Area 1 had 35 barracks, 9 mess halls, and 9 recreational buildings or day-rooms. The Radio School was located in Area 2 and 3. Building 700 in area 2 was a mess hall for 6,000 men. Area 2 had 19 barracks, 6 administration buildings, 28 recreational buildings, and 2 post exchanges. Area 3 had 93 barracks, 6 administration buildings, 4 mess halls for 770 men. Each of the 3 areas functioned as a seperate unit with a headquarters, chapel, library, service club, and PX's.
Although Scott Field was a radio school, the students were required to wear fatigue clothing, the same attire used for KP or some work detail. The men on the left are doing physical training in the fatigues in the squadron area.
First floor of barracks. This one contained permanet party. The cots are single and not the wooden double-decker used by the students. The barracks were designed to hold 62 men. However, the barracks for students contained double-decker bunks and held no less than 100 students. .
In the WW II Army it was called a latrine. There was one at the end of each barrack. Here, the men shaved and showered together and took care of all their personal needs in the presence of each other. Privacy was something yet to be invented by the post war Army. .
This photo shows to some slight degree the dreaded KP. It was the most hated duty in the Army. Sitting outside pealing potatoes is the accepted view of KP. However, it was much worse. This doesn't show the eighteen hours of hard labor in the messhall kitchen. The only value of KP was to make the soldier prey for combat. .
