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To: No Cheston

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30 April 1945

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Director's: Office

(9908)

OSS Forma 8001

OS'S SECRETARIAT - ROUTE SLIP

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OFFICE OF STRATEGIC SERVICES

Schnals and Training Branch

2324 F Ster, N. W.

Weshingino, D.C.

23 Apr1l 1945

SUBJECT: Peport of It. Hunt on Hest Coast Training

TO:

The Directör, oss

Rial

The report of lt. E. No Hunt, Jr:, Als of the Secretariat; on

the west coast trainine has been analyzed and the statements rade therein

thoroughly irvestigated.

2. The report will be discussed by paragraphs:

A. (1) The complaint of lack of coordination in arrivals at

the vest coast cannot be laid at the door of Schools li Trainine.

Branches

are notified when and there personnel must report and arrangements for

transportaiion are made by them.

(2) le (3) At the time of It funtes ráriva? at the west coast.

there was a certain amount. of confusion.

This has now been corrected and

clothing is issued to students on Friday night if they arrive in time for

thia to be done..

(4) ? (5)

The situation referred to in these tro paragraphs

with the boat crews presentls available, it 1s not

possible to run a boat on Sundays.. It may be pessible to sent departing:

students to the mainland on Saturday afternoons after they conplete their

"course.

This rould necessitate getting rooms for them for Saturday night

1n los Angeles; which is complicated by the fact that the los Angeles office

closes at three o'clock on Saturday afternoons. It is desirable that new

students arrive at the island on Saturdys in order to set orlented over the

weekend and be ready to atart training on londay morning. The croided con

ditions over the week-end referred to by It. Hunt were not due to the fact

that departin students do not leave unil Londay, as the turnover is not

creat enough; the crowding la cased by the fact that the schocl 1s runung

at full capacity and because shortage of station complement personnel makes "

the allocation of quarters to ner arrivals difficult. & hotel locetor

sisten has now been instituted miich has to some extent remedied the

situation

e. (1) It. Huntes suzgestion that the baste course could be cut by

several days gives no specific recommendations. an examiration of the

schedule of the course shows that the trainiro is as concentrated as possible.

Ve prefer to accept the jurinent of the trcinine officers os the various'

branches on this point rather than a general' statement by

one junior officer

of a non-operatinal brarch.

Wit:

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(2) Il 19 n06, fall that the schrol mas unprepared to re-

slid tailo

I had prentrusly handled: class of

•37 in a catlefactory mannor and no complaints mere received on this score

Iron any other menber of his class.

(3) It 1s trus that on tro occasions instructory falled to

rest thelr clauses beranse of a nix-up caused hy splitting the class into

, two sections. Steps huve been taken to privent a repetition of this

accirrenco.

(4).

on checking.r.lth another member of the same class; it. mas

ascertäined thet

no classes were dianiased after ten minutes. The shortest

perlod given ras abent 45 mimiteg.

• (5) It ta not clear just nhat it. Hunt means by this para-

He complains that truintry filma broke up leisure time in the

evening and then says that becallge of this many students wanted evening

classes. In any evont, because. of the concentrated schecule, the evening

hours after the showiny of the films must ba used for study, not leimire.

(6) Physical training is nor Elven regularly every day.

(7) The cipher course has been much improved by the advent of

tro new instrictor.

organization takes onls foir hours out of one hundred

and four, and is at best a dry though necessary subject.

(8) 2(9)

It is necessary to have both officers and enlisted

sen in the same class and it is curlously impossible to design a course to

meet all intellectual levels.

Every effort has been made to strike a happy

redius that will do the greatest bood to the createst number...

He feel It

only fair to the school to say that It. Hunt has demonstrated hirself to be

very rank conscloug in these and other coments in his report.

It. ghould

also be noted that in this clags there mere a number of jedburghs (both

officers and men) nho had lived together at achool and in the field for

caiy months.

laturally there was a cameraderle among officers and men,

which apparently It. lunt could not understard, It has

also hech reported

that he was subjected to a good deal of malading" by the son. and s.lo

nethers of the class because he was non operational.

His complaints about

the conduct of officers and men and his objection to associating with

onlisted men doubtless spring from these sources.

c. (1) It is adaitted trat the recreational lecilsties are limited

but there is not much time for recreation and what facilitles there are are

uned to the best novantege. schools& Training feels that we were very son

tunate in being able to establish (after long regotiationg) a brench of the

¡ny Lotion Picture Service at Me.

This semire is nomially available only

In large carpa where, attendance can he ssesured in thousands. The fact that

this seriice is only

availahle three rights for reck is due to dips molicy

and not do any arrangement an eur part.

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The pi can hardly be called such.

Every effort has been made

so obtaln a regular brarch post lixchange on the islan! hut so far without

succesS.

The result is that a small store is maintained of whatever

necessities can be purchased in the market.

There are ample rediro facilities for all personnel with s

sufficient supply of newspapers and ragazines.

(2) The situation with reference to the condition of the harracks

has been remedied by daily inspections. Offenders are required to climb the

Fountain in off hours.

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(3): This paragraph again reflects It. Junt's rank conscicusness;

his lack of understanding of the relationship

of officers and men who have

been on operations together, and his discomfort at the "kicding" he received.

(li) It 1s the policy of the school that there be no saluting with-

in the ares.

The arei. is small and too crowded for any benefit to accrue

fron the continuous arm waving which mould to necessary if saluting were

required.

(5)

This complaint is definitely just. Steps have been taken to

insure the privacy of mail in the future.

3.

