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- Theory of ballooning.
- A general guide to piloting a free balloon.
- Grinding machines
- This report provides the definition of grinding and discusses different processes, types, and operations of grinding.
- Lathes
- A guide to the operation and maintenance of lathes for general shop work.
- 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.)
- The band.
- Provides guidance on the organization and duties of the military band.
- 75-mm howitzer materiel.
- This is a World War II-era technical manual for the 75mm Howitzer. It contains information on use, maintenance, assembly, and other aspects of this weapon.
- Aerial photography.
- A training manual designed to teach aerial photography for military purposes.
- 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.
- 38 ways to cut costs in the manufacture and sale of consumers' durable goods.
- Suggests cost savings strategies for manufacturers operating under war-time price regulations, with the goal of reducing their need for relief from the Office of Price Administration.
- Aircraft hardware and materials.
- Describes the types of "materials and hardware used in aircraft construction and repair."
- Radiotelephone procedure
- "The purpose of this manual is to acquaint radio operators and pilots of the Army Air Forces with radiotelephone procedure"
- Quartermaster operations.
- Describes the organization and functions of the U.S. Army Quartermaster Corps.
- Engineer soldier's handbook.
- Describes the tools and tasks of the engineer soldier. Includes a proficiency test for soldiers in training.
- 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.
- Dog transportation.
- A manual describing the use of sled dogs as a means of military transportation in Arctic regions.
- 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."
- 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.
- Army-Navy manual of military government and civil affairs.
- A general guide for U.S. armed forces instituting military government in occupied areas.
- The Special Service Company.
- Describes the functions and services provided by the Army Special Service Company.
- Radio communication.
- Discusses "radio communication fundamentals and the methods and technique involved in the installation and operation of radio communication equipment."
- 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.
- 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."
- 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."
- Aircraft induction, fuel and oil systems.
- Describes aircraft engine systems, fuels, and lubricants.
- Cavalry drill regulations, horse.
- Describes mounted drill for horse cavalry units and organizations.
- Cavalry drill regulations, mechanized.
- Prescribes drills for general use by any type of mechanized cavalry unit. Also provides instructions for conducting ceremonies and inspections.
- Umpire manual.
- Describes procedures to be used by umpires in military exercises used in the training of ground forces.
- Tank destroyer, towed gun platoon.
- Describes the organization, tactics, and techniques of the towed tank destroyer platoon.
- 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."
- Tank destroyer, tactical employment of tank destroyer platoon, self-propelled.
- Describes the self-propelled tank destroyer platoon and techniques for its tactical employment.
- Tactics and technique of division artillery and higher artillery echelons.
- Describes the mission, organization, and principles of employment of the field artillery unit.
- 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.)
- Forward observation.
- "This manual provides instructions for training commissioned or enlisted personnel in the tactics and techniques of forward observation."
- 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.
- Cavalry reconnaissance squadron mechanized.
- A training manual for the cavalry reconnaissance squadron, mechanized. Includes discussions of organization, combat, and logistics.
- Chemical decontamination company.
- Describes the organization, training, and operations of the Chemical Decontamination Company.
- 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.
- Armored infantry battalion.
- Describes "the tactical employment of the armored infantry battalion, both as part of a larger force, and when acting independently."
- Armored infantry company.
- Describes the organization, tactics, and techniques of the armored infantry rifle company.
- Tank destroyer pioneer platoon.
- Describes "the tactical employment of the self-propelled tank destroyer pioneer platoon."
- 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."
- Telephone switchboard operating procedure.
- A procedures manual for Army telephone switchboard operators.
- 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.)
- Aircraft engines.
- Discusses the principles, classification, description, and construction of internal combustion engines used in military aircraft. Includes instructions for storage of engines.
- 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.
- Quartermaster Service Company.
- Provides "personnel of the quartermaster service company with condensed information on the organization, operation, and administration of the company."
- Signal operations in the Corps and Army.
- Outlines briefly "the organization of the corps and army, the organization and operation of assigned signal corps units, and the application of signal corps activities to tactical operations."
- 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."
- 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.
- Photomail operation.
- Describes procedures for signal photomail (microfilmed mail) service operations. Includes instructions for handling V-mail (personal correspondence) as well as official War Department photomail.