08-23-2007

hdl:1902.4/USAMS1943-S063E

This survey covers the following issues and topics: Rank in the army; state in which respondent spend last five years of civilian life; entered military by draft/volunteer/national guard; branch of the army serving; visit town/city since at camp; pride in company; interest in military occupation; occupation worthwhile to military; make good in military; good/bad time in military; respondent feel high/low spirited; respondent feels worried/upset; overseas combat v.s. overseas non- combat duty v.s. US duty; soldier v.s. working a war job; satisfaction with military occupation; put into military occupation best suited to respondent; occupation help in war effort; military allowing best personal performance; good chance for promotion; army food; medical attention in the military; respondent's health; respondent's ability to fight right now; rather fight against the Germans/Japanese; length of the war; difficulty in beating countries in the war; outcome of war for the allied forces; peace talks with Germany and Japan; most dangerous: Germany v.s. Japan; effort in army training; work overtime for the military; impression respondent would make on a general; another war in the next 25 years; better/worse living conditions for family/friends since the war; problems in US due to war; importance of receiving news daily; interest in understanding the war/nazism/Russian system of government/China; reason for US being in the war; reason for respondent being in the war; significance of what the US is fighting for; respondent's view of not winning the war; war is not worthwhile; war is worthwhile risking life for; war cause changes in the US; US better/ worse place after war; US involvement in world; release soldier as soon as war is over/release soldiers when jobs available; soldiers who should be released first; soldiers have first chance at jobs; US influence on peace talks; US relations with foreign countries; occupation before war; education; back to school after war; respondent return to same community they lived in before the war; local community after the war.

Directed by Dr. Samuel A. Stouffer for the Research Branch, Information and Education Division, War Department, 2007, "The American Soldier in World War II: Omnibus Study of Attitudes--Part E"

Directed by Dr. Samuel A. Stouffer for the Research Branch, Information and Education Division, War Department

Harvard University

SCR:011273

DataVerse

Dataverse Network Project

SCR:001997