Latest content added for UNT Digital Library Collection: World War II Collectionhttps://digital.library.unt.edu/explore/collections/WWII/browse/?start=20&fq=untl_institution:UNTGD&fq=str_location_country:United+States2006-10-19T23:18:48-05:00UNT LibrariesThis is a custom feed for browsing UNT Digital Library Collection: World War II CollectionNewsmap for the Armed Forces : the sea-air navy : 319 warships set for Atlantic and Pacific fleets2006-10-19T23:18:48-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc829/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc829/"><img alt="Newsmap for the Armed Forces : the sea-air navy : 319 warships set for Atlantic and Pacific fleets" title="Newsmap for the Armed Forces : the sea-air navy : 319 warships set for Atlantic and Pacific fleets" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc829/small/"/></a></p><p>Front:
Text describes proposed post-war Atlantic and Pacific U.S. fleets.
Shows graphic silhouettes of the different types of ships.
Includes chart of proposed Navy personnel.
Back:
Let's not be fooled again... Text includes: Pro-German attitude grows as U.S. troops fraternize -- We talk tough, but we act soft -- Soldier's opinions of Germans rising. Reasons given for post-war occupation of Germany.</p>Newsmap for the Armed Forces : Operation Crossroads2006-10-19T23:10:31-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc832/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc832/"><img alt="Newsmap for the Armed Forces : Operation Crossroads" title="Newsmap for the Armed Forces : Operation Crossroads" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc832/small/"/></a></p><p>Front: The text and illustrations highlight the issues in the atomic age, that humanity was perhaps at its most fateful crossroads.
Photographs: Labor, industry sign wage agreements -- Radar reaches the Moon -- Pacific rendezvous -- Felix Gouin leads France -- Hans goes to the polls.
Back: Highlights of 45 years (1901 - 1945) service of the Army Nurse Corps. Includes three photographs: U.S. nurses in Britain in 1918 -- Nurses in evacuation hospital, Sicily, 1943 -- Anzio : first nurses to receive Silver Star.</p>Newsmap for the Armed Forces : Demobilization2006-10-19T23:09:49-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc833/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc833/"><img alt="Newsmap for the Armed Forces : Demobilization" title="Newsmap for the Armed Forces : Demobilization" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc833/small/"/></a></p><p>Front: Text and illustrations highlight the three phases of the demobilization plan.
Back: A message from General Eisenhower (from an address delivered at Ottawa, 10 January 1946).</p>Newsmap for the Armed Forces : UNO, 51 Nations Unite For Peace2006-10-19T23:04:21-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc834/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc834/"><img alt="Newsmap for the Armed Forces : UNO, 51 Nations Unite For Peace" title="Newsmap for the Armed Forces : UNO, 51 Nations Unite For Peace" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc834/small/"/></a></p><p>Front: The text highlights the founding of the UNO.
Map: UNO members, their colonies and territories.
Photographs: the opening session of the UNO at Central Hall, London, 10
January, 1945; American delegates to the UNO in conference.
Back: Illustration of a sailor and French ships accompany text describing how the French fleet was scuttled at Toulan--destroying the harbor and surrounding installations--to avoid use by the Germans.</p>Newsmap for the Armed Forces : End of a myth2006-10-19T22:58:29-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc836/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc836/"><img alt="Newsmap for the Armed Forces : End of a myth" title="Newsmap for the Armed Forces : End of a myth" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc836/small/"/></a></p><p>Front: The text highlights the methods by which Japan adopted democractic principals after the war ended.
Map: a typical Japanese village on Echigo Plain.
Photographs: Images of Hirohito dressed in royal robes and Western style clothing
Back: The 1946 calendar. Phrase: Soldiers' deposits pay 4% interest : see your personnel officer.</p>Newsmap for the Armed Forces : Moscow conference decisions2006-10-19T22:57:38-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc837/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc837/"><img alt="Newsmap for the Armed Forces : Moscow conference decisions" title="Newsmap for the Armed Forces : Moscow conference decisions" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc837/small/"/></a></p><p>Front:
Text describes 5 Moscow conference decisions.
Maps: Moscow conference decisions as reflected on the global map.
Includes photograph of Ernest Bevin (Britain), V. M. Molotov (Russia) and James F. Byrnes (U.S.)
Back:
Reenlistment. List of reasons to reenlist. Charts of income and retirement income for enlisted classes.</p>Newsmap for the Armed Forces : 1945: Year of Victory2006-10-19T22:51:31-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc838/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc838/"><img alt="Newsmap for the Armed Forces : 1945: Year of Victory" title="Newsmap for the Armed Forces : 1945: Year of Victory" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc838/small/"/></a></p><p>Front:
Text describes photographs.
