CADETS TROPELL AND WHITHAM
PERFECT IN PHYSICAL FITNESS TEST

Two Merced Field cadets have attained perfection in physical
fitness, an accomplishment that could happen only one in about
100,000 times, judging from over-all statistics available from all
ang in the United States where Army Physical Fitness tests are

eld.

A/C Archie Tropell Jr. and A/C Clifford Whitham are the
only individuals in the history of this station, and to our knowl-
edge, the only ones in the na-..—-———— i
tion to have reached the acme 1
of perfection in the rigorous test
prescribed by the War Depart-
ment. The AAF Physical Fitness
Test consists of three items: sit-
up, pull-up and 300-yard shuttle
run. The test was adopted after
wide experimentation found it
applicable to all groups. The test
has two functions: a.. Measure-
ment of physical fitness status

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