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Photograph - Map Of Fort Ontario, National Archives

The 1210th S.T.U. at Fort Ontario, 1943-1944

1941 Map of the Fort Ontario Military Reservation, updated to 1945.

Travelling Scholarships Available To Australians For Study Overseas, Australian Council For Educational Research (Acer)

Information Bulletin 1945-1951

The detailed statements show that in 1945, approximately 31 scholarships were normally available each year for competition among Australian students who wish to continue their studies overseas. National scholarships included the Rhodes Scholarship, 1851 Exhibition Science Research Scholarships, British Council Scholarships and the Gowrie Scholarship Trust fund. The remainder of scholarships were state-based. The majority of scholarships were for engineering and Science. Free Passages scholarships were provided by the Australian and New Zealand Shipping Companies.

Journal Article – Some Uses Of Visual Aids In The Army, Paul A. Witty

The 1210th S.T.U. at Fort Ontario, 1943-1944

An article published in the December 1944 issue of the Journal of Educational Sociology, titled "Some Uses of Visual Aids in the Army" that describes teaching methods of the Special Training Unit Program.

Manual – Meet Private Pete: A Soldier's Reader, United State Armed Forces Institute.

The 1210th S.T.U. at Fort Ontario, 1943-1944

War Department Education Manual, EM 160, titled Meet Private Pete: A Soldiers Reader. This manual was the revised edition of Technical Manual, TM 21-500 Army Reader published in October of 1944.

Journal Article – Beam In The Eye, Paul A. Witty, Golda Van Buskirk

The 1210th S.T.U. at Fort Ontario, 1943-1944

An article published in the October 1944 issue of Childhood Education, titled "Beam in the Eye" that describes an address made by Major Paul A. Witty before the Association of Childhood Education in April 1944.

Newspaper Article - Special Training Unit Banishes Illiteracy And Valuable Manpower Is Salvaged, Christian Science Monitor (Boston, Massachusetts)

The 1210th S.T.U. at Fort Ontario, 1943-1944

An article published on August 26, 1944 in the Christian Science Monitor on the Special Training Unit Program at Fort Jackson, South Carolina.

Newspaper Article - Teaching Soldiers 'The Three R'S', Clarissa Start

The 1210th S.T.U. at Fort Ontario, 1943-1944

An article published on April 3, 1944 in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch on the Special Training Unit Program at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.

Journal Article – The Work Of Psychologists In The Ninth Service Command Special Training Center, Hugh M. Bell, William D. Altus

The 1210th S.T.U. at Fort Ontario, 1943-1944

An article published in the March 1944 issue of the Psychological Bulletin, titled "The Work of Psychologists in the Ninth Service Command Special Training Center" that describes the Special Training Unit Program at military bases in the western United States.

Journal Article – The Use Of Visual Aids In Special Training Units In The Army, Paul A. Witty, Samuel Goldberg

The 1210th S.T.U. at Fort Ontario, 1943-1944

An article published in the February 1944 issue of The Journal of Educational Psychology, titled "The Use of Visual Aids in Special Training Units in the Army that discusses the Special Training Unit Program.

Journal Article – The Army Program For Illiterates, Paul A. Witty, Samuel Goldberg

The 1210th S.T.U. at Fort Ontario, 1943-1944

An article published in the February 1944 issue of the Education Digest, titled "The Army Program for Illiterates" that describes the Special Training Unit Program.

Journal Article – Training Handicapped Military Personnel, Morton A. Seidenfeld

The 1210th S.T.U. at Fort Ontario, 1943-1944

An article published in the February 1944 issue of the Junior College Journal, titled "Training Handicapped Military Personnel" that describes the Special Training Unit Program.

Newspaper Article – Legion Ready To Aid Veterans Of Present Conflict, Mexico Independent (Mexico, New York)

The 1210th S.T.U. at Fort Ontario, 1943-1944

An article published in the Mexico Independent on December 16, 1943 describing the soldier literacy training school at Fort Ontario in Oswego, New York.

Newspaper Article – Legion Ready To Aid Veterans Of Present Conflict, Mexico Independent (Mexico, New York)

The 1210th S.T.U. at Fort Ontario, 1943-1944

An article published in the Mexico Independent on December 16, 1943 describing a presentation given by Lieutenant Colonel Ralph M. Manter regarding the soldier literacy training school at Fort Ontario in Oswego, New York.

Journal Article – The Army's Training Program For Illiterate, Non-English Speaking,And Educationally Retarded Men, Paul A. Witty, Samuel Goldberg

The 1210th S.T.U. at Fort Ontario, 1943-1944

An article published in the December 1943 issue of The Elementary English Review, titled "The Army's Training Program for Illiterate, Non-English Speaking,and Educationally Retarded Men." The article describes the program of instruction used by Special Training Units.

Manual – Training Devices For Special Training Units, United States War Department.

The 1210th S.T.U. at Fort Ontario, 1943-1944

War Department Pamphlet, No. 20-2, Teaching Devices for Training Units. Published in December of 1943.