Photographs: German PWs arriving in States on V-E-Day; January: Yanks on Luzon; February: "Big three" at Yalta; March: across the Rhine at Remagen; April: Franklin Delano Roosevelt dies; May: V-E-Day; June: United Nations; July: Potsdam Conference; August: atomic age begins; September: V-J-Day ends World War II; October: Goering and 23 other high Nazis indicted for war crimes; November: new chief of staff; December: Moscow meeting.
Back:
If you plan to return to school or college. Text describes how to apply for college credit for Army training. 2 photographs.</p>Newsmap for the Armed Forces : Troop deployment2006-10-19T22:50:48-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc839/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc839/"><img alt="Newsmap for the Armed Forces : Troop deployment" title="Newsmap for the Armed Forces : Troop deployment" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc839/small/"/></a></p><p>Front:
Chart of U.S. troop deployment is keyed to world maps.
3 maps include Asiatic-Pacific, European, American areas of deployment.
Back:
V-E, V-J, VD : there is an enemy still to be defeated.
Text warns of venereal diseases.</p>Newsmap for the Armed Forces : U.S. role in world affairs2006-10-19T22:45:56-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc840/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc840/"><img alt="Newsmap for the Armed Forces : U.S. role in world affairs" title="Newsmap for the Armed Forces : U.S. role in world affairs" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc840/small/"/></a></p><p>Text describes U.S. role in world affairs and is keyed to map.
Map projection is "designed to minimize distortions along the 40th parallel which runs approximately through Tokyo and Washington."</p>Newsmap for the Armed Forces : 4 years after Pearl Harbor2006-10-19T22:44:55-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc841/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc841/"><img alt="Newsmap for the Armed Forces : 4 years after Pearl Harbor" title="Newsmap for the Armed Forces : 4 years after Pearl Harbor" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc841/small/"/></a></p><p>Front:
Text describes photographs: U.S. destroyer Shaw -- Third Fleet Unit -- Nazis march in Vienna -- 35th Infantry Division troops in Polch, Poland -- Joachim von Ribbentrop -- Signatures on the United Nations Security Charter -- Nipponese who helped capture the headquarters of Chinese 29th Army at Tungchow -- Pfc. Cecil Cunningham, of St. Louis, MO in Tokyo -- Navy Secretary Frank Knox draws the second number in the Third Selective Service drawing -- Five Michigan men leave a separation center at Fort Sheridan, Ill. after discharge.
Back:
Map shows eastern portion of the United States with population statistics by state and per person income payments in 1940 and 1944.</p>Newsmap for the Armed Forces : Changes in Army and Navy commands2006-10-19T22:44:15-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc842/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc842/"><img alt="Newsmap for the Armed Forces : Changes in Army and Navy commands" title="Newsmap for the Armed Forces : Changes in Army and Navy commands" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc842/small/"/></a></p><p>Front:
Text describes Generals Marshall, Eisenhower, and McNarney, as well as Admirals King, Nimitz, and Spruance.
Includes 6 photographs.
Back:
Where will the best jobs be? Illustration and text.</p>Newsmap for the Armed Forces : The atomic question2006-10-19T22:39:31-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc843/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc843/"><img alt="Newsmap for the Armed Forces : The atomic question" title="Newsmap for the Armed Forces : The atomic question" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc843/small/"/></a></p><p>Front: Text highlights some of the issues of using atomic energy and weapons. Includes information on the three-nation [U.S., Great Britain, Canada] declaration on atomic energy.
Photographs: Smoke from an atomic bomb blast towers miles above Nagasaki; All but the base of a steel tower holding an atomic bomb was vaporized during test explosion in New Mexico; Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer; These men took part in the atomic bomb conferences at the White House : Prime Minister Attlee; President Truman; Prime Minister Mackenzie King; T. L. Rowan, Attlee's secretary; Dr. Vannevar Bush, U. S. expert; Maj. Gen. E. I. C. Jacob, British expert; Representative Charles A. Eaton of New Jersey; Senator Brian McMahon of Connecticut; Canadian Ambassador Lester B. Pearson; Secretary of State James F. Byrnes; Representative Sol Bloom of New York; Admiral William D. Leahy; the Japanese city of Hiroshima after it had been leveled by an atomic bomb.
Back: Text and illustration give a progress report on demobilization of Army, Marines, and Navy as of 1 November 1945.</p>Newsmap for the Armed Forces : Strategic Concept2006-10-19T22:38:38-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc844/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc844/"><img alt="Newsmap for the Armed Forces : Strategic Concept" title="Newsmap for the Armed Forces : Strategic Concept" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc844/small/"/></a></p><p>Front: Text highlights the strategic concept that guided the Western Allies to victory in Europe.
