Reference Information Paper 78
A Finding Aid to Records
Relating to Personal Participation in World War II ("The American Soldier" Surveys)
Appendix A: List of Electronic Records Files from the surveys "The American
Soldier in World War II," Record Group 330
[For more information about these electronic records files, or to obtain copies of them, contact the Center for Electronic Records, National Archives at College Park, 8601 Adelphi Road, College Park, MD 20740. Telephone: 301- 713-6645 Email: cer@nara.gov]
A.1 These 84 studies comprise 275 electronic records files (137 of electronic documentation and 138 of survey data). They are presented in order by original survey number (which is approximately chronological according to when they were conducted). In the table, some geographic areas are represented by codes as follows:
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1. centPac for Central Pacific
2. ETO for European Theater of Operations
3. IB for India-Burma
4. soPAc for Southern Pacific
5. swPac for Southwest Pacific
6. US for United States
A.2 The survey topics listed are not invariably those by which each particular study originally was known in ARB, but are modified in some cases to convey more information about content than did the original title. In any case the survey number is the key to matching information in the electronic records with the corresponding information on the survey in the published record, the reports, or the documentation in record groups other than RG 330.
Survey Topic: No. | Geog. Area | Date | Sample Size | No. of Data Sets |
Attitudes toward medical care: PS IV(1) | US | Oct. 42 | 3001 | 2 |
Attitudes toward civilians: PS V(2) A/B | US | Dec. 42 | 3497 | 4 |
Attitudes of and toward blacks: PS-32(3) | US | Mar. 43 | 12245 | 3 |
Leisure-time activities: PS-35 | US | Jan. 43 | 4296 | 2 |
Officer study (attitudes of enlisted men and officers): PS-40(4) E,O | US | Apr. 43 | 5293 | 4 |
Attitudes toward branch of service: S-44(5) T,X,I | US | Apr. 43 | 5765 | 6 |
Attitudes of AWOLs and others, compared: S-47 | US | Apr. 43 | 1286 | 2 |
Special services study (omnibus study of attitudes): S-63(6) A/Gof attitudes): S-63(6) A/G | US | July- Sept. 43 | 13692 | 14 |
Trend study (omnibus study of attitudes): S-64(6) | US | July- Sept. 43 | 4392 | 2 |
Utilization of civilian skills in Army jobs: S-68(7) | US | July 43 | 6242 | 2 |
Attitudes toward USO clubs: S-72 | US | July 43 | 8425 | 2 |
Neurotic screening test (psychiatric patients and AWOLs): S-74 | US | Sept. 43 | 737 | 2 |
Attitudes of noncommissioned officers toward discipline: S-76 | US | Sept. 43 | 669 | 2 |
Attitudes of hospital patients: S-77(8) A/B | US | Oct.- Nov. 43 | 3578 | 4 |
Attitudes of men in staging areas: S-79 | US | Oct. 43 | 1777 | 2 |
Attitudes of ASF officers toward assignment: S-83 | US | Jan. 44 | 785 | 2 |
Officers orientation study (attitudes of officers and enlisted men compared): S-85(9) | US | Nov.- Dec. 43 | 1048 | 2 |
Officers miscellaneous study (officers and enlisted men compared: S-86(9) | US | Nov.- Dec. 43 | 1059 | 2 |
Enlisted men miscellaneous study (officers and enlisted men compared): S-87(9) | US | Nov.- Dec. 43 | 2043 | 2 |
Combat veteran attitudes: S-91 | ETO | Nov. 43 | 506 | 2 |
ETO cross-section survey (attitudes toward Army life): S-92 | ETO | Nov. 43 | 2997 | 2 |
