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The Civil Air Patrol (CAP) was founded on December 1st, 1941, just days before the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. The organization was created to aid our military forces by utilizing America's civilian aviation resources... In the beginning, CAP was tasked with civil defense-related duties such as: search and rescue, border patrol, aerial target towing, and armed coastal patrol. The cadet program, instituted in 1942, was created to provide flight training to young Americans... After WWII, the CAP was in danger of being dismantled, having served its wartime purpose. After careful discussion on the usefulness and feasibility of a post-war CAP, a congressional charter was granted to the organization. Within a year after the formation of the United States Air Force in 1947, CAP became the official auxiliary of the United States Air Force.

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