In 1943, the American Eighth Air Force, responsible for the daylight bombing of Germany, was suffering immense casualties - a rate greater even than that of the United States Marine Corps in the Pacific. With the physical toll on fliers came a mental one as well. Army Air Force flight surgeons invested in novel approaches to rehabilitate young men crippled by post-traumatic stress. This graduate thesis explores the development and implementation of such treatments.

Maximum Effort: Mental Health Trauma and Treatment in the Eighth Air Force During WWII