Map shows German occupied territory as of 7 Dec 1941 in western Europe and North Africa.
Back: Text and illustration highlight the postwar job as a threefold task: Speedily demobilize those in uniform who want to return to civilian life, maintain and supply occupation forces, and provide for peacetime military strength to help ensure world security.</p>Newsmap for the Armed Forces : Army Plan for Unifying Armed Forces2006-10-19T22:34:28-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc845/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc845/"><img alt="Newsmap for the Armed Forces : Army Plan for Unifying Armed Forces" title="Newsmap for the Armed Forces : Army Plan for Unifying Armed Forces" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc845/small/"/></a></p><p>Front: Text and chart show chain of command and
organizational structure in the proposed unified armed forces. The
plan was presented to the Senate Military Affairs Committee on 30
October 1945.
Back: Illustration of a young woman with crossed fingers has caption emphasizing the need to save some of that hard-earned money.</p>Newsmap for the Armed Forces : Air Transport Command2006-10-19T22:30:27-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc847/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc847/"><img alt="Newsmap for the Armed Forces : Air Transport Command" title="Newsmap for the Armed Forces : Air Transport Command" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc847/small/"/></a></p><p>Front: Map with text shows routes of the Army's Air Transport Command as of 1 September 1945.
Back: The text and maps highlight the Naval Air Transport Service (Atlantic and Pacific wings).</p>Newsmap for the Armed Forces : the Berlin indictment2006-10-19T22:26:15-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc848/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc848/"><img alt="Newsmap for the Armed Forces : the Berlin indictment" title="Newsmap for the Armed Forces : the Berlin indictment" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc848/small/"/></a></p><p>Front:
Photographs of 24 German leaders set into the shape of a swastika include names, titles, and crimes they are accused of committing.
Back: "The world we'll live in" -- illustration of a group of men inside a globe is accompanied by text highlighting the need for nations to work together for a better world ahead.</p>Newsmap for the Armed Forces : the Sun is down2006-10-19T22:22:38-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc849/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc849/"><img alt="Newsmap for the Armed Forces : the Sun is down" title="Newsmap for the Armed Forces : the Sun is down" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc849/small/"/></a></p><p>Front: The text highlights what happened in the first
weeks of the occupation of Japan.
Photographs: General MacArthur receives Emperor Hirohito at the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo -- Japanese officer reads demobilization order to Japanese troops in Tokyo -- Shinto priests -- Gen. Yamashita, on war-criminal list, has been arraigned in Manila -- American officers inspect records of the Bank of Japan in Tokyo.
Back: Illustration of material goods arrayed on the outline of the United States is accompanied by text showing the good things of American life.</p>Newsmap for the Armed Forces : Code for the Conquered2006-10-19T22:18:01-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc851/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc851/"><img alt="Newsmap for the Armed Forces : Code for the Conquered" title="Newsmap for the Armed Forces : Code for the Conquered" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc851/small/"/></a></p><p>Front: Text describes principal points which disestablish the Reich and eliminate its war-making powers
Photograph: A group of men in uniform and in street dress stand in the foreground appearing to read the code for the conquered.
Back: Illustration of a serviceman in a hand-held test tube is accompanied by text giving points about identifying and preparing to pick a civilian job after discharge from the service.</p>Newsmap for the Armed Forces : New Discharge Scores2006-10-19T22:14:37-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc852/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc852/"><img alt="Newsmap for the Armed Forces : New Discharge Scores" title="Newsmap for the Armed Forces : New Discharge Scores" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc852/small/"/></a></p><p>Front: New discharge scores are given for enlisted men, WACS, and officers. Also includes excerpts from a transcript of General Marshall's extemporaneous remarks on demobilization during an appearance before Members of Congress on 20 September [1945].
Photographs: General of the Army Marshall and General Handy confer at
their recent meeting with Senate and House members, [soldiers and
civilians].
Back: The text gives important facts about service life insurance.</p>Newsmap for the Armed Forces : Demobilization Program.2006-10-19T22:13:32-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc853/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc853/"><img alt="Newsmap for the Armed Forces : Demobilization Program." title="Newsmap for the Armed Forces : Demobilization Program." src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc853/small/"/></a></p><p>Front:
Maps: Silhouette maps of Japan and Korea, U.S., and Germany and Austria help illustrate the distribution of men in the Army as of 1 July 1946.
