ARMY AIR FORCE PHOTO INTELLIGENCE COURSE, TEMPOARAY DUTY IN

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• Collection: General CIA Records
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• Document Page Count: 8
• Document Creation Date: December 12, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 1, 2001
• Sequence Number: 50
• Publication Date: June 30, 1944
• Content Type: MEMO

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TO: Dr. Charlos L. Fahs Di,Trl.: K l9
FRO M: Kirk 11, a-Lone, Lt. (j..), +iSER
SUBJECT : lirmy Air Forces Photo Intel1 _j;cnco Course, Te:aporary duty In
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TABLE Or COi:T7:;TS
Topic
Pace
1. Summary . . . . . ? ? ? . . . . . . . . . . . ? . ? e ? . 1
IIo The Orientation Courses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
A. General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . o e n . ? 1
B. Co.;lbat Intelligence . ? . . . . . ? ? . . ? ? ? . ? ? 2
III,, The Photo Intelli;;enc? Course . . ? ? ? ? ? ? ? 2
General . . ? e e . . . . . . o . ~, ? e . . . . . . . 2
j? jati c Section . ? ? . ? ? . ? . . ? . ? . ? . e ? . ? e 3
C. General Section . . . . . ? e . . . . . 33
D. t:ir SecUon . . . . . . . . . o . . ? ? . . . . . . 3
1.? 11Y"1.-1,j Section ? e ? . . . e . ? ? . . ? o . e e . . e . 4
;'. Industry and Inland Tra,,sportation Section . . . . . . 4
G. Naval and Shin-,irI: Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
H. SpeciL,l Problems Sec Lion . . . . . . . . . ? . - . . . S
J. The ;%i r Inuol? .LSo CO iixeerc-s w . . a e s o
K. ;eaknecscs of Instruction . . . . . . . . . . ? . e . 5
IV. RecomnendatioTis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ? ? ? ? ? . 6
V. ,atertals Obtained . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ? . . . . 7
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I, Samar,
This report, covers he period . 13 itpril Lo 15 June 1344 durin:; which she
TrIter at,tortded the Photo Iocelli ,erzco core of ;;;1c rn ?,1ir orces school
of ;'rppliec 'iac c,i cs, &.. Orlando, Florida.
Purpose of atte darner; as the acquisition of e_.eral aerial photo interpre-
tation aailitj and additional so..rce criaterials on t.ie rar last. , iphas1s
was requested L,; the Far "astern Division on the interpretation of terrain,
beaches,, ir,dustrial installabions,, trri:rsportyati~+n, slipping, alt-yd orb da?'a~:,e
assess~rcnt. The course YVas si.,)cesslall; co'rrploJed, social insti ction ?M.as
recoive:t in the eriphasizod ;suu jectz above, several and p Soto it :tcr-
r)r+utaLioi'. sources, were ~ruu:,hb back-, t:he 103 pros;:>ecta.ve photo interpreters vi=re u.:i;r:idod i21to two
equal squadrons and these subdivided into three equal flights each. Iistruc-
tion as intended to ire on the stra ei;ie level. .;lasses were riven by
squadrons, each recei:vin,, the same instruction ` 'Vent_lally, and once a wet>.'C
the flints -met individually 1.ith fli_; tt advisors. Two hours per week wet' .
devoted to instr icti,on or courses 3.4 the Far :?ooh (similar to the OSS
Situation ;ioorn). In a6tion, all r _.;ucfcnts Look J houro
of trf.i.t-
ing a ;leek.
P1izr[erouS nulf l ;rapped instruo ion and "clue" sheets were issued by all phio'Go
interpretgat,ioai sections. biese are filed by subject witri the ..riter's cla,>s
notes.
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