{"id":71,"date":"2017-08-15T20:13:43","date_gmt":"2017-08-15T20:13:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/cartmell\/?page_id=71"},"modified":"2017-10-10T17:09:09","modified_gmt":"2017-10-10T17:09:09","slug":"fresno-army-air-forces-training-center","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/cartmell\/places\/fresno-army-air-forces-training-center\/","title":{"rendered":"Fresno Army Air Forces Training Center"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe title=\"ARMY AIR CORPS FLYING CADETS  WWII RECRUITING FILM 79124\" width=\"474\" height=\"267\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kAsXaYLdxeo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Fresno, California, is located in the Central Valley, half way between Los Angeles to the south, and San Francisco to the north.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_72\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-72\" style=\"width: 259px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/cartmell\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Fresno-California.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-72\" src=\"http:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/cartmell\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Fresno-California-259x300.jpg\" alt=\"Fresno California\" width=\"259\" height=\"300\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/cartmell\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Fresno-California-259x300.jpg 259w, https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/cartmell\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Fresno-California-768x891.jpg 768w, https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/cartmell\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Fresno-California-883x1024.jpg 883w, https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/cartmell\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Fresno-California.jpg 1868w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 259px) 100vw, 259px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-72\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fresno California<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Fresno County Fairgrounds are located about a mile west of the downtown. The grounds were taken over by the U.S. government at the outbreak of WWII to serve as a collection point for ethnic Japanese families, who lived temporarily in as many as 100 barracks before moving to more permanent relocation centers.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_73\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-73\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/cartmell\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Fresno-County-Fairgrounds.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-73\" src=\"http:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/cartmell\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Fresno-County-Fairgrounds-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Fresno County Fairgrounds\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/cartmell\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Fresno-County-Fairgrounds-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/cartmell\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Fresno-County-Fairgrounds-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/cartmell\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Fresno-County-Fairgrounds-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/cartmell\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Fresno-County-Fairgrounds-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/cartmell\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Fresno-County-Fairgrounds.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-73\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fresno County Fairgrounds<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>By November, 1942, all ethnic Japanese had moved and the facility was transferred to the U.S. Army, for use as a military training base. The Army called it\u00a0Basic Training Center No. 8, Fresno, California, or BTC #8.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_74\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-74\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/cartmell\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Fresno-Assembly-Center.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-74\" src=\"http:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/cartmell\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Fresno-Assembly-Center-300x206.jpg\" alt=\"Fresno Assembly Center 1942\" width=\"300\" height=\"206\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/cartmell\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Fresno-Assembly-Center-300x206.jpg 300w, https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/cartmell\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Fresno-Assembly-Center-768x527.jpg 768w, https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/cartmell\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Fresno-Assembly-Center.jpg 990w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-74\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fresno Assembly Center 1942<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The base was designed to take newly enlisted recruits into the Army Air Corps, and train them in basic military issues before sending them on for further training in specific areas. This training initially lasted 24 days (November, 1942), but was later increased, reaching 56 days by June of 1943.<\/p>\n<p>During their time at the BTC, recruits received training in:<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_71_1('footnote_plugin_reference_71_1_1');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_71_1('footnote_plugin_reference_71_1_1');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_71_1_1\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[1]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_71_1_1\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">Crave, Wesley and Cate, James, THE ARMY AIR FORCES In World War I1 Volume Six MEN AND PLANES New Imprint by the Office of Air Force History Washington, D.C., 1983<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_71_1_1').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_71_1_1', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 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width=\"300\" height=\"242\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/cartmell\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/6-man_tent__Fresno_AAF_Basic_Training_Center__Fairgrounds__1943-300x242.jpg 300w, https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/cartmell\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/6-man_tent__Fresno_AAF_Basic_Training_Center__Fairgrounds__1943-768x620.jpg 768w, https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/cartmell\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/6-man_tent__Fresno_AAF_Basic_Training_Center__Fairgrounds__1943-1024x827.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/cartmell\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/6-man_tent__Fresno_AAF_Basic_Training_Center__Fairgrounds__1943.jpg 1976w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-75\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">6 Man Tent, 1943 <span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_71_1('footnote_plugin_reference_71_1_2');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_71_1('footnote_plugin_reference_71_1_2');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_71_1_2\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[2]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_71_1_2\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\"><em><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">Six man tent, Fresno Army Air Forces Ground Training Center, 25 August 1943 (US Air Force Historical Research Agency).<\/span><\/em><b><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_71_1_2').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_71_1_2', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top center', relative: true, offset: [-7, 0], });<\/script><\/span><\/b><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"speaker-mute footnotes_reference_container\"> <div class=\"footnote_container_prepare\"><p><span role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" class=\"footnote_reference_container_label pointer\" onclick=\"footnote_expand_collapse_reference_container_71_1();\">References<\/span><span role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" class=\"footnote_reference_container_collapse_button\" style=\"display: none;\" onclick=\"footnote_expand_collapse_reference_container_71_1();\">[<a id=\"footnote_reference_container_collapse_button_71_1\">+<\/a>]<\/span><\/p><\/div> <div id=\"footnote_references_container_71_1\" style=\"\"><table class=\"footnotes_table footnote-reference-container\"><caption class=\"accessibility\">References<\/caption> <tbody> \r\n\r\n<tr class=\"footnotes_plugin_reference_row\"> <th scope=\"row\" id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_71_1_1\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index pointer\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_71_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_71_1_1');\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" class=\"footnote_plugin_link\" ><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>1<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\">Crave, Wesley and Cate, James, THE ARMY AIR FORCES In World War I1 Volume Six MEN AND PLANES New Imprint by the Office of Air Force History Washington, D.C., 1983<\/td><\/tr>\r\n\r\n<tr class=\"footnotes_plugin_reference_row\"> <th scope=\"row\" id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_71_1_2\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index pointer\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_71_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_71_1_2');\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" class=\"footnote_plugin_link\" ><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>2<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\"><em><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">Six man tent, Fresno Army Air Forces Ground Training Center, 25 August 1943 (US Air Force Historical Research Agency).<\/span><\/em><b><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><\/td><\/tr>\r\n\r\n <\/tbody> <\/table> <\/div><\/div><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> function footnote_expand_reference_container_71_1() { jQuery('#footnote_references_container_71_1').show(); 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