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- Watermanship
- "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."
- Military police in towns and cities
- "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.
- Domestic disturbances
- "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"
- Elementary map and aerial photograph reading
- 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.
- Field fortifications
- "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."
- Lathes
- A guide to the operation and maintenance of lathes for general shop work.
- Grinding machines
- This report provides the definition of grinding and discusses different processes, types, and operations of grinding.
- Heat treating and inspection of metals
- 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.
- Radiotelephone procedure
- "The purpose of this manual is to acquaint radio operators and pilots of the Army Air Forces with radiotelephone procedure"
- Cavalry drill regulations, mechanized.
- Prescribes drills for general use by any type of mechanized cavalry unit. Also provides instructions for conducting ceremonies and inspections.
- Army ground forces light aviation.
- "This manual is a guide for the military personnel of Army Ground Forces units who are concerned with organic light aviation. It describes the training, tactical employment, administration, maintenance, and supply of Army Ground Forces light aviation" (p. 1). The index begins on page 171.
- Airship aerodynamics.
- "This manual is designed as a text for the instruction of airship student pilots .... to give the knowledge of aerodynamics essential to the operation of [lighter than air aircraft]."(Page 2.)
- Aircraft induction, fuel and oil systems.
- Describes aircraft engine systems, fuels, and lubricants.
- Tactical employment : tank destroyer unit.
- "This manual is a guide to the tactical employment of tank destroyer units both self-propelled and towed." (Page 1.)
- Tactics and technique of division artillery and higher artillery echelons.
- Describes the mission, organization, and principles of employment of the field artillery unit.
- Transportation of the sick and wounded.
- 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.
- Engineer soldier's handbook.
- Describes the tools and tasks of the engineer soldier. Includes a proficiency test for soldiers in training.
- Advanced map and aerial photograph reading.
- "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.)
- Armored infantry company.
- Describes the organization, tactics, and techniques of the armored infantry rifle company.
- Armored infantry battalion.
- Describes "the tactical employment of the armored infantry battalion, both as part of a larger force, and when acting independently."
- Tank destroyer, towed gun platoon.
- Describes the organization, tactics, and techniques of the towed tank destroyer platoon.
- Chemical decontamination company.
- Describes the organization, training, and operations of the Chemical Decontamination Company.
- Antiaircraft artillery field manual : formations and inspections.
- "The purpose of this manual is to prescribe formations and procedures for anti-aircraft artillery units and for ceremonies and inspections."
- Service of the piece, 155-MM gun M2, truck-drawn and tractor-drawn.
- "This manual prescribes the duties to be performed in the service of the piece [155-mm gun M2] by the personnel normally assigned to one gun section of a firing battery."
- Service of the piece, 8-inch gun M1 and 240-MM howitzer M1.
- "This manual prescribes the duties to be performed in the service of the piece [8-inch gun M1 and 240-mm howitzer M1] by the personnel normally assigned to one howitzer of gun section of the firing battery and by other firing battery personnel." Covers both the 8-inch gun M1 and the 240-mm howitzer M1. Prescribes duties to be performed in the service of both pieces of artillery.
- Cavalry drill regulations, horse.
- Describes mounted drill for horse cavalry units and organizations.
- Forward observation.
- "This manual provides instructions for training commissioned or enlisted personnel in the tactics and techniques of forward observation."
- Cavalry reconnaissance squadron mechanized.
- A training manual for the cavalry reconnaissance squadron, mechanized. Includes discussions of organization, combat, and logistics.
- Antiaircraft artillery field manual : examination for gunners.
- Outlines the scope of the examination for gunners, to be taken by U.S. Army personnel, U.S. Military Academy cadets, members of R.O.T.C. units, and C.M.T.C. trainees.
- Quartermaster operations.
- Describes the organization and functions of the U.S. Army Quartermaster Corps.
- Tank destroyer pioneer platoon.
- Describes "the tactical employment of the self-propelled tank destroyer pioneer platoon."
- Dog transportation.
- A manual describing the use of sled dogs as a means of military transportation in Arctic regions.
- Traffic circulation and control.
- A manual for military staff responsible for planning and coordinating traffic in war zones, including the movement of "vehicles, animals, foot troops, and civilian refugees."
- The Special Service Company.
- Describes the functions and services provided by the Army Special Service Company.
- Aircraft engines.
- Discusses the principles, classification, description, and construction of internal combustion engines used in military aircraft. Includes instructions for storage of engines.
- Aircraft hardware and materials.
- Describes the types of "materials and hardware used in aircraft construction and repair."
- Aerial photography.
- A training manual designed to teach aerial photography for military purposes.
- Theory of ballooning.
- A general guide to piloting a free balloon.
- Army-Navy manual of military government and civil affairs.
- A general guide for U.S. armed forces instituting military government in occupied areas.
- Small boats and harbor craft.
- A manual for U.S. Army sailors assigned to the Harbor Boat Service. Describes company organization, duties of personnel, equipment used, and basic seamanship.
- Telephone switchboard operating procedure.
- A procedures manual for Army telephone switchboard operators.
- Teletypewriter switching and relay procedure.
- Describes Army procedures "for establishment, control, and termination of teletypewriter connections involving one more more manual switching centrals" as well as relaying sets of messages through reperforator centrals.
- Tank destroyer, tactical employment of tank destroyer platoon, self-propelled.
- Describes the self-propelled tank destroyer platoon and techniques for its tactical employment.
- Supply, evacuation, and trains, armored units.
- An Army field manual "designed as a supply and evacuation guide for armored units.... Covers supply of armored units, evacuation of personnel, prisoners of war, vehicles, and salvage; rail and water transportation and trains in theater of operations."
- Umpire manual.
- Describes procedures to be used by umpires in military exercises used in the training of ground forces.
- Command and employment of air power.
- Discusses the relationship of land and air forces and doctrine of command and employment in regards to air power as well as five aspects of air command.
- Military transportation service in theaters of operations.
- A training guide describing "the mission, functions, policies, organization, and operation of the military transportation service in theaters of operations. "
- Service of the piece, twin 40-MM gun motor carriage M19.
- Describes platoon organization, duties, drills, and operation of the equipment required to serve the twin 40-mm gun motor carriage M19.
- Transportation Corps : railway-operating battalion.
- Describes "the organization and operation of the railway-operating battalion upon a railway operated by the Military Railway Service. Its purpose is to assist military railway officers in the training and operation of their units and to guide command and staff officers charged with their employment."
- Tank destroyer reconnaissance platoon.
- A World War II Army manual describing "the tactical employment of the tank destroyer reconnaissance platoon ... of both the towed and self-propelled battalions."