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ARMY AIR FORCES AID SOCIETY

The Army Air Forces today has great responsibility. It is charged with the air defense of America. The youngest of our service, it has developed by leaps and bounds to maturity, attaining a high state of efficiency and performance. As the Army Air Forces has grown, the problem of caring for its personnel and their dependents has become a prime interest of this service. To provide an agency to carry on this phase of work, the Army Air Force Aid Society was established.

The society was conceived by General and Mrs. H. H. Arnold, together with the help of other Air Force leaders during August, 1941. It was incorporated as a benevolent society under the laws of the District of Columbia in March 1st, 1946.

The main mission of the Army Air Force Aid Society is to help the personnel and veterans of the Army Air Forces and their dependents who can not help themselves. To render adequate assistance to this large number of persons required considerable money. Some of the sources from which the Society secures its funds are as follows: Membership fees, donations from individuals, contributions from business firms and clubs, royalties from the sale of books and songs (the titles of which have been vested in the Aid Society), profits from air shows, plays, entertainments and certain moving pictures, and memorial gifts.

The profits from the sale of this program will be turned over to the Society for distribution. If you have purchased a copy you have helped in the work being done by the Society. The Society receives no governmental funds whatsoever.

Anyone, either military or civilian, may become a member. There are four types of membership, as follows:

Patron Member [for life] - $100.00 [No Annual Dues]
Life Member - 50.00 [No Annual Dues]
Benefactor Member - 5.00 per year
Member-at-Large - 1.00 per year

Anyone desiring to participate in the splendid work being done by the Aid Society can contribute to this worthy cause by becoming a member.

The Army Air Force Aid Society has an Officer representative at every Air Force installation in the continental United States. Lockbourne's Aid Society Chapter is headed by Col. B. O. Davis Jr., Commanding Officer. He cooperates with the Army Emergency Relief and the American Red Cross to render necessary aid to eligible individuals, without duplication of effort and with maximum efficiency and economy.