Report – Standardization Of Reception Center Special Training Unit Tests, Fort Ontario September 1943, Defense Documentation Center For Scientific And Technical Information

The 1210th S.T.U. at Fort Ontario, 1943-1944

A report by the Defense Documentation Center for Scientific and Technical Information discussing if the tests administered to soldiers assigned to Fort Ontario were appropriate for use in soldier literacy training.

Newspaper Article - Private Pete S Primer Makes Soldiers Of Unschooled, Sloan Taylor

The 1210th S.T.U. at Fort Ontario, 1943-1944

An article that appeared in the New York Daily News on November 14, 1943 that examines training illiterate soldiers at Fort Ontario.

Newspaper Article - Private Pete's Primer Makes Soldiers Of Unschooled, Sloan Taylor

The 1210th S.T.U. at Fort Ontario, 1943-1944

An article published on November 14, 1943 in the Daily News-Sun (Hobbs, New Mexico), titled Private Pete's Primer Makes Soldiers of Unschooled," on the United States Army's Special Training Unit Program.

Newspaper Article – Vicinity Deaths, Democrat And Chronicle (Rochester, New York)

The 1210th S.T.U. at Fort Ontario, 1943-1944

The death notice for Colonel Willis Shippam's wife's aunt stating the COL Shippam was the Commanding Officer of Fort Ontario.

Newspaper Article – Inter-Racial Educational Program Being Conducted By The Army At Fort Ontario, N.Y, New York Age (New York, New York)

The 1210th S.T.U. at Fort Ontario, 1943-1944

An article published in the New York Age on November 13, 1943 describing the soldier literacy training school at Fort Ontario in Oswego, New York.

Newspaper Article – Army Conducting School To Teach Reading, Writing, Indianapolis Star (Indianapolis, Indiana)

The 1210th S.T.U. at Fort Ontario, 1943-1944

An article published on November 2, 1943 in the Indianapolis Star describing the Special Training Unit Program at Fort Ontario.

Newspaper Article – Mexico Day Room At Fort Ontario Is Dedicated, Mexico Independent (Mexico, New York)

The 1210th S.T.U. at Fort Ontario, 1943-1944

An article published in the Mexico Independent on October 28, 1943 describing a room furnished for Company G of the 1210th Special Training Unit at Fort Ontario in Oswego, New York.

Newspaper Article – Army Opens Schools For Illiterates, Troy Record (Troy, New York)

The 1210th S.T.U. at Fort Ontario, 1943-1944

An article published in the Troy Record on October 11, 1943 describing the soldier literacy training school at Fort Ontario in Oswego, New York.

Newspaper Article – Open School For Soldiers, Albany Times-Union (Albany, New York)

The 1210th S.T.U. at Fort Ontario, 1943-1944

An article published in the Albany Times-Union on October 11, 1943 describing the soldier literacy training school at Fort Ontario in Oswego, New York.

Newspaper Article – 'Little Red School House Opens' For Thousands Of Service Men, Daily Oklahoman (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma)

The 1210th S.T.U. at Fort Ontario, 1943-1944

An article published in the Daily Oklahoman on October 11, 1943 describing the soldier literacy training school at Fort Ontario in Oswego, New York.

Newspaper Article – Soldiers Unable To Read, Write Get Special Quick Schooling, Robert C. Wilson

The 1210th S.T.U. at Fort Ontario, 1943-1944

An article published in the Albuquerque Journal on October 11, 1943 describing the soldier literacy training school at Fort Ontario in Oswego, New York.

Photograph - Anthony Slosek And Group, Unknown

The 1210th S.T.U. at Fort Ontario, 1943-1944

A photograph taken at Fort Ontario in 1943 showing some of the soldiers stationed there.

The back says "Picture Taken in front of the Post Office Oswego, NY Friday Sept. 24, 1943 → Camp Upton

Second Row (L-R) Alfred Cannova, Anthony O. Sosus, Carl H. Beck, Elmer C. Germain, Ralph W. Bushe, Richard Bardeschluski, Eduard M. Austin, Allison J. Koberg, Phillip J. Scozzari, Walter S. Krukowski

Final Row (L-R) Anthony Slosek, Edwin T. Callaghan, Frederick C. Famule, John S. Selmbor, Joseph D. Kowalczyk, Elliot D. Smith, William P. Cheney, James Geoia, Lionel J. Harrington, Robert H. Horden, Robert E. Farnham"

Newspaper Article – Spinning The Sports Top, Al Lamb

The 1210th S.T.U. at Fort Ontario, 1943-1944

A letter from Private P. E. McHugh to the Binghamton Press and Sun-Bulletin published on September 8, 1943. Pvt McHugh was an instructor at Fort Ontario during this time.

Newspaper Article – New Day Room Is Dedicated At Fort Ontario, Fulton Patriot (Fulton, New York)

The 1210th S.T.U. at Fort Ontario, 1943-1944

An article published in the Troy Record on August 26, 1943 describing a dedication of room for the Headquarters Company of the 1210th Special Training Unit at Fort Ontario in Oswego, New York.

Journal Article – Special Training Provided For Educationally Limited Soldiers, Education For Victory (Journal)

The 1210th S.T.U. at Fort Ontario, 1943-1944

Article published on August 2, 1943 in the journal Education for Victory describing the aims of the United States Army Special Training Unit Program.