![]() ( National Archives Identifier 193706428) John Pavesick of McDonald, Ohio, types his morning report at an improvised desk in the shade of a tree on Ie Shima, Ryukyu Retto. “Rum and Coke,” a feline veteran of Saipan, and one of the mascots of the 364th Air Service Group, proves a playful paper weight as 1st Sgt. ![]() These reports may seem tedious, but they provided valuable information to the unit’s commanding officer and the headquarters it communicated with regularly. One critical feature is assessing the operating status of every unit, recording who’s alive, wounded, deceased, transferred, reassigned, demoted, promoted, and any other pertinent information that bears on a unit’s effectiveness.įor years, these “morning reports” were produced every morning (hence their name) by an Army or Air Force clerk. ![]() Reports relay the necessary information for soldiers, NCOs, officers, and generals, helping them to make important decisions. Information is vital in warfare, whether it’s the latest intelligence on enemy movements or orders transferring materials and weapons. Today’s post comes from Thomas Richardson, an expert archives technician at the National Personnel Records Center (NPRC) in St.
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