The War Department Physical Training Manual

Published by The War Department at the end of World War II, this manual covers a wide-variety of physical training exercises and information on how to plan to conduct a program. Sections include conditioning exercises, rifle exercises, log exercises, the strength course, guerrilla exercises, marching, running, and grass drills, obstacle and confidence courses, athletics, relays, wrestling, hand-to-hand fighting, boxing, single and double tumbling, swimming, lifesaving, posture training, and physical fitness testing.