BASE DEFENSE
AAF STATION 174
APO 559
4 December 1944
SUBJECT:History of Base Defense.
TO:Station Historian, AAF Station 174, APO 559.

1. The following activities took place in Base Defense during the month of November 1944:

a. Two hundred and sixty three (263) men fired small arms on Range during the month.
b. All men in Base Defense fired .50 cal. M.G. in refresher course, taught by Lt. Culp Defense Officer.
c. Have begun practice for 8th Air Force pistol Competition.
d. Ninety-eight (98) men were put through Gas Chamber.
e. Repaired road from perimeter to area.
f. Planes and installation are being guarded during hours of darkness.
g. The following changes in the present interior guard has been made to increase the value of training to a degree that each organization is capable of performing, as a unit, the interior guard each organization as scheduled, furnishes all guards, and an Officer of the Guard for a period of seven days. These men meet at a designated place. There they are inspected by the Officer of the Guard, or by the Officer of the Day, then placed on guard posts.

William L. Culp


WILLIAM L. CULP,
1st Lt., Inf.,
Base Defense Officer.
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