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Newsmap. Monday, January 10, 1944 : week of December 29, 1943 to January 5, 1944, 226th week of the war, 108th week of U.S. participation

Front: Text describes action on various war fronts: U.S.S.R., Southwest Pacific, Italy, Air offensive Maps: Central Italy, Rumania/Poland, New Britain Island./ Inset maps: Cassino region; Chieti region. Photographs: Delivering supplies to troops in Central Italy, Gen. Eisenhower with Sir Charles Poetal and Sir Arthur Tedder after the Tehran conference, Gen. Sir Bernard L. Montgomery, and Gen. Sir Alan Brooke inspect Nazi prisoners on the Italian front in New Zealand; Germans prepare to evacuate the Crimea, Landing craft are protected by B-25 medium bombers at Arawe. Back: Illustration and photographs show the many ways Army nurses serve.
Date: January 10, 1944
Creator: [United States.] Army Orientation Course.
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library

Newsmap. Monday, January 3, 1944 : week of December 22 to December 29, 1943, 225th week of the war, 107th week of U.S. participation

Front: Text describes action on various war fronts: New Britain, Air offensive, USSR, Italy, Scharnhorst, Command. Maps: Central Italy showing rivers and roads, Distance from London to the coast of France near Boulogne, Coastline of northern Scandinavia. Photographs: American 155mm gun fires on German positions at Mignano; American soldiers temporarily reside in holes on Venafro Ridge; Equipment retreating Germans used to tear up railroad tracks; Allied troops clear the torn up tracks to use the road bed as a highway; An LST lands at Mono Island. Back: Color map of northeast New Guinea/New Britain.
Date: January 3, 1944
Creator: [United States.] Army Orientation Course.
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library

Newsmap. Monday, January 31, 1944 : week of January 20 to January 27, 229th week of the war, 111th week of U.S. participation

Front: Text describes action on various war fronts: Italy, USSR, Pacific, Europe. Inset maps: [Central Italy] -- [USSR]. Photographs: Nazi multi-barrel rocket weapon, Mine and booby trap training, Twenty-fifth division men in a Southwest Pacific combat area, Winter flying conditions in Sicily, Propeller trip vapor trails, Revetments and flak guns, "Zebra" dazzle camouflaged PT boat, Two members of a German submarine boat, Jeri-cans. Back: Map of France. Scale: [ca 1:1,267,200] 1 map : col. ; 105 x 82 cm.
Date: January 31, 1944
Creator: [United States.] Army Service Forces. Morale Services Division. Army Information Branch.
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Carl Von Czoernig Standing by a Wall]

Photograph of Carl Von Czoernig holding a tin cup in his right hand and his helmet under his left arm. He stands against a stuccoed wall that obscured a covered ambulance. A building rises in the background.
Date: 1944
Creator: Jones, Zane E.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Soldiers near a Cement Building]

Photograph of three uniformed United States Army soldiers and two men in dark civilian clothes near the foot of a multi-story cement building. One soldier, Frank Lussiana, is sitting in a chair backwards. A truck bearing the image of a cross on a white field is behind a fence to the left.
Date: 1944
Creator: Jones, Zane E.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Soldiers Lined Up Beside a Medical Station]

Photograph of nine helmeted U.S. Army soldiers standing in a row beside a medical station. The station, left, is a structure with a single visible window and the image of a dark cross on a white square. The soldiers are visible from shoulders up. They are identified as Addock, Ewing, Lieutenant Ray, Nat, Leone, Dan, Quillman, Thomas, and Captain Halpern.
Date: November 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Half-Track in a Ditch]

Photograph of soldiers standing around a half-track stuck in a ditch at Rouffach, France. Houses are visible in the background.
Date: [1944..1945]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Truck on Point]

Photograph of the rear of an Army vehicle leading the way down a snow-covered road in the Vosges Mountains in France. There are trees and other foliage on both sides of the road.
Date: 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[First Bivouac in France]

Photograph of soldiers grouped around the first bivouac in France.
Date: 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Monsieur and Madame Forrestre in a Garden]

