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Transportation of the sick and wounded.

Description: This guide is "published for the information and guidance of all concerned" (p. ii) about the proper protocol of transporting sick and wounded war victims. According to the Foreward, "It includes a description of the common methods and means of transporting patients on land, sea, and in the air, and is appropriately illustrated" (p. iii); the descriptions include manual, motor ambulance, rail, water, and air transportation.
Date: February 1945
Creator: United States. War Department.
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Engineer soldier's handbook.

Description: Describes the tools and tasks of the engineer soldier. Includes a proficiency test for soldiers in training.
Date: June 2, 1943
Creator: United States. War 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.
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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.
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Military police in towns and cities

Description: "This manual is designed to furnish a guide for officers and enlisted men assigned the mission of patrolling civil communities, and is limited to those principles and techniques which they must know and apply.
Date: January 1945
Creator: United States. War Department.
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Domestic disturbances

Description: "This manual presents the principles for the employment of troops during domestic disturbances and the essential substances of the more important laws relating to the employment of military forces in the aid of civil authorities with the applicable War Department policies"
Date: July 30, 1945
Creator: United States. War 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.
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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.
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Lathes

Description: A guide to the operation and maintenance of lathes for general shop work.
Date: November 29, 1940
Creator: United States. Army. Air Corps.
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Grinding machines

Description: This report provides the definition of grinding and discusses different processes, types, and operations of grinding.
Date: November 26, 1940
Creator: United States. Army. Air Corps.
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Heat treating and inspection of metals

Description: This report discusses these topics: I. Principles of heat treating -- II. Heat-treating equipment -- III. General heat treatment of steel -- IV. Specific heat treatments for aircraft steels -- V. General heat treatment of aluminum alloys -- VII. Hardness testing -- VIII. Magnaflux inspection.
Date: September 10, 1941
Creator: United States. War Department.
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Radiotelephone procedure

Description: "The purpose of this manual is to acquaint radio operators and pilots of the Army Air Forces with radiotelephone procedure"
Date: March 20, 1943
Creator: United States. War 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.
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Broadway Special, featuring New York's Latest Hit, "The Hasty Heart"

Description: This soldier show contains two copyrighted worksā€”"The Hasty Heart," a three-act by John Patrick; and "Freedom of the Air," a ten-minute sketch by George S. Kaufmanā€”plus several blackouts and sketches and three simple musical production numbers "restricted to Army and Navy use exclusively." Production numbers each include a libretto and a piano-vocal score. A survey form is included to measure the success and appropriateness of the materials provided.
Date: 1945
Creator: United States. Headquarters, Army Service Forces. Special Services Division, ASF.
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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.
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