King, Terry Neil

Summary During World War II, Black Hills Teachers College (now Black Hills State University) in Spearfish, South Dakota, was home to the 93rd Army Air Forces College Training Detachment (AAF CTD). It was one of 150 colleges and universities—and the only one in South Dakota—to host a pilot training program. Army pilots, navigators, and bombardiers were required to be officers with at least two years of college. The College Training Detachment program allowed cadets to earn college credits through an...

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Papers presented at the 29th Annual West River History Conference. Held in Spearfish, South Dakota, October 7-9, 2021. Conference theme: "Dakota Profiles: The Strength of the Land is in its Peoples."