S218: Redeployment and Demobilization
To supply information concerning the present attitudes of enlisted men toward the Redeployment Plan and the Adjusted Service Rating System as requested by the Assistant Chief of Staff, G-1, War Department, General Staff and Special Planning Division, War Department Special Staff.
a. The specific areas covered are enlisted men’s attitudes toward:
- Army’s administration of Point System
- Army – general
- Branch of Service
- Further Service
- Japanese surrender terms
- Job – Army
- Officer’s reasons for not releasing men with critical men with critical score of 85
- Physical condition – own
- Point System
- Toughness of fight in Pacific
b. In addition, two write-in questions were included on what enlisted men would like to know:
- Government’s relations with other countries
- Most important thing the government could do after the war to get along with other countries
c. One question on enlisted men’s attitude toward the San Francisco Conference was included also.
d. Note: This questionnaire is a revised form of S-205
Questionnaire
Date
Original Size
Location
Theater ID
ES63, IB15
Alternate Title
Attitudes toward Redeployment and Demobilization, EM
Sample Description
There are eight samples in this study:
a. Continental United States – total sample: A total sample of 5,993 white and Negro enlisted men from 29 ASF, AGF, and AAF installations throughout Continental United States. The sample includes both GI and Returnees. These cards can be identified by a “1” punched in Col. 80.
b. Continental United States – white cross section sample: A total sample of 4,041 white enlisted men from 29 ASF, AGF, and AAF installations throughout Continental United States derived from sample a. above. These cards can be identified by a “1” punched in Col. 76 for cross section and a “1” punched in Col. 78 for white.
c. Continental United States – Negro cross-section sample: a total of 938 white and Negro enlisted men from 27 ASF, AGF, and AAF installations throughout the Continental United States derived from sample a. above. These cards can be identified by a “1” punched in Col. 76 for cross-section and “2” punched in Col. 78 for Negro.
d. Continental United States – White and Negro cross-section samples: A total of 4,512 white and Negro enlisted men from 27 ASF, AGF, and AAF installations throughout Continental United States derived from sample a. above. These cards can be identified by an “X” punched in Col. 1.
e. ETO cross section sample: A cross section sample of 1,562 white and Negro enlisted men from each of the major forces in the European Theater of Operations. These cards can be identified by a “2” punched in Col. 80.
f. CPBC cross section sample: A cross section sample of 1,638 white and Negro enlisted men from each of the major forces in the Central Pacific Base Command. This includes men from Oahu, Guam, Saipan, Tinian, Iwo Jima, and Okinawa. These cards can be identified by a "3" punched in Col. 80.
g. CBI cross section sample: A cross section sample of 807 white and Negro enlisted men from AAF and ASF installations in the China Burma Indian theater. There were no AGF troops in this theater at the time the study was made. These cards can be identified by a “5” punched in Col. 80.
h. World-wide cross-section samples: A world-wide cross-section sample of white and Negro enlisted men from the United States and each of the theaters listed above. The ETO sample was weighted so as to represent both ETO and MTO. The CPBC sample was weighted so as to represent men in the Southwest Pacific area as well as CPBC. The CBI sample was weighted to represent men in all the inactive theaters as well as men in CBI.
i. This sample may be derived from those listed above in the following way:
US total sample – sort for “Y” in Col. 1
CPBC and CBI samples – sort for “X” in Col. 1
Take all ETO sample
j. Combine all these cards as sorted above to form world-wide cross-section sample.*
Sample Method
Some of the questions which are identical in the different theater questionnaires are on the same columns; but some are not. Therefore, care should be taken when running the world-wide cross-section to check the column numbers of all questions which are being run in each of the theater questionnaires.
Location Details
Oahu, HI
Guam
Saipan
Tinian
Iwo Jima
Okinawa, Japan
Burma
Assam, India
Bengal-Bihar, India
Indian Cities
Aberdeen Proving Grounds, MD
Buckingham, FL
Camp Aberdeen, MD
Camp Blanding, FL
Camp Bowie, TX
Camp Crowder, MO
Camp Kilmer, NJ
Camp Lee, VA
Camp Rucker, AL
Charleston Port of Embarkation, SC
Chicago, IL
Drew Field, FL
Ft. Hood, TX
Ft. Leavenworth, KS
Ft. Leonard Wood, MO
Ft. Lewis, WA
Ft. McClellan, AL
Ft. Riley, KS
Ft. Sill, OK
Godman Field, KY
Grand Island AAF, NE
Hammond General Hospital, CA
Kelly Field, TX
Maxwell Field, AL
Pinedale AAF, CA
Randolph Field, TX
Sioux City, IA
Truax Field, WI
Tyndall Field, FL
Vancouver Barracks, WA
Study Analysts
Origin
Hqs, USFET
Reports
B-164 Attitudes Toward Demobilization Operations
CBPC-30 What Enlisted Men Say about the Adjusted Service Rating Score Plan
CPBC-33 Attitudes of Enlisted Men in the 21st Bomber Command Toward the Army Point System for Readjustment
CPBC-34 Attitudes of Tenth Army Troops Toward the Adjustment Service Rating System
CBI-15 Attitudes Toward Redeployment and Demobilization, EM
CBI-33 Reaction of IBT Personnel to the Readjustment Plan
ETO-91 Attitudes of Soldiers in the European Theater Toward the Adjusted Service Rating Plan
ETO-99 Changes in Attitudes of Soldiers in the European Theater towards the Home Front
ETO-106 Attitudes Toward the Army: Some Indices of Change in the Attitudes of Enlisted Men in the European Theater Between Late April and Late August 1945
ETO-108 Attitudes Toward the War and the Future: A Comparison of Opinions Expressed by Enlisted Men Surveyed Late August 1945 – With those of Enlisted Men Surveyed Four Months Earlier
Monthly Progress Report, July 1945 Attitudes of Men with 85 Points or More Toward Demobilization Operations
WST #16 The Point Discharge Plan in Operation
Notes
Note: This questionnaire is a revised form of S-205