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Newsmap for the Armed Forces : U.S. role in world affairs
Text describes U.S. role in world affairs and is keyed to map. Map projection is "designed to minimize distortions along the 40th parallel which runs approximately through Tokyo and Washington."
Date:
December 17, 1945
Creator:
[United States.] Army Information Branch.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Newsmap. Monday, May 11, 1942 : week of May 1 to May 8
Text describes action on various war fronts: Navy announces victory -- End for Corregidor -- Rationing moves closer -- Japs push into China -- Marblehead limps in -- Stark for new fronts -- Iceland has its first air fight -- Army of 6,000,000 -- Launch four destroyers -- Anti-Axis move in Spain -- Army camps inspected -- Germans strike convoy -- Malta downs 154 planes -- Madagascar tip seized -- U.S. aids Middle East -- Nazi drive predicted -- RAF attacks roar on. Large world map is keyed to text and illustrates time zones around the world. Inset maps: Corregidor -- Madagascar. Includes photographs: Lt. Gen. Wainwright -- Maj. Gen. Brereton -- Navy raid on Marshall Islands in February -- Under Sec. Patterson -- Kearney destroyer -- Bombs being readied for planes -- Four-engined bomber flying somewhere in Europe -- Cavalry regiment changes mounts to speedy steel.
Date:
May 11, 1942
Creator:
[United States.] Army Orientation Course.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Newsmap. For the Armed Forces. 264th week of the war, 146th week of U.S. participation
Front: Text describes action on various war fronts: France, Eastern front, China, Pacific, Italy. Maps: Eastern Europe; France; China front; Gulf of Genoa. Back: "If each of us wastes a pound of war material..." Text and illustration show that it isn't just money, materials or manpower that are lost. But, waste can lose battles and cost lives.
Date:
October 2, 1944
Creator:
[United States.] Army Service Forces. Army Information Branch.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Newsmap. For the Armed Forces. 265th week of the war, 147th week of U.S. participation
Front: Text describes action on various war fronts: Western front "Hellfire Corner", Eastern front, Balkans, Italy, Pacific, China. Maps: France, Palau Islands, Eastern front. Back: "Dots in the sky-- dynamite on the ground! [Operation Uppercut].
Date:
October 9, 1944
Creator:
[United States.] Army Service Forces. Army Information Branch.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Newsmap. For the Armed Forces. 267th week of the war, 149th week of U.S. participation
Front: Text describes action on various war fronts: Pacific, Western front, Eastern front, Italy, China, the Philippines Maps: Germany, the Philippines, Italy. Back: Large map of the United States and adjoining portions of Canada and Mexico. Includes inset map of naval districts beyond the continental United States, population of the states, sixteenth census, 1940.
Date:
October 23, 1944
Creator:
[United States.] Army Service Forces. Army Information Branch.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Newsmap. For the Armed Forces. 268th week of the war, 150th week of U.S. participation
Front: Text describes action on various war fronts: Philippine action, Chinese offensive, Western front drives, Soviet victory guns, Italian progress. Maps: Manila (Philippines); Pacific area; Philippine Islands; European front; Netherlands. Back: Your submarine, versatile warship. Cutaway cross section shows key features of a submarine. 3 photographs illustrate life aboard a submarine. Includes text from an Official Report of Admiral Ernest J. King, USN, Commander in Chief U.S. Fleet, and chief of Naval Operations, to the Secretary of the Navy.
Date:
October 30, 1944
Creator:
[United States.] Army Service Forces. Army Information Branch.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Newsmap. For the Armed Forces. 271st week of the war, 153rd week of U.S. participation
Front: Text describes action on various war fronts: Open Metz drive, Strong barriers ahead, Pressure on Budapest, Tirpitz goes down, Japs stiffen resistance, B-29s over targets, Evacuate U.S. air base. Maps: Western front, Budapest to Miskolc front, Third Army offensive, Leyte, Allied troops strike south in Burma. Back: Text highlights amphibian armies' combat strategies and victories. Includes 3 photographs plus images of the Ampib's shoulder patch and pocket patch.
