In June 1942, Atlantic City was selected for a BTC,[1] and with time of the essence, the War Department leased hotels, apartment houses, and other miscellaneous building to accommodate trainees.

[3] Included in the Army’s acquisitions was the Atlantic City Convention Hall, the largest structure of its kind in the world (at that time), to be used as the Headquarters of Basic Training Center No.

The 704th Training Group, from Jefferson Barracks, Missouri, came to Atlantic City to assist the newly activated 565th Technical School Squadron.

AAF personnel, many who had completed basic training at Atlantic City were assigned to one of the overseas air forces, equipped and scheduled for deployment to whatever part of the world they were needed.

The military facilities were completely redeveloped in the postwar years, and was incorporated into the city's urban community and there is no evidence today of the center.

According to an archivist at the National Archives, College Park, Maryland, the decision was made to destroy written World War II records if they were not directly related to combat units.