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Women's Army Corps Song Book

Description: Anthology of lyrics to songs for performance by members of the Women's Army Corps during World War II. Includes patriotic songs, official songs of the various branches of the Armed Forces, WAC songs and parodies, popular favorites, and songs from selected foreign nations. Many of the songs are either copyrighted or are parodies of copyrighted songs.
Date: 1944
Creator: United States Army. Women's Army Corps.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Soldier Shows: Staging Area and Transport Entertainment Guide, Comprising Blackouts, Sketches, Quizzes, Parodies, and Games

Description: This guide to staging entertainments for Armed Forces personnel aboard a troop transport includes scripts and instructions for comedy sketches, monologues, quizzes, and games. Includes practical advice on dealing with the difficulties of staging entertainments on board a ship or other performance area with limited space.
Date: 1944
Creator: United States. Headquarters, Army Service Forces. Special Services Division, ASF.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

P.F.C. Mary Brown: A Wac Musical Revue

Description: Compilation of a script, parts (including conductor's score; 1 vocal part with melody and lyrics; and 13 instrumental parts), stage directions, dance routines, scenic and costume designs (including instructions on how to make them from waste and salvage materials), a sample program template, and general notes on how to produce a musical revue, intended for a women's army audience. The story depicts the goddess Athena growing bored with her life on Olympus and descending to Earth to find fulfiā€¦ more
Date: 1944
Creator: United States. Headquarters, Army Service Forces. Special Services Division, ASF.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

"Hi, Yank!": A Soldier Shows "Blueprint Special"

Description: "Hi Yank!" was the second of the Soldier Shows "Blueprint Specials" to be published. It was inspired by "Yank: The Army Weekly"ā€”a magazine published by the U.S. military and distributed to members of the armed forces during World War II. Each episode of this revue is titled after a section of the magazine, and most of the scenes feature cartoonist George Baker's Sad Sack character, who debuted in the first issue of "Yank." Even the cover of the revue, which features both Sad Sack and his eternaā€¦ more
Date: 1944
Creator: United States. Headquarters, Army Service Forces. Special Services Division, ASF.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

About Face!: Soldier Shows "Blueprint Special"

Description: "About Face!" was the first in a series of Soldier Shows "Blueprint Specials" created by the Special Services Division of the Army Service Forces during World War II to provide soldiers stationed overseas with all the resources they need to stage an original, full-length, Broadway-style revue for their fellow soldiers. Each "Blueprint Special" includes a libretto, set and costume designs, conductor's score, and individual vocal and instrumental parts, as well as detailed instructions for staginā€¦ more
Date: 1944
Creator: United States. Headquarters, Army Service Forces. Special Services Division, ASF.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Watermanship

Description: "The purpose of this manual is three-fold: a. To give you those basic principles of watermanship that will enable you to meet with confidence any emergency that may arise. b. To teach you certain fundamental practices used during small landing-craft operations. c. To show you how to swim small lakes or rivers under combat conditions."
Date: April 25, 1944
Creator: United States. War Department.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Elementary map and aerial photograph reading

Description: This manual covers elementary map reading, conventional signs and military symbols, distances and scales, directions adn azimuths, coordinates, relief, slopes, profiles and visibility, map reading in the field, and aerial photograph reading to an extent sufficient to permit soldiers adn platoon leaders to read aerial photographs and aerial mosaics.
Date: August 15, 1944
Creator: United States. War Department.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Field fortifications

Description: "This manual describes field fortification methods and gives details of construction of entrenchments, emplacements, and shelters. It also outlines the principles of terrain appreciation which apply to field fortifications, and explains how to combine individual field fortifications into a unified system by means of organization of the ground."
Date: February 14, 1944
Creator: United States. War Department.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Advanced map and aerial photograph reading.

Description: "The purpose of this manual is to provide a text on advanced map and aerial photograph reading for military personnel who throughly understand the basic material in FM 21-25." (Page 1.)
Date: December 1944
Creator: United States. War Department.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Armored infantry battalion.

Description: Describes "the tactical employment of the armored infantry battalion, both as part of a larger force, and when acting independently."
Date: November 1944
Creator: United States. War Department.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Forward observation.

Description: "This manual provides instructions for training commissioned or enlisted personnel in the tactics and techniques of forward observation."
Date: August 10, 1944
Creator: United States. War Department.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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