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Editorial Service 

 Examples: Request to check manuscript of training manual for botanical 

 information — for the Navy. 



Editing and supervising compilation of a glossary of Chinese geographical 

 and topographical terms on maps — for the Army. 

 Engineering 

 Examples: Construct mapping device in engineering laboratory — for a war 

 agency. 



Photographs of helicopters and autogiros — for the Army. 

 Georgraphy 

 Examples: Numerous requests for information, conferences, reports on geo- 

 graphy, weather, peoples, etc., of many Pacific war areas. 

 Geology, General 

 Example: Suggestion of training centers in areas in the United States with 

 physiographic features of certain foreign countries — for the Army. 

 Mineralogy 



Examples : Information on selenium resources — for the Navy. 

 Information on optical fluorite and calcite — for a war agency. 

 Health 

 Examples: Lectures to class in tropical medicine at Army Medical School. 

 Information on what is most needed for medical relief to Russia — for a 

 war agency. 

 Library Service 

 Examples: Much specialized bibliographic assistance to Army and Navy 

 investigators. 

 Personnel 



Examples: Request for the name of a qualified expert to direct production 

 of cordage fibers in Latin America — for a war agency. 

 Names of Arctic, Tropic, and Desert specialists — for the Army. 

 Photography 

 Example : Conferences on underwater photography — for the Navy. 



Physics 



Example: Information on ultrasonics — for the Navy. 

 Survival 

 Examples: Information on food sources in the Indo-Pacific area — for the 

 Army. 



Means of subsistence for stranded aviators in China and Mongolia — for 

 the Army. 

 Technology 



Example : To make experimental delayed time devices — for the Army. 

 Translation 

 Examples: Translation of 1,400 Chinese place names on a map — for the Army. 

 Translation of 257 pages from Japanese — for a war agency. 

 Wood Technology 

 Examples: Numerous identifications of foreign woods for war purposes — for 

 Army and Navy. 



Information on proper grouping of true mahogany and African mahogany 

 in lumber schedules — for a war agency. 



These examples were chosen more or less at random from the record 

 cards under the various headings and serve only to show the scope of 

 the questions asked by Army, Navy, and war agencies. For some of 