Back: Text and color illustrations show various shoulder insignia of United States Army combat divisions with a partial list of their combat locations (World War II).</p>Newsmap for the Armed Forces2006-10-19T22:10:46-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc854/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc854/"><img alt="Newsmap for the Armed Forces" title="Newsmap for the Armed Forces" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc854/small/"/></a></p><p>Front:
Maps: Major bases proposed for postwar U.S. Navy; Japan: American troops invest the enemy homeland.
Photograph: First U.S. Occupation Forces March Down Tokyo Street.
Back: Comparison chart of non-commissioned grades and ratings of the armed forces (Army, Navy and Coast Guard, Marine Corps).</p>Newsmap for the Armed Forces : Occupation Begins2006-10-19T22:09:01-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc855/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc855/"><img alt="Newsmap for the Armed Forces : Occupation Begins" title="Newsmap for the Armed Forces : Occupation Begins" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc855/small/"/></a></p><p>Front: Text describes American advancement and control of Korean and Japanese cities after Japan's formal surrender on 1 Sept., United States time
Map shows Japan and Korea.
Photographs: Gen. MacArthur signs Japanese surrender terms on Battleship Missouri; Japanese foreign minister Shigemitsu signs at Tokyo Bay ceremony; Allied prisoners of war at Omori, Japan, hail their liberators.
Back: Text and color illustrations show United States Marines' activities.</p>Newsmap for the Armed Forces : Yanks land on Japan2006-10-19T22:08:20-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc856/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc856/"><img alt="Newsmap for the Armed Forces : Yanks land on Japan" title="Newsmap for the Armed Forces : Yanks land on Japan" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc856/small/"/></a></p><p>Front:
Text describes American occupation of Japan beginning 28 August, 1945 and is keyed to map.
Map shows eastern central coast of Japan. Inset shows map of Japan.
Back:
Armed forces radio. Text describes stations and programs. World maps shows locations of AFRS stations, AFRS hospital systems in the U.S., commercial and government stations airing AFRS programs.</p>Newsmap for the Armed Forces : Japan's empire, its advance and retreat2006-10-19T22:02:25-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc858/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc858/"><img alt="Newsmap for the Armed Forces : Japan's empire, its advance and retreat" title="Newsmap for the Armed Forces : Japan's empire, its advance and retreat" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc858/small/"/></a></p><p>Front:
Text chart of the history of Japan's empire from 1895 to 19 August, 1945.
4 maps: Japanese empire, 1931; Japanese empire, Dec. 1941; Japanese empire, Aug. 1942 ; Japanese holdings as war ended.
Back:
"Please...get there and back!": contains photographs and text about the Army Transportation Corps. Includes picture of a woman's face.</p>Newsmap. For the Armed Forces. V-E Day + 14 weeks, 191st week of U.S. participation in the war2006-10-19T21:57:38-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc860/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc860/"><img alt="Newsmap. For the Armed Forces. V-E Day + 14 weeks, 191st week of U.S. participation in the war" title="Newsmap. For the Armed Forces. V-E Day + 14 weeks, 191st week of U.S. participation in the war" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc860/small/"/></a></p><p>Front:
Summary of Potsdam conference. War News 7 August.
Map shows European boundaries as of January 1938. Inset map details administration of eastern Germany and East Prussia.
Back:
Map of Formosa; inset map shows location of Formosa in Asia.</p>Newsmap. For the Armed Forces. V-E Day + 13 weeks, 190th week of U.S. participation in the war2006-10-19T21:52:47-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc861/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc861/"><img alt="Newsmap. For the Armed Forces. V-E Day + 13 weeks, 190th week of U.S. participation in the war" title="Newsmap. For the Armed Forces. V-E Day + 13 weeks, 190th week of U.S. participation in the war" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc861/small/"/></a></p><p>Front:
"In a few months we expect to run out of targets in Japan"--Maj. Gen. C. E. LeMay. Text describes targets in Japan.
Map: Japan. Relief shown pictorially.
Includes photograph of Kobe : under B-29 attack, 4 June 45.
Back:
Special devices. "Dedicated to the safe and rapid training of pilots and aircrewmen."
Photographs: Recognition; Navigation; Maintenance; Bombing and torpedoing; Operational flight training; Terrain recognition; Anti-aircraft; Fixed gunnery; Free gunnery.</p>Newsmap. For the Armed Forces. V-E Day + 12 weeks, 189th week of U.S. participation in the war2006-10-19T21:51:44-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc862/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc862/"><img alt="Newsmap. For the Armed Forces. V-E Day + 12 weeks, 189th week of U.S. participation in the war" title="Newsmap. For the Armed Forces. V-E Day + 12 weeks, 189th week of U.S. participation in the war" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc862/small/"/></a></p><p>Front:
Text describes war action at 7 points in Japan and is keyed to map.
