Description
Black and white 5 1/4″ x 13 1/2″ ad that was put out by the U.S. Army Recruiting Service. This ad, just months before the start of World War II, says “Let’s Go!. The U.S. Army offers you the world’s best training for an aviation career”. Sounds like a plan. “Climbing into their training planes today are the pick of America’s young men. They’re Flying Cadets now – tomorrow they will be officers and pilots in the U.S. Army Air Corps – in the future many of them will be leaders in the swiftly developing field of flight. If you want the finest training in the world for a career in aviation, you can get it as a U.S. Army Flying Cadet – and earn while you learn. As a Flying Cadet you will receive $75 a month, plus uniforms, equipment, board & lodging. When you graduate after about 7 1/2 months training you will be commissioned a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army Air Reserve, and placed on active duty with the Regular Army Air Corps with pay and allowances ranging from $205.50 to $245.50 per month. To qualify, you must not be less than 20 nor more than 26 years of age, unmarried, sound physically. You must have completed two years of college, or pass a written examination in U.S. History, English grammar and composition, general history, geography, arithmetic, higher algebra, geometry, trigonometry, elementary physics. Apply NOW”. Shown, in a picture at the bottom of the page, is a runway filled with a row of Army fighters with the engines running and pilots preparing to take off.
Source: April 28, 1941 Life magazine.