SW Pacific cross-section survey (attitudes toward service in the tropics): S-93 | swPac | Nov. 43 | 3223 | 2 |
Attitudes of combat infantrymen (and survey of enlisted men overseas): S-100(10) A/G |
ETO; Italy; IB; soPac | Jan.- Apr. 43 | 8266 | 14 |
Attitudes of combat infantry officers: S-101(11) B/F | ETO; soPac | Jan.- Apr. 44 | 1272 | 10 |
Postwar job plans of white officers and (black and white) enlisted men: S-106 OE, OH,OU,EU,EH,EE | US; ETO; centPac | June 44 | 24196 | 12 |
Military Police study (attitudes of officers and enlisted men): S-107 O,E | US | Mar. 44 | 4451 | 4 |
Neuropsychiatric study (psychoneurotic screening): S-108(12) | US | Mar. 44 | 958 | 2 |
ETO Study--5th Division Infantry (attitudes in field forces): S-112 | ETO | Dec. 43 | 2369 | 2 |
Attitudes in the Fighter Command (planning survey): S-113 | ETO | Dec. 43- Mar. 44 | 2985 | 2 |
Cross-section omnibus survey (attitudes in the Caribbean): S-115 A/C | Panama | Jan.- Feb. 44 | 4022 | 6 |
Planning survey #18 (attitudes toward assignments): S-116 | ETO | Jan. 44 | 2780 | 2 |
Attitude survey #20 (includes attitudes toward the British): S-122 | ETO | Apr. 44 | 3261 | 2 |
Central Pacific area cross-section survey: S-125 | centPac | Feb.- Apr. 44 | 5798 | 2 |
Psychoneurotic study: S-126 | ETO |
Apr.- May 44 | 454 | 2 |
Cross-section omnibus survey (attitudes in China- Burma-India: S-127(13) | IB | Feb.- Mar. 44 | 1181 | 2 |
Cross-section omnibus survey (attitudes in China- Burma-India): S-131(13) | IB | Feb.- Mar. 44 | 1172 | 2 |
Rotation study (troops on rotation from overseas): S-132(14) A/C | US | June- July 44 | 2769 | 6 |
Attitudes of troops in Alaska: S-133(15)A/B | Alaska | Apr.- May 44 | 4038 | 4 |
Field forces survey #26 (attitudes of airborne troops): S-134 | ETO | May 44 | 1033 | 2 |
Bomber Command survey #28: 101st Airborne (attitudes of officers and enlisted men in 8th and 9th Air Force): S-135(16) A/B | ETO | May- June 44 | 3126 | 4 |
Personnel survey #29 (attitudes of officers and enlisted men in 8th and 9th Air Force): S-136(16) | ETO | May- June 44 | 2186 | 2 |
Attitudes of enlisted men in Air Transport Command: S-141 | US; Iceland; Labrador | July 44 | 2441 | 2 |
8th Air Force survey #31 (attitudes of officers and enlisted men in 8th and 9th Air Force): S-142(16) | ETO | May- June 44 | 654 | 2 |
Postwar plans of black soldiers: S-144 | US | Aug. 44 | 4678 | 2 |
Attitudes toward demobilization: US; S-145(17) | ETO; Iceland | Aug. 44 | 6205 | 2 |
Survey of attitudes toward venereal disease and malaria: S-146 | IB | July 44 | 570 | 2 |
Bomber crews, survey #35 (attitudes of enlisted men and officers in 8th and 9th Air Force): S-150(16) | ETO | May- June 44 | 8874 | 2 |
Reassignment study (attitudes of officers and enlisted returnees): S-157(18) E,O | US | Nov. 44 | 8874 | 4 |
Soldiers' knowledge of GI Bill of Rights and postwar education plans: S-159 | US | Oct. 44 | 2050 | 2 |
Experience with equipment and supplies: S-160(19) A/B | ETO | Sept. 44 | 805 | 4 |
Trend study on attitudes in India-Burma Theater: S-170 | IB | Oct.- Nov. 44 | 1469 | 2 |
Returnee study of redistribution station and attitudes toward allies and returnee gripes study: S-172(20) | US | Nov.- Dec. 44 | 4680 | 2 |
Central Pacific Base Command (survey of Negro quartermaster troops): S-174 | centPac | Sept.- Oct. 44 | 981 | 2 |
Central Pacific Base Command: VI Air Service Area Command (chemical warfare training): S-175 | centPac | Oct. 44 | 648 | 2 |