Map: U.S. and British fleet fight along the coasts of Japan.
Includes photograph: Swarms of carrier aircraft and guns of the combined U.S. and British fleet rocked Japan.
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1907. Text describes the creation of a division of aeronautics in 1907. Includes 9 photographs of various types of Allied aircraft.</p>Newsmap. For the Armed Forces. V-E Day + 11 weeks, 188th week of U.S. participation in the war2006-10-19T21:47:30-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc863/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc863/"><img alt="Newsmap. For the Armed Forces. V-E Day + 11 weeks, 188th week of U.S. participation in the war" title="Newsmap. For the Armed Forces. V-E Day + 11 weeks, 188th week of U.S. participation in the war" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc863/small/"/></a></p><p>Front:
At bottom left: Halsey's ships rake Japan. At upper right: The Queen Mary brings home a boatload of Yanks. At lower right: Soldiers marching in formation behind a listing of "Divisions tenatively scheduled to return to United States during remainder of 1945. At lower center: Ft. Jackson, S.C. - training in jungle fighting before leaving for the Pacific. In center: Training posts for divisions returned and due to return for redeployment.
Map showing Asia and northern Australia ; outline map of the U.S. showing locations of various military camps
Includes 3 photographs.
Back:
The battle line. Text describes the role of the Army Engineer.
Includes photographs: Road making materials ground out by an Engineer rock crusher -- Bulldozer carving a road out of a hillside -- Dependable water supplies for troops -- Engineers working in deep snow as they unreel and adjust barbed wire -- Engineer divers are decompressed -- Bridges are arrested so that tank-dozers may clear the path -- Storms only make the "snapper's" job tougher as he seeks out mine fields -- Engineer corps cranes operate in the surf.</p>Newsmap. For the Armed Forces. 248th week of the war, 130th week of U.S. participation2006-10-19T21:03:51-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc870/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc870/"><img alt="Newsmap. For the Armed Forces. 248th week of the war, 130th week of U.S. participation" title="Newsmap. For the Armed Forces. 248th week of the war, 130th week of U.S. participation" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc870/small/"/></a></p><p>Front:
Text describes action on various war fronts: France, Eastern front, Italy, Pacific, China, Southeast Asia.
Maps: Schouten Islands; Channel Coast; Italy.
Back:
"The battle-line is where the Infantry is"... Large photograph of infantryman with text describing the importance of the infantry.</p>Newsmap. For the Armed Forces. 292nd week of the war, 174th week of U.S. participation2006-10-19T20:59:06-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc873/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc873/"><img alt="Newsmap. For the Armed Forces. 292nd week of the war, 174th week of U.S. participation" title="Newsmap. For the Armed Forces. 292nd week of the war, 174th week of U.S. participation" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc873/small/"/></a></p><p>Front: Text describes action on various war fronts: Allies squeeze Reich; Okinawa resistance stiffens.
Maps: [Western Europe]; Allies squeeze Reich, U.S. forces make new landings
on Tawitawi and Masbate - Japanese battleship sunk, Okinawa resistance
stiffens.
Back: Illustration of a young woman looking at a 10 dollar war savings bond. Caption: "It will look even bigger-- after the war!"</p>Newsmap. For the Armed Forces. 290th week of the war, 172nd week of U.S. participation2006-10-19T20:54:55-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc875/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc875/"><img alt="Newsmap. For the Armed Forces. 290th week of the war, 172nd week of U.S. participation" title="Newsmap. For the Armed Forces. 290th week of the war, 172nd week of U.S. participation" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc875/small/"/></a></p><p>Front: Text describes action on various war fronts: U.S.
Fleet Active; Alies Race Through Reich - Soviets Strike Toward
Austria
Maps: Allies race through Reich--Soviets strike toward Austria
[Germany], Pacific fleet action, Budapest to Vienna. Inset map: The Ruhr.
Back: Color photograph of a flame-throwing tank is accompanied by text highlighting research and development to produce new weapons.</p>Newsmap. For the Armed Forces. 245th week of the war, 127th week of U.S. participation2006-10-19T20:52:15-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc876/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc876/"><img alt="Newsmap. For the Armed Forces. 245th week of the war, 127th week of U.S. participation" title="Newsmap. For the Armed Forces. 245th week of the war, 127th week of U.S. participation" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc876/small/"/></a></p><p>Front:
Text describes action on various war fronts: Italy, Pacific, Southeast Asia, China, Western Europe, USSR.
Maps show Allied attacks from India and China into Burma; Current battle line in central Italy.