Photograph of the elderly Monsieur and Madame Forrestre standing together in their garden on Rue Sauvage in Auffay, France. Monsieur Forrestre wears a flat cap, waistcoat, and pants while his wife wears a dark dress. Nathan Levine and Dan Melli billeted with the couple.
Date: November 19, 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Soldiers with Mess Kits]

Photograph of Philip Schorr and T/Sgt. Adams with their mess kits at the first bivouac in France.
Date: 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Market Place in Paris]

Photograph of a market place in Paris, France. A cart is visible on the far right, and vehicles are parked against buildings to the left.
Date: 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Ware Receiving Medal]

Photograph of Lt. Col. Keith L. Ware receiving the Congressional Medal of Honor from Lt. Gen. Alexander Patch, Jr.
Date: December 26, 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to Sallie L. Willis, December 6, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to Sallie L. Willis, December 6, 1944]

Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to Sallie L. Willis, on December 6, 1944, thanking her for the Christmas box she sent him. He talks about the weather, and says that the food is getting bad because it's all canned, so her box is very welcome. He expresses hope that a relative made it safely to France.
Date: December 6, 1944
Creator: Willis, John Todd, Jr.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Multiple Sheets of Paper With Speech Notes for Operation Aphrodite] (open access)

[Multiple Sheets of Paper With Speech Notes for Operation Aphrodite]

Multiple sheets of paper with speech notes for Operation Aphrodite. There are mentions to launch sites, and different types of bombs, including the the B-17 Smart Bomb.
Date: 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from I. H. to Cecile Kempner] (open access)

[Letter from I. H. to Cecile Kempner]

Letter to Cecile from her father about the presidential election, government officials, and the war.
Date: 1944~
Creator: Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

Newsmap. For the Armed Forces. 259th week of the war, 141st week of U.S. participation

Front: Text describes action on various war fronts : France, Eastern front, Japan, Marianas, Southwest Pacific, China, Southeast Asia, Italy. Maps: France, Europe, Southwest Japan. Back: One way to "blow your top"--but for good--is to be booby-trapped. Text and illustration urge soldiers to avoid booby-traps by exercising care and remaining suspicious.
Date: August 28, 1944
Creator: [United States.] Army Service Forces. Army Information Branch.
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library

Newsmap. For the Armed Forces. 260th week of the war, 142nd week of U.S. participation

Front: Text describes action on various war fronts : North France, South France, Italy, Pacific, Eastern front. Maps: France, Oblique view of southern France looking north up the Rhone River Valley, the Balkans. Inset map: Paris. Photograph: Aerial view of one of the ports in southern Italy just before the landings on southern France. Back: Map of Celebes Netherlands Indies
Date: September 4, 1944
Creator: [United States.] Army Service Forces. Army Information Branch.
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library

[People Gathered Outside of the Hôtel de Ville of Nancy, France]

Photograph of a group of people standing outside of the multi-story Hôtel de Ville of Nancy, France. This building has two rows of large arched windows below a single row of square window. A man is getting out of a car in the foreground.
Date: 1944~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Rows of Temporary Military Housing at Auffay, France]

Photograph of rows of temporary military housing for the U.S. Army advance detachment in Auffay, France. Soldiers can be seen gathered to the left.
Date: 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Promenade des Anglais at Nice, France]

Photograph of the Promenade des Anglais in Nice, France. A row of tall buildings follow the beach, and a large amount of seats, tables, and people can be seen on the elevated boardwalk. Waves crash on the beach below the boardwalk.
Date: [1944..1945]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Destroyed French Bridge]

Photograph of the remnants of a bridge that crosses a river and leads into a French city. it has fallen apart in the middle. An intact bridge is visible in the background. A railroad track runs along the beach on the right side of the photo.
Date: 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Nine Soldiers by a Lean-To in France]

Photograph of nine uniformed soldiers near a lean-to. Three helmeted men on the left look down at a man kneeling by a bucket. Two men are under the shade of the lean-to. To the right, a mustached soldier holds a hammer over another soldier who is bending over.
Date: November 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Peterson, Walter Hudzik, and John Pado Posing Together]

Photograph of three uniformed and helmeted soldiers posing together outside. They are identified as Peterson, Walter Hudzik, and John Pado.
Date: [1944..1945]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History