• “WWII Bombardiers.” USAF Museum. 17 April 2006. <http://www.wpafb.af.mil/museum/history/wwii/bomb.htm>.
• bombardier cadets entrusted with one of the nation’s most closely guarded military secrets: Norden bombsight
• bombardier had to complete bombardier preflight training and then proceed on to bombardier school
• at school, require to take oath promising to protect the secret of the bombsight with his life
• school lasted 12-18 weeks; students dropped about 160 bombs in both daytime and night; precise records taken of hits and misses; elimination rate was 12%
• more than 45,000 bombardiers trained by war’s end
• “Sperry S-1 Bombsight.” USAF Museum. 17 April 2006. <http://www.wpafb.af.mil/museum/history/wwii/s1.htm>.
• Sperry S-1 bombsight developed in 1930s
• Designated as “standard” equipment in March 1941
• Used in some US Army Air Forces bombers in early WWII
• Late 1943, Sperry S-1 bombsight canceled for use of better known Norden M-1 bombsight
• Continued use of Norden throughout rest of war
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• Gray, Anthony W. Jr. “Joint Logistics in the Pacific Theater.” The Big ‘L.’ Washington, DC: National Defense University Press. 1997: pg. 293-337 <http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USA/BigL/BigL-6.html>.
• Logistics of “Island Hopping” campaign
• Logistical Plan for Command Areas Involving Joint Army and Navy Operations
• Theater Commanders were also directed to:
• Establish unified supply systems.
• Determine joint personnel and material requirements.
• Prepare consolidated shipping priority lists.
• Coordination of logistics in Pacific Fleet done at the top through “centralized planning” and not at operational level
• Very little of Basic Logistics Plan reflected in General MacArthur’s organization
• “Aerial Bombing of Cities.” Wikipedia. 20 April 2006. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aerial_bombing_of_cities>.
• Mainly a form of psychological warfare
• In order to weaken morale of civilians
• Germany led aerial assaults in Europe
• Allied forces, Britain, started night air raids on Berlin and other cities
• US used fire-bomb attacks on Dresden during final stages of war
• Aerial bombing had the effect of equating the citizens of a country with those who made the decision to take that country to war
• WWII considered a total war because of widespread use of the tactic of bombing civilian populations
• Guest, Chris. “The ‘Sun Setters” 38th Bomb Group Southwest Pacific 1941-1945.” 30 May 2004. <http://www.sunsetters38bg.com/>.
• 38th Bombardment Group activated on January 15, 1941
• trained with the B-18, B-25, and B-26 aircraft
• Attacked Japanese airfields in 1944 while operating from bases in Australia, New Guinea, and Biak
• Moved to the Philippines in January 1045
• Supported US ground forces on Luzon
• Bombed industries on Formosa
• Attacked shipping along the China coast
• Some primary oral accounts
• Photos of men

• Songs the men sang

The 38th Lament
"Ode to Shanty O'Neill"
The 38th Group's been in Guinea too long
    We're mighty hard up for a drink
    For want of a woman we're all going nuts
    Oh, Shanty please say what you think

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