CI. SPECIFIC INFORMATION REQUEST LETTER 



COOPERATING WITH 



ETHNOGEOGRAPHIC BOARD 



A.C.L.S. S.S.R.C. «Ko N I 

 CoMuiTTEls ON THE Anthropologk Uodcr the joint sponsorsbip of ihe- 



D. C. 



AMERICAN COUNCIL OF LEARNED SOCIETIES 



SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH COUNCIL Ttiimom;: UIsuK-TlM?. 



NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL 

 SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 



Your name appears in our world file of regional specialists. This file is 

 available to the armed forces and the War Department has made a request for 

 detailed information you might have concerning beaches in the areas listed below : 



To be of value descriptions, of beaches should contain the following details : 



1. Exact location. Refer to well-known places, give exact latitude and 

 longitude, or mark on map. 



2. Length and width. 



3. Degree of slope, both above and below high tide level. 



4. Nature of adjacent terrain, including such features as dunes, dominating 

 hills, cliffs, and vegetation cover. 



5. Surface of beach above and below tide water ; i.e., mud, sand, gravel, 

 boulders, pock. 



6. Offshore obstructions — bars, reefs, rocks. 



7. Currents, tides and surf — seasonal variation, etc. 



8. Roads and trails leading from beach, inland or parallel to coast ; direction 

 and destination. 



9. Favorable and unfavorable conditions affecting movement of troops 

 and machines from point of landing into back country. 



10. If available, large scale maps, sketches, photographs are desired. 



In case you have such detailed information on many beaches, send a report 

 on one and list the others for which you have comparable data. If you have 

 already submitted information of this type to military or government agencies, 

 we would appreciate knowing which agencies. We would also appreciate know- 

 ing the names and addresses of any trustworthy individuals who might furnish 

 such information, or who have had experience in sailing small craft in the 

 Mediterranean. 



Enclosed you will find an addressed frank for forwarding this material. Your 

 prompt attention to this matter will be a very direct contribution to the war 

 effort. 



Thanking you in advance for your valuable assistance to the United States 

 Army and the Ethnogeographic Board, I am 



Very sincerely yours, 

 Wm. Duncan Strong 

 WDS F 

 Enc. frank 



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