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WW2 Era Employee Photo ID Badge AAF Basic Training Center No 10 Greensboro NC

$ 22.17

Availability: 100 in stock
  • Original/Reproduction: Original
  • Modified Item: No
  • Conflict: WW II (1939-45)
  • Condition: Used
  • Theme: Militaria
  • Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
  • Item must be returned within: 30 Days
  • Restocking Fee: No
  • Refund will be given as: Money Back
  • Region of Origin: United States
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
  • All returns accepted: Returns Accepted

    Description

    WW2 Era Employee Photo ID Badge AAF Basic Training Center No 10 Greensboro NC
    This the same man as the other badges listed.
    Ballenger Paving Co from Greenville SC must have done work in Greensboro
    Here is his original employee badge.
    Badge is 1 3/4 diameter.
    The Greensboro Center opened in November 1941 as the headquarters of the
    First Technical Training District
    ,
    Air Corps Technical Training Command
    .
    [1]
    In 1943, it was expanded to become AAF Basic Training Center No. 10, welcoming nearly 90,000 men
    [2]
    into the
    United States Army Air Forces
    to undergo basic military training (BMT). Transferred to the Army Personnel Distribution Center in June 1944, the Greensboro Overseas Replacement Depot (ORD), arranged the deployment of over 150,000 airmen
    [2]
    to overseas groups and squadrons in combat theaters around the world. With the end of the war in 1945, nearly 30,000
    [2]
    men were demobilized from the Army Air Forces and returned to civilian life at Greensboro.