S132: Rotation Study

To collect data on the attitudes of veterans just returned to the United States under the Rotation System.

a. The general areas covered are:

  1. The reactions of the men to their processing or handling -

    a) on the boat coming back to the United States

    b) at the Debarkation Center

    c) at the Reception Station

    d) at the Reassignment Center

    e) at hospitals in the United States

    f) during transportation from the Debarkation Center to the Reception Station

    g) during assignment interview

    h) during their leisure time

  2. Misconceptions of the men about -

    a) possibility of being stationed near home

    b) length of furlough

    c) probable assignments

  3. Attitudes of the men toward -

    a) treatment by civilians

    b) treatment by troops stationed in Zone of the Interior

    c) going overseas again

    d) own physical and mental condition

Questionnaire

Date

Jun '44

Original Size

2,770

Location

US

Alternate Title

Troops on Rotation from Overseas

Sample Description

The study has 3 samples:

a. 1000 enlisted men veterans from one Port of Debarkation (Patrick Henry)

b. 1134 enlisted men veterans from 3 Reception Centers (Ft. Meade, Ft. Meyer, and Camp Upton)

c. 636 enlisted men veterans from one Reassignment Station (Camp Butner, N.C.)

Sample Method

The study was designed so as to intercept men at three different stages of processing: a. Debarkation Center (before men had contacted civilians of troops in the Zone of the Interior)

b. Reception Center (to get men's reactions to the Debarkation center while it was still fresh in their minds)

c. Reassignment Center (after men had been home on furlough and had come into contact with civilians and soldiers in the Zone of the Interior)

Location Details

Camp Butner, NC

Camp Patrick Henry, VA

Camp Upton, NY

Ft. George G. Meade, MD

Ft. Meyer, VA

Field Personnel

William B. Armstrong, Jr.

Robert Wallace

Clarence Glick

Jack Elinson

Study Analysts

Jack Elinson
Clarence Glick

Reports

B-110 Soldier Interest Is Twenty-seven Post-war Army Courses

B-113 Attitudes of Enlisted Rotational Personnel and Returnees at the Eastern Personnel Reassignment Center.

B-114 Attitudes of Enlisted Men Recently Returned from Overseas on their Processing Before Going Home on Furlough and on Their Reassignment

Monthly Progress Report, Section 10, August 1944 Attitudes of Returned Overseas Veterans

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1
What is your Army rank or grade?
2
What was your rank or grade just before you left your old outfit to come back to the U.S.?
3
How long had you been in that rank or grade before you left your old outfit to come back to the U.S.?
4
How old were you on your last birthday?
5
How far did you go in school?
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Are you:
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How long have you been in the Army? P. If you have been in the Army before, then were out for a while, just check the length of time since you entered this last time. If you were in the National Guard, check the length of time since your outfit came into the Army.
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What branch of the Army were you in overseas before you came back to the U.S.?
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How long were you overseas?
10
Have you been in actual combat in this war?
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What decorations or medals do you hold?
12
What overseas area or theater were you shipped from just before you came back to the U.S.?
13
What were you attached to overseas when you were first told you were coming back to the U.S.?
14
Did you come back under the Rotation Plan?
15.1
Check all the important reasons why you were sent back to the U.S.
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15.3
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