IHPRA Newsletter
February 2009


IHPRA readers often email to ask questions/request information.
Here are a few examples.

A few years ago, I mentioned your website to my training partner,
and we began having regular discussions about it ever since.
Since then, we have both turned many others on to it.
Who would have thought that history could be so interesting and valuable.
It really is like seeing the future!
Thank you very much for helping so many people.
Do you plan on writing more about the Kraus-Weber period summarized in the November 2008 newsletter?

The Kraus-Weber Era is a great start point for the a study of current issues in American physical culture.
Review the November 2008 newsletter links, and then take a look at October 2005.
Also review Paradigm 21 with special attention to Chapter 3.

Here is an interview with Dr. Kraus from a 1967 Popular Science.

Sports Illustrated articles are also helpful in tracing the events that followed the Kraus-Weber Test.

20 September 54

15 August 55

15 October 56 11 February 57 18 February 57 01 July 57 09 September 57 18 November 57
03 February 58 26 May 58 16 June 58 07 July 58 01 September 58 27 October 58
10 November 58 26 January 59 30 March 59 04 May 59 27 July 59 03 August 59
26 October 59 02 May 60 19 December 60 26 December 60 26 December 60

26 December 60
 
I was at your presentation in Long Beach a few years ago.  Pretty incredible.
Do you think that soldiers today are less fit than they were when you were in the Army?

My generation was on average less fit than my elders who fought in WWII, and the last two generations have continued to loose ground.
We are a large nation, so it is not difficult to find many physically fit young people.
It is when we stand back and look at ourselves as a country that the situation suddenly looks very grim.
 

I'm looking for some photos of Victory Tower at Fort Jackson.  Can you help me find some?

Here are a few.  Click thumbs for large photos

.Here are some great historical US Army training images.
They range from around WWII - 1960's.
Click on thumb to see large photo.
Many more similar images are featured in previous newsletters.

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