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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;2manybooks, post: 9588457, member: 8267&quot;]Welcome, Elizabeth. </p><p>I think [USER=1476]@Debora[/USER] is right, the photo and signatures seem to be similar to a commemorative year book - with the staff/instructors of the school in the front row, and comments and signatures of some of the students written on the back. </p><p><br /></p><p>Although the notation refers to St. Louis University, I think the school may have been related to Scott Air Force Base, located near St. Louis in Belleville, Illinois.</p><p>&quot;By the onset of World War II, Scott Field was well on its way to earning the title of Communications University of the Army Air Forces and adopted the slogan, “The best damn radio operators in the world.” By 1942, Scott Field hosted foreign students from China, France and other Allied partner nations and, in 1943, became the home of the 58th Woman’s Army Auxiliary Corps (WAACS).&quot;</p><p><a href="https://www.scott.af.mil/About-Us/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/159788/scott-air-force-base-history/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.scott.af.mil/About-Us/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/159788/scott-air-force-base-history/" rel="nofollow">https://www.scott.af.mil/About-Us/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/159788/scott-air-force-base-history/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>More on their radio instruction -</p><p><a href="https://www.scott.af.mil/News/Features/Display/Article/1179089/scott-history-1940s/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.scott.af.mil/News/Features/Display/Article/1179089/scott-history-1940s/" rel="nofollow">https://www.scott.af.mil/News/Features/Display/Article/1179089/scott-history-1940s/</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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