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S174: Negro Study

This study was requested originally by the Commanding Officer of a Negro QM Battalion. As plans for the study progressed a second battalion and a separate company also requested that they be included. It was desired to simply “find out how the men felt” and no specific problems of any great significance were offered as subject for investigation.

a. Questions were asked on the following areas:

  1. Adjustment to the Army
  2. Attitudes toward company
  3. Attitudes toward leadership
  4. Attitudes toward assignment
  5. Orientation (belief in cause and feelings of vindictiveness)
  6. Relations with the local civilian population
  7. Frequency of visits to USO Clubs
  8. Relations with MP's

Questionnaire

Date

Sep '44

Original Size

981

Location

Central Pacific

Theater ID

CBPC-IV

Alternate Title

Attitudes of Negro Quartermaster Troops

Sample Description

Negro enlisted men in six Quartermaster companies.

a. Number: 981

b. Geographic coverage: Island of Oahu

Sample Method

See Planning Survey II for standard operating procedure.

Location Details

Oahu, HI

Field Personnel

Parker Mauldin

William McPeak

Arthur Lumsdaine

Dean Manheimer

Felix Moore

Abram Jaffe

Tom Harrell

Study Analysts

Richard L. Hull
Ashley Weeks
Robert Sturgeon

Reports

CFBC-7 Attitudes of Negro Troops in Six CPBC Quartermaster Companies

CPBC-7A Free Comments of Negro Troops in Six CPBC Quartermaster Companies

CPBC-IV Attitudes Of Negro Quartermaster Troops

Nara Catalog

https://catalog.archives.gov/id/7062647

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55 Questions

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1
What is your Army rank or grade?
2
How old were you on your last birthday?
3
How far did you go in school?
4.1
In what state of the United States did you spend most of the last five years of your life before you came into the Army? E. Section:
4.2
In what state of the United States did you spend most of the last five years of your life before you came into the Army? E. State:
5
Where were you living most the last five years of your life before you came into the Army?
6
How long have you been in the Army?
7
In general, what sort of a time do you have in the Army?
8
Do you feel proud of your company?
9
In general, how would you say you feel most of the time, in good spirits or in low spirits?
10
On the whole, how do you feel about the Army?
11
On the whole, how is the morale of the men in your company?
12
On the whole, how is your own morale?
13
In general, how well do you think your company is run?
14
In general, what sort of physical condition are you in at the present time?
15A
Do you think you have as much of a personal stake in this war as anybody else?
16
How important a part do you think your company is playing in winning the war?
17
What would you like to see happen to the Germans after the war?
18
What would you like to see happen to the Japanese after the war?
19
How many of your company officers take a personal interest in their men?

55 Questions

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