In conclusion I wish to state. that the Schools& Treining Branch

velcomes ary constructive eriticisa and regularly receives reports from other

branches prepared by their students. He then sit down with the branch repre

sentatives and endeavor to iron out difficulties and improve courses and

conditions at the school in line with constructive suggestions.

1: I would like to suggest that in the case of art future reports,

Er. Sulloway take them un first with tlie Schools and Träining Branch as is

the custon of the other branches.

H: L. ROBINSON

Colonel, FA

Chief, Schools and Training

1 Incl. (Lt: Hunt'g Rpt)

Cc: Lt. Col. Po Ko Allen

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TO: COLONEL. ROBINSON.

Will you let me know

what you propose doing to

remedy the attached.

W. J. Do

Director'g Office

OSS Form 305g

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Office Memorandum •

UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT

TO

:

FROM :

General Donovan

Secretariat:

DAlS: 3 Apr1l 1845

SUBJECT:

Report on liest Coast Training Center

/60v;

Peeine destition

I think you may be interested in the attached report

on the liest Coast training center which was prepared by

This report was mritten on his on initiative and

contains his observations based upon the two-week course

which he recently took at Santa Catalina.

It is suggested, if you approve, that the

report

should be forwarded to Colonel Robinson after

you have

had an opportunity to read

.1tó

Written at regist

Jet. Bane.

AwS.

Qi Lullaa

Attachment

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Office Memorandum • UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT

To : Chief, Secretariat

FROM : It. E. H, Hunt, JI., A.C.

SUBJ&CT: West Coast Training Center

DATB:

30 March 1945

16, ÷8?

i incar lace

1.. The memorandum-covors transportation to and from the

WCTC, the curriculun at

Santa Catalina (Detachment WA), and

general comments concerning the Detachment.

A. Iransportation:

1) There seems to be a. lack of coordination con-

cerning the arrival and departure of officers and EM at. Los

Ingeles, Newport Beach

Navy enlisted men (5 in number) +T.

ere flown to Los Angeles from Washington while the majority of

Army and Navy officers made the trip by slow train (Honday»

2) Upon arrival in Los Angeles on Friday, 1t 1s

SOP. to travel In the early afternoon by Army truck to Newport

Beach, where arriving students are barracked in standard EM

quarters without regard to rank.

3) Clothes and equipment are Issued Saturday

morning from 0700 until departure of the boat at approximately

causing crowding and confusion at a difficult time. Friday

Although classes are nöt scheduled to begin

student groups spend the weekend on Catalina under

This situation is brought about by absence of

boat transportation to and from the island on Sunday.

5) Upon return to the mainland Monday afternoons,

(although academies end on Saturdays) it is necessary to spend

an additional 24 hours in Los Angeles waiting for scheduled train

By scheduling a boat on Sundays, an

estimated 6 days or student tauntent bat one the overment.

Bo Curriculum

1) Based on my experiance with the "14 day" basie

course, it appears that a re-examination

of the student schedule,

aimed at a more concentrated schooling and a decrease in the over-

lapping nature of subjects taught, could cut the basic period by

several days.

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The Detachment (HA) was totally unprepared to

handle my

particular

class (#26) which numbered 42.

Cho maximum

nunter

students handled and anticipated had in the pust been id.

This resulted in a splitting of the class into

sections; and confusion of schedules among the instruetors, caus-

ing their non-appearance at scheduled hours - not an Infrequent

occurrence:

On several occasions; instructors spoke for as

little as 10 minutes

of a scheduled hour, dismissing the class

for the reminder of the hour. (This lecture material might be

coordinated with other lectures, thus cutting down on the number

of training hours scheduled on paper.)

5): • Training filns, shom each evening,

broke up

student leisure time to such an

extent that many students ex-

pressed a desire to attend classes in the evenings.

as trell,

perhaps fron 1900-2100 or even later.

The physical hardening program came abruptly

and then was abandoned for as much as two days, only to be under- No.

taken again with greater vigor.

kany students

suggested that

the hardening phase be administered every day in the form of a

scheduled hike or climb.

7) Specifically, the courses in Demolitions,

petently handled and the most consistently well presented.

Cipher, Organization and Security fere givon apathetically and

with little attempt to evoke student interest and/or participa-

tion.

8) Mixed classes of El and officers prevented

lecturars from alming at a definite level of comprehension.

Officers were bored in many cases by elementary methods of

presentation, while EN became restless from lack of under-

standing.

? This restlessness caused a disciplinary problem

in the classrooms where Ell cursed, shouted,

copted each other's

word at will; iithout interference by the civilian instructors:

C. General Conments

1) Recreational facilitles were at a miniuum with

WD Movies only three nights a week,

a thorcughly Inadequate PX,-

and a lack of reading facilities for both til and officers.

2) Barracks were maintained by students and

instructors at an absolute minimun of sanitation; physical-

appearance and confort.

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3) Upon arrival, many officers were quartered

indiscriminately with El,

which had a deleterious effect upon

the already low standard of military discipline.

unknown.

This is either a result of Detachment policy, or lack•

4) Saluting and/or regard for rank was absolutely inti

of concern on the part of the responsible officers.

5) Censoring of officers' mail had an adverse

effect upon most officer students,

which became heightened

considerably when the censor (as OD) punished a group of officers

who had written their wives that they were avolding PT in the

mornings. This information was used by

?

the officer as OD from

his position as Detachment Censor, and was considered as "not

quite cricket" by the officers no knew of the incident.

8.14. 1ind.1

i. Hunt, Jr.

2d Lt., A. C.

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