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We Were Going to Win, or Die There: with the Marines at Guadalcanal, Tarawa, and Saipan

Description: Personal accounts of U.S. marine Roy Elrod based on transcripts of oral histories about his experiences in the service, with particular emphasis on Guadalcanal, Tarawa, and Saipan. It includes editorial and historical notes and to provide context and clarification. Index starts on page 273.
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Date: September 2017
Creator: Elrod, Roy H. & Allison, Fred H.
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[Mudd Twins]

Description: Photograph of twin women with the last name Mudd, sitting at a booth with another woman. The booth advertises donating blood to the American Red Cross and buying war bonds.
Date: 1943
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[Mark McGee at Lectern]

Description: Photograph of Mark McGee, an OPA speaker. He stands at a podium with a sign attached to the front that reads "WE ARE NOW IN THIS WAR. We are all in it all the way." An American flag hangs behind him, with the slogan "GIVE IT YOUR BEST" written beneath.
Date: 1942
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Dem Schwerte Muss Der Pflug Folgen: Űber-Peasants and National Socialist Settlements in the Occupied Eastern Territories during World War Two

Description: German industrialization in the nineteenth century had brought forward a variety of conflicting ideas when it came to the agrarian community. One of them was the agrarian romantic movement led by Adam Műller, who feared the loss of the traditional German peasant. Műller influenced Reichdeutsche Richard Walther Darré, who argued that large cities were the downfall of the German people and that only a healthy peasant stock would be able to ‘save' Germany. Under Darré's definition, “Geopolitik” wa… more
Date: May 2007
Creator: De Santiago Ramos, Simone C.
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American War and Military Operations Casualties: Lists and Statistics

Description: This report provides U.S. war casualty statistics compiled from various Department of Defense (DOD) sources (listed at end). The first data table lists the number of casualties among American military personnel who served in principal wars and combat operations from 1775 to the present. Subsequent tables provide more specific information by conflict about the demographics of soldiers killed or wounded in action and information such as race and ethnicity, gender, branch of service, home state, a… more
Date: September 14, 2018
Creator: DeBruyne, Nese F.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Flying with the Fifteenth Air Force: A B-24 Pilot’s Missions from Italy during World War II

Description: In 1944 and 1945, Tom Faulkner was a B-24 pilot flying out of San Giovanni airfield in Italy as a member of the 15th Air Force of the U.S. Army Air Forces. Only 19 years old when he completed his 28th and last mission, Tom was one of the youngest bomber pilots to serve in the U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II. Between September 1944 and the end of February 1945, he flew against targets in Hungary, Germany, Italy, Austria, and Yugoslavia. On Tom’s last mission against the marshalling yard… more
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Date: October 2018
Creator: Faulkner, Tom & Snead, David L.
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Storming the City: U.S. Military Performance in Urban Warfare from World War II to Vietnam

Description: Book describing military philosophy before and after WWII, with full chapters analyzing how the U.S. Army and Marine Corps engaged in urban warfare during four specific battles: Aachen (October 1944), Manila (February 1945), Seoul (September 1959), and Hue (February 1968). Index starts on page 363.
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Date: October 2015
Creator: Wahlman, Alec
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Hematological Investigation of the Atomic Bomb Sufferers in Hiroshima and Nagasaki City

Description: Report presenting a hematological view of clinical data related to acute and subacute radiation injuries caused by atomic bomb detonations in Hiroshima (August 6, 1945) and Nagasaki City (August 9, 1945), Japan. It includes data and observations of more than 4,000 case records collected between September 1945 and October 1947.
Date: 1952
Creator: Kikuchi, Takehiko & Wakisaka, Gyoichi
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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D-Day: The French Jubilee of Liberty Medal

Description: This report details the Jubilee of Liberty Medal awarded to U.S. veterans by the French government to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the invasion of Normandy by the Allied forces on June 6, 1994 (D-Day).
Date: September 29, 2006
Creator: Torreon, Barbara Salazar
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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