Description

CAVU — CALTECH DIVISION OF METEOROLOGY
Army Air Forces Meteorology Training Detachment • World War II

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Document Overview

Produced by the Army Air Forces Meteorology Cadets of the California Institute of Technology, Class of 1943, this yearbook-style volume chronicles the unit’s ten months of training under Major Marvin D. Adams. It covers the history of the meteorology program at Caltech since 1928, staff and officer profiles, a full illustrated cadet roster with nicknames and hometowns, and candid photo essays of drill, guard duty, gas-defense exercises, weather-balloon fieldwork at Corona del Mar, mess hall life, and off-duty excursions around Pasadena and Los Angeles. This listing is a digital download of a scanned copy of the original wartime publication.

Campaigns: Army Air Forces meteorology cadet training curriculum at Caltech — synoptic and dynamic meteorology, weather forecasting, and instrument observation; field exercises at Paddock Field and Corona del Mar, California.

Commanders: Maj. Marvin D. Adams (Commanding Officer); Maj. Robert E. Bagby; Maj. Robert H. McLemore (established the Training Detachment, July 1942); Lt. Jerome S. Ducrest (Adjutant); Lt. Harold M. Seim (Assistant Adjutant).

Table of Contents

Dedication
Squadron Officers
History of Meteorology at Caltech
Rose Bowl / Pasadena Notes
Pasadena Sights and Off-Duty Photos
Squadron Officers Portraits
The Cadets
Cadet Roster with Nicknames and Hometowns
Names Without Faces
“Lest Manilla” — Class Narrative
Campus Shots
Retreat and Guard
Gas Defense Training
Corona del Mar Field Exercises
Weather Balloon Observations
Mess Hall — An Appreciation
Class and Laboratory
Calisthenics and Sports
Printer and Contributor Credits
Closing Poem: “My Boy”

“I order you forward with confidence that wherever you are you will do honor to the great country we serve.”
— Maj. Marvin D. Adams, Commanding Officer