Don’t Get Lost, Where’s a Policeman When You Need One? (1973)

Illustrated pamphlet by Creighton Williams and Verne Bowers for the US Army Engineer School, Fort Belvoir, Virginia. Teaches military map reading and direction finding, and intended to complement existing doctrinal literature TC 21-26. "Don't Get Lost" was written by the US Army Engineer School, Fort Belvoir, Virginia, and is a publication of the US Army Combat Arms Training Board, Fort Benning, Georgia 31905.

The information presented herein conforms as closely as possible with approved Department of the Army doctrine and is intended to complement existing doctrinal literature.

When you get lost in combat, terrible things can happen. You may run into some nasty people-the enemy. You may not get where you are supposed to go-fail your mission. You may have trouble getting back to your unit-miss your meals and worry the CO.

To keep from getting lost in the boonies, you must know how to find your location your address. here are no street addresses in a combat area, but the military map can spot your location accurately. It has black lines running up and down (north and south) and crosswise (east and west). They form small squares called god squares. These lines are numbered along the outside edge of the map picture. Using these numbers, you can name each square.