Includes photographs: Nazi 170mm and American 200mm. mobile guns at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md.; Shells belonging to the Nazi and American guns; German paratroopers during street fighting in Cassino; Self-propelled German gun mounted on a Mark III chassis advances toward Allied positions in Cassino; Road sign posted near the Allied beachhead below Rome warns Allied forces against touching "butterfly bombs".
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Your battleship and her requirements. Illustration of a battleship with text describing man hours required to design and build, materials to build, material to operate.</p>Newsmap. For the Armed Forces. 286th week of the war, 168th week of U.S. participation2006-10-19T20:46:11-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc880/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc880/"><img alt="Newsmap. For the Armed Forces. 286th week of the war, 168th week of U.S. participation" title="Newsmap. For the Armed Forces. 286th week of the war, 168th week of U.S. participation" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc880/small/"/></a></p><p>Front: Text describes action on various war fronts: U.S.
Troops Cross Roer in New Drives; Tokyo Smashed Again - Manila Falls.
Maps: Drives into Germany -- Volcano Islands -- Iwo.
Back: Text highlights what the Army is doing to help
the folks back home and suggests ways service people and families can work with the Office of Dependency Benefits to ensure prompt payments.</p>Newsmap. For the Armed Forces. 284th week of the war, 166th week of U.S. participation2006-10-19T20:42:41-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc882/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc882/"><img alt="Newsmap. For the Armed Forces. 284th week of the war, 166th week of U.S. participation" title="Newsmap. For the Armed Forces. 284th week of the war, 166th week of U.S. participation" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc882/small/"/></a></p><p>Front: Text describes action on various war fronts: Allies press western front Offensive; Manila battle continues -
B-29's active; Soviets make new crossings
Maps: Western Front, Soviet Salient, U.S. troops continue to clear Manila.
Back: Text and illustration and photographs highlight the role of Military Police.</p>Newsmap. For the Armed Forces. 282nd week of the war, 164th week of U.S. participation2006-10-19T20:39:06-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc884/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc884/"><img alt="Newsmap. For the Armed Forces. 282nd week of the war, 164th week of U.S. participation" title="Newsmap. For the Armed Forces. 282nd week of the war, 164th week of U.S. participation" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc884/small/"/></a></p><p>Front: Text describes action on various war fronts: Americans drive toward Manila; Allied aircraft
active in Pacific; Red Army on road to Berlin; Allies erase German bulge.
Maps: Objective Manila; Pacific action; West to Berlin; East to Berlin. Inset map of Berlin.
Back: Text and 6 photographs highlight the activities of the Army Postal Service that delivers an average of 40 million piece of mail a week.</p>Newsmap. For the Armed Forces. 281st week of the war, 163rd week of U.S. participation2006-10-19T20:37:49-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc885/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc885/"><img alt="Newsmap. For the Armed Forces. 281st week of the war, 163rd week of U.S. participation" title="Newsmap. For the Armed Forces. 281st week of the war, 163rd week of U.S. participation" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc885/small/"/></a></p><p>Front: Text describes action on various war fronts:
German Salient Compressed, Red Army in Full Scale Offensive, Tarlac
Falls - Pacific Air Action Continues.
Maps: European fronts -- South from Lingayen -- Formosa -- South China
Sea.
Back: Color poster highlights the importance of saving.</p>Newsmap. For the Armed Forces. 277th week of the war, 159th week of U.S. participation2006-10-19T20:28:45-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc890/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc890/"><img alt="Newsmap. For the Armed Forces. 277th week of the war, 159th week of U.S. participation" title="Newsmap. For the Armed Forces. 277th week of the war, 159th week of U.S. participation" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc890/small/"/></a></p><p>Front: Text describes action on various war fronts:
German offensive gains momentum, "Greatest Japanese Defeat," Soviet forces in action, Fighting bitter on Italian front.
Maps: [German offensive] -- Mindoro -- Philippine Islands -- Leyte, Samar battle area -- Czechoslovakia, Hungary border -- Northern Italy near Bologna.
Back: 1945 calendar with advice: "Every day be careful what you say or write!"</p>Newsmap. For the Armed Forces. 275th week of the war, 157th week of U.S. participation2006-10-19T20:22:33-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc892/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc892/"><img alt="Newsmap. For the Armed Forces. 275th week of the war, 157th week of U.S. participation" title="Newsmap. For the Armed Forces. 275th week of the war, 157th week of U.S. participation" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc892/small/"/></a></p><p>Front: Text describes action on various war fronts: Western front battle, Pressure on Budapest, German attack in Italy, Ormoc Falls: B-20s active, Far Eastern front.
Maps: European front, The Saar, Hungarian front, Pacific action,
Leyte area.
