Civil Air Patrol Heritage Toolbook

<p>Civil Air Patrol (CAP) is a voluntary organization and the official civilian auxiliary of the United States Air Force. Its members join for reasons of patriotism and a desire to help others. CAP was founded during the increasing US WWII involvement and its history of service during that time is rich. However a void in CAP history and heritage exists today. Presently scattered pictures newspaper articles and a few video clips complete the CAP heritage library. No single source document or place exists that tells the story from the beginning roots to present-day CAP. Several sources contain bits and pieces but not everything. The project team contacted both the CAP National Headquarters staff and some of the 53000 CAP members. During this ToolBook construction articles in the Civil Air Patrol News introduced CAP members to the ToolBook project and requested assistance from their personal recollections and memorabilia. The Air Force Historical Research Library has an extensive collection of historic CAP documents categorized and donated by CAP Colonel Lester Hopper. Current CAP activities are well documented but in disparate locations. The available information is dry and not easily accessible to all. The CAP Heritage ToolBook research team compiled these sources into one comprehensive user-friendly format capturing this rich heritage for generations to come. This multi-media presentation integrates video photographs and animation to bring the Civil Air Patrol heritage alive!</p><p>This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore you will see the original copyright references library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world) and other notations in the work.</p><p>This work is in the public domain in the United States of America and possibly other nations. Within the United States you may freely copy and distribute this work as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.</p><p>As a reproduction of a historical artifact this work may contain missing or blurred pages poor pictures errant marks etc. Scholars believe and we concur that this work is important enough to be preserved reproduced and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.</p><br>