Civil Air Patrol helped with training during and after WWII

[The Patriot]

Civil Air Patrol helped with training during and after WWII

11-23-2018 10:41 PM

The Civil Air Patrol in Pennsylvania was involved in home front defense almost from day one. Three weeks after the U.S. declared war on Japan, The Sentinel published a United Press article on Dec. 29, 1941, calling on the state’s 8,000 civilian pilots and student flyers to volunteer and do their part in service squadrons that were being organized.


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