Back: Text highlights "Preventive Maintenance" and describes the need to take care of ordnance equipment and "keep 'em rolling." Illustrations of 18 types of mobile ordnance are labeled.</p>Newsmap. For the Armed Forces. 274th week of the war, 156th week of U.S. participation2006-10-19T20:19:53-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc893/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc893/"><img alt="Newsmap. For the Armed Forces. 274th week of the war, 156th week of U.S. participation" title="Newsmap. For the Armed Forces. 274th week of the war, 156th week of U.S. participation" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc893/small/"/></a></p><p>Front: Text describes action on various war fronts: Allied pressure increases, Cologne approaches attacked, Saar Valley threatened; Red Army strikes; Ravenna falls; Pacific Theatre active; Kweiyang evacuated; Japs retreat in Burma.
Maps: Soviet drive; Cologne Plain; Winter offensive; Japanese threat; Leyte. Inset map: Philippines.
Back: Photographs and llustrations highlight various infantry weapons: guns, rifles, pistols, machine guns, mortars and other weapons.</p>Newsmap. For the Armed Forces. 273rd week of the war, 155th week of U.S. participation2006-10-19T20:16:52-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc894/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc894/"><img alt="Newsmap. For the Armed Forces. 273rd week of the war, 155th week of U.S. participation" title="Newsmap. For the Armed Forces. 273rd week of the war, 155th week of U.S. participation" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc894/small/"/></a></p><p>Front: Text describes action on various war fronts:
Saipan to Tokyo -- Hit Jap shipping -- General Allied push -- Liberate Estonia -- Alexander takes over -- Action in Burma -- Japs drive on Kweiyang.
Maps: Action in the west -- Japan -- North Burma. Inset maps: Tokyo -- [distance from Tokyo to Saipan].
Back: Text and 8 photographs highlight the activities and achievements of the Army Medical Department.</p>Newsmap. For the Armed Forces. 272nd week of the war, 154th week of U.S. participation2006-10-19T20:14:40-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc895/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc895/"><img alt="Newsmap. For the Armed Forces. 272nd week of the war, 154th week of U.S. participation" title="Newsmap. For the Armed Forces. 272nd week of the war, 154th week of U.S. participation" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc895/small/"/></a></p><p>Front: Text describes action on various war fronts: Open general offensive, Armies in action, Italian fighting bitter, Budapest under siege, U.S. planes hit Manila, Japs increase pressure, Ledo-Burma Road.
Maps: Leyte progress, Italian front, Allied offensive, Budapest to Miskolc.
Back: Text and 12 photographs highlight the "Mulberry" secret floating harbor used with the European invasion.</p>Newsmap. For the Armed Forces. 271st week of the war, 153rd week of U.S. participation2006-10-19T20:11:20-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc896/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc896/"><img alt="Newsmap. For the Armed Forces. 271st week of the war, 153rd week of U.S. participation" title="Newsmap. For the Armed Forces. 271st week of the war, 153rd week of U.S. participation" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc896/small/"/></a></p><p>Front: Text describes action on various war fronts: Open Metz drive, Strong barriers ahead, Pressure on Budapest, Tirpitz goes down, Japs stiffen resistance, B-29s over targets, Evacuate U.S. air base.
Maps: Western front, Budapest to Miskolc front, Third Army offensive, Leyte, Allied troops strike south in Burma.
Back: Text highlights amphibian armies' combat strategies and victories. Includes 3 photographs plus images of the Ampib's shoulder patch and pocket patch.</p>Newsmap. For the Armed Forces. 270th week of the war, 152nd week of U.S. participation2006-10-19T20:08:21-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc897/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc897/"><img alt="Newsmap. For the Armed Forces. 270th week of the war, 152nd week of U.S. participation" title="Newsmap. For the Armed Forces. 270th week of the war, 152nd week of U.S. participation" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc897/small/"/></a></p><p>Front: Text describes action on various war fronts: Drive to Free Port, Russian Soil Cleared, B-29s Bomb Singapore, Leyte Action, Eleventh Army Group,
Maps: [Eastern Europe], Road to Cologne [Germany], Philippines (Northern Half), Netherlands Battle Front.
Back: Post-war plans: a series of four cartoons emphasize the importance of a soldier using money wisely if he wants to achieve post-war goals. Options listed are soldiers' deposits, personal transfer account, class E allotments of pay, war bonds, and national service life insurance.</p>Newsmap. For the Armed Forces. 243rd week of the war, 125th week of U.S. participation2006-10-19T20:05:10-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc898/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc898/"><img alt="Newsmap. For the Armed Forces. 243rd week of the war, 125th week of U.S. participation" title="Newsmap. For the Armed Forces. 243rd week of the war, 125th week of U.S. participation" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc898/small/"/></a></p><p>Front:
Text describes action on various war fronts: Air offensive, Italy, Central Pacific, Southwest Pacific, Southeast Asia, Eastern front.
