BASED ON THE BEST AVAILABLE DATA, THE DIRECTORY PROVIDES INFORMATION CONCERNING THE LOCATION OF SPECIAL EDUCATION CLASSES ON OR WITHIN COMMUTING DISTANCE (30 MILES) OF MOST U.S. MILITARY INSTALLATIONS IN THE CONTINENTAL UNITED STATES, ALASKA, HAWAII, THE CANAL ZONE, THE ATLANTIC AREAS, THE PACIFIC AREAS, AND THE EUROPEAN AREA. AN INDEX BY STATE AND COUNTRY OR AREA LISTS THE MILITARY INSTALLATIONS ALPHABETICALLY IN EACH LOCATION. SUBHEADED UNDER EACH INSTALLATION IS THE ALPHABETICAL LIST OF THE COMMUNITIES (WTIH COUNTY LOCATION FOR THE STATES) NEAR THAT INTALLATION HAVING SPECIAL EDUCATION CLASSES. THE DISTANCE IN MILES FROM THE CITY TO THE INSTALLATION IS ALSO INCLUDED. THE PRESENCE OF CLASSES (AND IN SOME CASES THE NUMBER OF CLASSES) FOR THE FOLLOWING GROUPS IS NOTED--EDUCABLE MENTALLY RETARDED, TRAINABLE MENTALLY RETARDED, ORTHOPEDICALLY HANDICAPPED, NEUROLOGICALLY HANDICAPPED, EMOTIONALLY DISTURBED, AND SPEECH HANDICAPPED. IN ADDITION, AN ALPHABETICAL LISTING OF MILITARY INSTALLATIONS SHOWS WHERE EACH INSTALLATION IS LOCATED. THIS DOCUMENT WAS DISTRIBUTED BY THE DIRECTORATE, UNITED STATES DEPENDENTS SCHOOLS, EUROPEAN AREA, APO 09164. (JD)