Date:
November 20, 1944
Creator:
[United States.] Army Service Forces. Army Information Branch.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Newsmap. For the Armed Forces. 272nd week of the war, 154th week of U.S. participation
Front: Text describes action on various war fronts: Open general offensive, Armies in action, Italian fighting bitter, Budapest under siege, U.S. planes hit Manila, Japs increase pressure, Ledo-Burma Road. Maps: Leyte progress, Italian front, Allied offensive, Budapest to Miskolc. Back: Text and 12 photographs highlight the "Mulberry" secret floating harbor used with the European invasion.
Date:
November 27, 1944
Creator:
[United States.] Army Service Forces. Army Information Branch.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Newsmap. For the Armed Forces. 274th week of the war, 156th week of U.S. participation
Front: Text describes action on various war fronts: Allied pressure increases, Cologne approaches attacked, Saar Valley threatened; Red Army strikes; Ravenna falls; Pacific Theatre active; Kweiyang evacuated; Japs retreat in Burma. Maps: Soviet drive; Cologne Plain; Winter offensive; Japanese threat; Leyte. Inset map: Philippines. Back: Photographs and llustrations highlight various infantry weapons: guns, rifles, pistols, machine guns, mortars and other weapons.
Date:
December 11, 1944
Creator:
[United States.] Army Service Forces. Army Information Branch.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Newsmap. For the Armed Forces. 275th week of the war, 157th week of U.S. participation
Front: Text describes action on various war fronts: Western front battle, Pressure on Budapest, German attack in Italy, Ormoc Falls: B-20s active, Far Eastern front. Maps: European front, The Saar, Hungarian front, Pacific action, Leyte area. Back: Text highlights "Preventive Maintenance" and describes the need to take care of ordnance equipment and "keep 'em rolling." Illustrations of 18 types of mobile ordnance are labeled.
Date:
December 18, 1944
Creator:
[United States.] Army Service Forces. Army Information Branch.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Newsmap. For the Armed Forces. V-E Day + 4 weeks, 181st week of U.S. participation in the war
Front: Text describes action on Okinawa, in Foochow, Tokyo, Mindanao. Maps: Pacific action flares; Okinawa; Foochow; Tokyo; Mindanao. Relief shown by spot heights and hill shading. Back: Paper bullets. Text describes propaganda leaflets as part of psychological warfare. Illustrations and text detail German and Jap Safe-Conduct Surrender Pass instructions.
Date:
June 4, 1945
Creator:
[United States.] Army Service Forces. Army Information Branch.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Newsmap. For the Armed Forces. V-E Day + 6 weeks, 183rd week of U.S. participation in the war
Front: Text describes Pacific action. Map: Pacific action. Inset maps: Yanks push north on Luzon; Allied troops in New Borneo landings; Japs fall back toward Fr. Indo-China border. Back: Save : don't help delay V-Day! Illustration of fist raised in V for Victory sign with text admonishing no waste of materials.
Date:
June 18, 1945
Creator:
[United States.] Army Service Forces. Army Information Branch.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Newsmap. For the Armed Forces. 233rd week of the war, 115th week of U.S. participation
Front: Text describes action on various war fronts: Central Pacific, Southwest Pacific, Air war, Burma, USSR. Maps show air attacks from London to various sites in Germany; New Ireland; south Pacific; Truk Is. Includes photographs: "Island forts", Marine corps set up radio telephone sets at Roi Island, Leathernecks set up machine guns immediately upon landing, All-Negro Ninety-Ninth Fighter Squadron at Anzio, German prisoners disembark from an LST to a prison camp, wounded female Jugoslav guerillas arrive in Malta, General Sir Harold Alexander chats with Yank rangers near Cisterno. Back: Text states "In Mein Kampf, Hitler stated that his plan was to destroy France first, then England, after which he would have the United States cornered without a fight!."
Date:
February 28, 1944
Creator:
[United States.] Army Service Forces. Morale Services Division. Army Information Branch.
System:
The UNT Digital Library