Standard Operating Procedures and Training Notes/Directives for Special Training Unit, 1942 - 1943

This folder contains documents related to the administration, training, and operational oversight of Special Training Units at the Armored Replacement Training Center in Fort Knox, Kentucky, including policies and procedures issued by the Classification Section and STU; materials describing mobilization training programs; handwritten notes on Academic Company procedures and challenges; memoranda outlining weekly training schedules, field sanitation practices, and inspection requirements; and correspondence among officers at the ARTC, Armored Command, and War Department concerning STU operations and training inspections. Also included are administrative records such as a blank company-funds form, questions on company-funds management, tariff and pricing lists for clothing and equipment, Quartermaster Sales Store instructions, and detailed responsibility guides for Supply Sergeants, Platoon Sergeants, Mess Sergeants, Squad Leaders, First Sergeants, and Company Clerks. Additional items include training notes, a War Department booklet on sex hygiene and venereal disease, correspondence regarding training memoranda and instructional materials, and a comprehensive document on the Special Training Program that covers classification systems, academic and physical training, record-keeping and research, disposition procedures, liaison functions, and appendices containing personnel information, illustrative cases, and sample forms and tests.