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Newsmap. Monday, January 25, 1943 : week of January 15 to January 22

Front: Text describes action on various war fronts: Tripoli, Western Europe, Guadalcanal, New Guinea, Pacific and Far East, Russia, Chile, Iraq. Large world map is keyed to text and illustrates time zones around the world. Inset maps: Tunisia/Libya ; Russian Front. Photographs: North Africa; Forward positions: Guadalcanal; Not in "Mein Kampf" [retreating German panzers struggling through mud]; Jap ships feel U.S. air blows. Back: Poster illustrating Italian Navy uniforms and insignia. Includes Italian pronunciation chart.
Date: January 25, 1943
Creator: [United States.] Army Orientation Course.
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library

Newsmap. Monday, May 25, 1942 : week of May 15 to May 22

Front : Text describes action on various war fronts: Axis hunts Shangri La -- Shadow on Australia -- New threat to China -- Gandhi still passive -- More Yanks in Ireland -- U.S. gets Panama bases -- Spain would trade -- Island volcano erupts -- Axis people grumble -- Axis battles Chetniks -- Air travel curtailed -- Prinz Eugen torpedoes -- Attack on Kharkov -- Vichy downs RAF planes -- Africa drive hinted -- Malta counts bombings. Large world map is keyed to text and illustrates time zones around the world. Inset maps show the Burma Road and a map of a portion of Europe overlaying a map of the United States. U.S. cities are shown in italics, European cities in capitals. Includes photographs: Doolittle did much -- North American B-25 -- Gandhi opposes [scorched earth policy] -- School of 'tin fish' ready for their deadly work -- Shell casings stacked in Moscow factory -- Rommel might move -- Catalinas from America keep an eye on the Mediterranean -- RAF salvages wrecked planes from desert. Includes 1 cartoon. Back: Know Your Enemies: the Nazi Army. Includes photographs: Supporting Fire, Howitzer in Action, Moving Up, Mountain Troops, Tank Destroyer, Anti-Aircraft Alert, …
Date: May 25, 1942
Creator: [United States]. Army Orientation Course.
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library

Newsmap. Monday, October 25, 1943 : week of October 14 to October 21, 215th week of the war, 97th week of U.S. participation

Front: Text describes action on various war fronts: Russia, Italy, Schweinfurt, Southwest Pacific, Burma, North Pacific, U.S. subs. Inset maps: Bridgeheads across the Dnepr River, [Pacific Ocean off coast of New Guinea], [Areas in Southern Europe providing targets for bomber forces], Operations begin in Burma. Photographs: Nazis use Soviet equipment and men in battle for Italy, Soviet soldier and RAF officer, Lieut. Col. Chesley G. Peterson, Salt Lake City, Fuel pipe lines, Fifth Army engineers, In the Naga Hills of northern Burma. Back: Photographic view of the world with the center at Berlin, Germany. Includes instructions for using a detachable scale that, when centered on Berlin, measures distances along any line running through Berlin.
Date: October 25, 1943
Creator: [United States.] Army Orientation Course.
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library

Newsmap. For the Armed Forces. 263rd week of the war, 145th week of U.S. participation

Front: Text describes action on various war fronts: France, Pacific, Italy, China-Burma, Eastern front. Maps: North Burma; France; Western Pacific; Warsaw. Insets: Palau Islands; Morotai. Back:"Mindanao, Philippine Islands." Two different oblique views of the island. The large image shows it as seen from the southwest.
Date: September 25, 1944
Creator: [United States.] Army Service Forces. Army Information Branch.
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library

Newsmap. For the Armed Forces. 276th week of the war, 158th week of U.S. participation

Front: Text describes action on various war fronts: 600-mile water jump, Pacific war in the air, Nazis stage offensive, Budapest Under Siege, Eighth Takes Strongpoint. