on the grounds of the Armored School Detachment, Replacement and Training command in Naples. Italy, July 25, 1945 (NARA).

Tank Crew Trainees brush up on their marksmanship on the grounds of the Armored School Detachment, Replacement and Training command in Naples. Italy, July 25, 1945 (NARA).

Member of Company “A” 373rd Infantry Battalion get training in the use of the 57 mm recoilless rifle in a class conducted by 1st Lt. Gilbert Boothe. Giessen, Germany, December 14, 1948 (LOC).

Member of Company “A” 373rd Infantry Battalion get training in the use of the 57 mm recoilless rifle in a class conducted by 1st Lt. Gilbert Boothe. Giessen, Germany, December 14, 1948 (LOC).

Member of Company “A” 373rd Infantry Battalion get training in the use of the 57 mm recoilless rifle in a class conducted by 1st Lt. Gilbert Boothe. Giessen, Germany, December 14, 1948 (LOC).

Member of Company “A” 373rd Infantry Battalion get training in the use of the 57 mm recoilless rifle in a class conducted by 1st Lt. Gilbert Boothe. Giessen, Germany, December 14, 1948 (LOC).

As part of a new program at Camp Brake MP Training School, a student MP is trained to direct traffic in Bremen, Germany in cooperation with a German civilian policeman. January 22, 1947 (NARA).

As part of a new program at Camp Brake MP Training School, a student MP is trained to direct traffic in Bremen, Germany in cooperation with a German civilian policeman. January 22, 1947 (NARA).

White and black troops take turns in entering a mobile institute of the USAFI (United States Armed Forces Institute) courses offering educational programs to active-duty personnel inthe American occupied zone. Bremen, Germany, February 8, 1947 (NARA)

White and black troops take turns in entering a mobile institute of the USAFI (United States Armed Forces Institute) courses offering educational programs to active-duty personnel inthe American occupied zone. Bremen, Germany, February 8, 1947 (NARA).

A graduating class of African American Troops which attended a 5-week course in instructing illiterates, addressed by Lt. Gen. Clarence R. Huebner, deputy command in chief, Eucom. Frankfurt, Germany, June 20, 1947 (NARA).

A graduating class of African American Troops which attended a 5-week course in instructing illiterates, addressed by Lt. Gen. Clarence R. Huebner, deputy command in chief, Eucom. Frankfurt, Germany, June 20, 1947 (NARA).