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- Potatoes in Popular Ways.
- Describes the nutritional benefits of potatoes and provides recipes for a variety of ways to prepare them for different sorts of meals.
- Life history of the wireworm Melanotus longulus (Lec.) in southern California.
- Describes in detail the life cycle of the Melanotus Longulus wire worm, and in brief: the natural methods for its control, and the threat it poses to crops in southern California.
- Nature and extent of mormon cricket damage to crop and range plants.
- Describes the threat of the Mormon cricket and the extensive damage it can cause to plant life in the northwestern United States.
- Judging condition and utilization of short-grass ranges on the central Great Plains.
- Provides advice for determining the quality of grasses on range land in an effort to improve grazing and the quality of livestock.
- Making a dress at home.
- A step-by-step guide to making a dress at home, using a commercial home sewing pattern and woven fabric.
- Onion-set production.
- A guide to growing green onions from sets, in order to increase production and alleviate a wartime onion shortage.
- Fitting dresses.
- A guide to fitting and altering ready-made dresses, or home-sewn dresses that that have been cut and basted. Does not include instructions for pattern alterations.
- Control of flue-cured tobacco root diseases by crop rotation.
- Describes farming methods that prevent root diseases in flue-cured tobacco.
- Radio communication.
- Discusses "radio communication fundamentals and the methods and technique involved in the installation and operation of radio communication equipment."
- 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."
- 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."
- Umpire manual.
- Describes procedures to be used by umpires in military exercises used in the training of ground forces.
- Tank destroyer, tactical employment of tank destroyer platoon, self-propelled.
- Describes the self-propelled tank destroyer platoon and techniques for its tactical employment.
- 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.
- Telephone switchboard operating procedure.
- A procedures manual for Army telephone switchboard operators.
- 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.
- The Special Service Company.
- Describes the functions and services provided by the Army Special Service Company.
- Tank destroyer pioneer platoon.
- Describes "the tactical employment of the self-propelled tank destroyer pioneer platoon."
- Cavalry reconnaissance squadron mechanized.
- A training manual for the cavalry reconnaissance squadron, mechanized. Includes discussions of organization, combat, and logistics.
- Forward observation.
- "This manual provides instructions for training commissioned or enlisted personnel in the tactics and techniques of forward observation."
- Cavalry drill regulations, horse.
- Describes mounted drill for horse cavalry units and organizations.
- 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.
- Cavalry drill regulations, mechanized.
- Prescribes drills for general use by any type of mechanized cavalry unit. Also provides instructions for conducting ceremonies and inspections.
- 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.
- 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.)
- Scouting, patrolling, and sniping.
- Discusses the relationship between Army scouts and their commanders, and the implementation of successful combat plans. Also discusses the role of snipers in disrupting the enemy's operations.
- Harmonization of aircraft fixed guns and sights.
- A handbook for aircraft armorers, describing the fundamentals of using aircraft gun sights.
- Sinusoidal machine.
- "These instructions are published for the information and guidance of all personnel charged with the operation and maintenance of the McIntosh Electric Corporation Model No. 5018 of Sinusoidal Machine, Portable, for Galvanic, Faradic and Rapid Sinusoidal Currents, 110-Volt, 60-Cycle, Medical Department item No. 7132005 ... in the field. They contain information on the operation and maintenance of the equipment ...."
- Electro-surgical unit, portable.
- A guide to the assembly, operation, maintenance, and packing of the Portable Electro-Surgical Unit issued by the Army Medical Department.
- Mask type oxygen therapy outfit, complete, and oxygen therapy outfit, with manifold.
- A guide to the assembly, operation, maintenance, and repair of two types of oxygen therapy equipment.
- Physical reconditioning.
- Describes the purpose and functions of the Physical Reconditioning portion of the U.S. Army's Reconditioning Program, for the treatment of convalescent soldiers who have been wounded or who have experienced prolonged illness.
- Barracks, portable, prefrabricated, 20' x 48' steel (channel frame) insulated : procedure for erecting.
- Provides step by step instructions for the erection of prefabricated Army buildings and possible additional units. Provides a list of parts and markings.
- Field artillery trainer, M3.
- A guide to the use and maintenance of the field artillery trainer M3, a miniature gun mounted on a miniature carriage for use in conduct of fire training.
- Cardiograph, portable.
- A guide to the operation and maintenance of the portable electrocardiograph.
- Cavalry reconnaissance troop, mechanized.
- "The scope of the manual includes discussion and illustration of organization, equipment, training, and methods of employment of the mechanized cavalry reconnaissance troop and its components, designed to simplify and speed training and to facilitate understanding of basic doctrine."
- Serological water baths : items 4479008 and 4480008.
- A guide to the operation of standard gable type water baths suitable for Wassermann or serological inactivation work.
- 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."
- 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."