Maps: New Guinea; Pre-invasion air offensive.
Includes 7 photographs.
Back:
Four approaches to Japan [from Alaska, from China-Burma, from Manchuria, from the S. W. Pacific]. Color illustrations showing the 4 approaches from perspective above the globe.</p>Newsmap. For the Armed Forces. 269th week of the war, 151st week of U.S. participation2006-10-19T20:02:41-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc899/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc899/"><img alt="Newsmap. For the Armed Forces. 269th week of the war, 151st week of U.S. participation" title="Newsmap. For the Armed Forces. 269th week of the war, 151st week of U.S. participation" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc899/small/"/></a></p><p>Front: Text describes action on various war fronts: U.S. Naval Victory, Pearl Harbor Battleships, Allied Drives, Northern Action
Maps: Central Europe, the Philippines, includes inset map.
Back: Text and illustration describe how a vicious rumor is deadly and advises people to spike all rumors and never repeat them.</p>Newsmap. For the Armed Forces. 268th week of the war, 150th week of U.S. participation2006-10-19T19:59:22-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc900/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc900/"><img alt="Newsmap. For the Armed Forces. 268th week of the war, 150th week of U.S. participation" title="Newsmap. For the Armed Forces. 268th week of the war, 150th week of U.S. participation" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc900/small/"/></a></p><p>Front: Text describes action on various war fronts: Philippine action, Chinese offensive, Western front drives, Soviet victory guns, Italian progress.
Maps: Manila (Philippines); Pacific area; Philippine Islands; European front; Netherlands.
Back: Your submarine, versatile warship. Cutaway cross section shows key features of a submarine. 3 photographs illustrate life aboard a submarine. Includes text from an Official Report of Admiral Ernest J. King, USN, Commander in Chief U.S. Fleet, and chief of Naval Operations, to the Secretary of the Navy.</p>Newsmap. For the Armed Forces. 267th week of the war, 149th week of U.S. participation2006-10-19T19:57:06-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc901/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc901/"><img alt="Newsmap. For the Armed Forces. 267th week of the war, 149th week of U.S. participation" title="Newsmap. For the Armed Forces. 267th week of the war, 149th week of U.S. participation" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc901/small/"/></a></p><p>Front: Text describes action on various war fronts: Pacific, Western front, Eastern front, Italy, China, the Philippines
Maps: Germany, the Philippines, Italy.
Back: Large map of the United States and adjoining portions of Canada and Mexico. Includes inset map of naval districts beyond the continental United States, population of the states, sixteenth census, 1940.</p>Newsmap. For the Armed Forces. 266th week of the war, 148th week of U.S. participation2006-10-19T19:53:30-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc902/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc902/"><img alt="Newsmap. For the Armed Forces. 266th week of the war, 148th week of U.S. participation" title="Newsmap. For the Armed Forces. 266th week of the war, 148th week of U.S. participation" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc902/small/"/></a></p><p>Front: Text describes action on various war fronts: Western front, Balkans, Baltic, China, Italy, Pacific.
Maps: Greece, China Burma, France, Belgium, Netherlands. Insets: Western Front.
Back: Text and photographs illustrate Air Technical Service Command.</p>Newsmap. For the Armed Forces. 265th week of the war, 147th week of U.S. participation2006-10-19T19:51:11-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc903/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc903/"><img alt="Newsmap. For the Armed Forces. 265th week of the war, 147th week of U.S. participation" title="Newsmap. For the Armed Forces. 265th week of the war, 147th week of U.S. participation" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc903/small/"/></a></p><p>Front: Text describes action on various war fronts: Western front "Hellfire Corner", Eastern front, Balkans, Italy, Pacific, China.
Maps: France, Palau Islands, Eastern front.
Back: "Dots in the sky-- dynamite on the ground! [Operation Uppercut].</p>Newsmap. For the Armed Forces. 264th week of the war, 146th week of U.S. participation2006-10-19T19:48:03-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc904/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc904/"><img alt="Newsmap. For the Armed Forces. 264th week of the war, 146th week of U.S. participation" title="Newsmap. For the Armed Forces. 264th week of the war, 146th week of U.S. participation" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc904/small/"/></a></p><p>Front: Text describes action on various war fronts: France, Eastern front, China, Pacific, Italy.
Maps: Eastern Europe; France; China front; Gulf of Genoa.
Back: "If each of us wastes a pound of war material..." Text and illustration show that it isn't just money, materials or manpower that are lost. But, waste can lose battles and cost lives.</p>