Resource Type

Forward observation. (open access)

Forward observation.

"This manual provides instructions for training commissioned or enlisted personnel in the tactics and techniques of forward observation."
Date: August 10, 1944
Creator: United States. War Department.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Special Service Company. (open access)

The Special Service Company.

Describes the functions and services provided by the Army Special Service Company.
Date: January 5, 1944
Creator: United States. War Department.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Control of flue-cured tobacco root diseases by crop rotation. (open access)

Control of flue-cured tobacco root diseases by crop rotation.

Describes farming methods that prevent root diseases in flue-cured tobacco.
Date: March 1944
Creator: Clayton, Edward E.; Gaines, J. G.; Smith, Thomas Earle, 1910-; Shaw, Kendall J. & Graham, T. W. (Thomas William), 1905-
System: The UNT Digital Library
Transportation Corps : railway-operating battalion. (open access)

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."
Date: February 4, 1944
Creator: United States. War Department.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Radio communication. (open access)

Radio communication.

Discusses "radio communication fundamentals and the methods and technique involved in the installation and operation of radio communication equipment."
Date: January 28, 1944
Creator: United States. War Department.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Tank destroyer reconnaissance platoon. (open access)

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."
Date: November 1944
Creator: United States. War Department.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Making a dress at home. (open access)

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.
Date: May 1944
Creator: Smith, Margaret, 1902-
System: The UNT Digital Library
Onion-set production. (open access)

Onion-set production.

A guide to growing green onions from sets, in order to increase production and alleviate a wartime onion shortage.
Date: May 1944
Creator: Walker, J. C. (John Charles), 1893-; Edmundson, W. C. (Wilbur Clifford), 1888- & Jones, H. A. (Henry Albert), 1889-
System: The UNT Digital Library
Experiment Station Record, Volume 89, July-December, 1943 (open access)

Experiment Station Record, Volume 89, July-December, 1943

Volume provides abstracts of agricultural experiments conducted during the year. Also includes statistics, convention reports, bulletins, bibliographies, and listings for Spanish edition publications from the Puerto Rico station. Name and subject indexes start on page 781.
Date: 1944
Creator: U.S. Department of Agriculture. Agricultural Research Administration. Office of Experiment Stations.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Experiment Station Record, Volume 88, January-June, 1943 (open access)

Experiment Station Record, Volume 88, January-June, 1943

Volume provides abstracts of agricultural experiments conducted during the year. Also includes statistics, convention reports, bulletins, bibliographies, and listings for Spanish edition publications from the Puerto Rico station. Name and subject indexes start on page 871.
Date: 1944
Creator: U.S. Department of Agriculture. Agricultural Research Administration. Office of Experiment Stations.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Report on the Agricultural Experiment Stations, 1943 (open access)

Report on the Agricultural Experiment Stations, 1943

Volume provides a summary of the progress of each agricultural experiment station. Also includes statistics, discussions of foreign investigations, and selected studies.
Date: February 1944
Creator: United States. Office of Experiment Stations.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Small boats and harbor craft. (open access)

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.
Date: January 31, 1944
Creator: United States. War Department.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Telephone switchboard operating procedure. (open access)

Telephone switchboard operating procedure.

A procedures manual for Army telephone switchboard operators.
Date: November 1944
Creator: United States. War Department.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Teletypewriter switching and relay procedure. (open access)

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.
Date: September 19, 1944
Creator: United States. War Department.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Report of the Chief of the Forest Service: 1944 (open access)

Report of the Chief of the Forest Service: 1944

Annual report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service describing activities of the organization, expenditures and receipts, and a discussion of other relevant topics for the fiscal year.
Date: 1944
Creator: United States. Forest Service.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Fitting dresses. (open access)

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.
Date: 1944
Creator: Sommerfeld, Edna E. (Edna Ella), 1904-
System: The UNT Digital Library
Tank destroyer, tactical employment of tank destroyer platoon, self-propelled. (open access)

Tank destroyer, tactical employment of tank destroyer platoon, self-propelled.

Describes the self-propelled tank destroyer platoon and techniques for its tactical employment.
Date: May 9, 1944
Creator: United States. War Department.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Umpire manual. (open access)

Umpire manual.

Describes procedures to be used by umpires in military exercises used in the training of ground forces.
Date: March 31, 1944
Creator: United States. War Department.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Watermanship (open access)

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."
Date: April 25, 1944
Creator: United States. War Department.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Elementary map and aerial photograph reading (open access)

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.
Date: August 15, 1944
Creator: United States. War Department.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Field fortifications (open access)

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."
Date: February 14, 1944
Creator: United States. War Department.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Armored infantry company. (open access)

Armored infantry company.

Describes the organization, tactics, and techniques of the armored infantry rifle company.
Date: November 1944
Creator: United States. War Department.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Armored infantry battalion. (open access)

Armored infantry battalion.

Describes "the tactical employment of the armored infantry battalion, both as part of a larger force, and when acting independently."
Date: November 1944
Creator: United States. War Department.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Tank destroyer, towed gun platoon. (open access)

Tank destroyer, towed gun platoon.

Describes the organization, tactics, and techniques of the towed tank destroyer platoon.
Date: April 1, 1944
Creator: United States. War Department.
System: The UNT Digital Library