Psychoneurotic study: S-177 | Italy | Nov.- Dec. 44 | 2536 | 2 |
Moral indices study (attitudes and objective indices of adjustment): S-181 | US | Dec. 44 | 4223 | 2 |
Pre-V-E Day study of attitudes toward military service after V-E Day (experimental study of radio programs as propaganda): S-186(22) B | US | Mar. 45 | 2522 | 2 |
Radio study (reaction to radio and "Stars and Stripes"): S-189 | ETO | Jan. 45 | 1477 | 2 |
Attitudes of Army nurses: S-192(22) A/B | US; centPac | Jan. 45 | 844 | 4 |
Survey of hospital patients: S-193 | centPac | Jan. 45 | 1280 | 2 |
Attitudes of enlisted WACs: S-194 | US | Feb. 45 | 6658 | 2 |
Methodological study of the measurement of intensity: S-195(23)A/C | US | Jan. 45 | 884 | 6 |
Port Battalion Survey (white and black port battalions): S-196(24) | ETO | Jan. 45 | 3115 | 2 |
Postwar plans survey (attitudes of officers, enlisted men, and reserves compared): S-198 E,O,RO | US | Feb. 45 | 8668 | 6 |
Winter clothing preferences among front line soldiers: S-199 | ETO | Jan. 45 | 1128 | 2 |
Attitudes toward "Stars and Stripes," "Warweek," and "Army Talks": S-203(25) A/B | ETO | Feb. 45 | 2420 | 4 |
Attitudes of men in reinforcement depots: S-204(26) | ETO | Feb. 45 | 278 | 2 |
Demobilization and redeployment: pretest to S-218, 219, 220 (includes attitudes toward officers): S-205(27) I,E,U,C S-205(27) I,E,U,C | US; ETO; Italy; Pacific; IB | May 45 | 13570 | 8 |
Morale in a Heavy Bombardment Group (B-29 officers and enlisted men): S-207 F,G | US | May 45 | 3288 | 4 |
India-Burma Theater cross-section survey (trends in attitudes): S-210 | IB | Mar.- Apr. 45 | 887 | 2 |
Returnees' reaction to the enemy and further duty: S-211 A/B | US | June 45 | 4127 | 4 |
Attitudes toward the war, our enemies and the postwar world (attitudes toward the war and further duty): S-212 | US | May 45 | 2520 | 2 |
General morale indices (omnibus attitude survey): S-213 | US | May 45 | 4966 | 2 |
Omnibus attitude survey (attitudes toward athletes and entertainers in uniform): S-214 | US | May 45 | 628 | 2 |
Methodological study of intensity measurement: S-215 | US | June 45 | 1757 | 2 |
Redeployment, phase II (attitudes toward redeployment and demobili- zation, enlisted men): S-218(27) U,I,C | IB; ETO; Pacific | July 45 | 6036 | 6 |
Officers' attitudes toward the Score Card Plan (attitudes toward redeployment and demobilization, officers): S-219(28) A/C | IB; ETO; Pacific | July 45 | 2419 | 6 |
Attitudes of hospital patients toward medical care: S-224 | ETO | June 45 | 1313 | 2 |
Attitudes toward radio: S-227 | ETO | July 45 | 766 | 2 |
Re-survey, VI Air Service Area Command (orientation problems): S-230 | Pacific | Apr. 45 | 991 | 2 |
Survey of medical care and soldier savings: S-232 | Pacific | July- Aug. 45 | 2412 | 2 |
Attitudes of white and black troops toward venereal disease: S-233 | Italy | Aug. 45 | 2685 | 2 |
Attitudes of officers and enlisted men toward Army life: S-234(29) AO,AE,BO,BE | US | Nov. 45 | 2712 | 8 |
Attitudes toward the Germans, home front, redeployment (attitudes toward post hostilities problems): S-235(30) | ETO | Aug. 45 | 1824 | 2 |
Note: Compiled by Ben DeWhitt and Heidi Ziemer. Published by the National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, DC, 1991 (Revised, 1997).
Web version prepared 1999. Additions and changes incorporated in the Web version are between brackets [] and in italics.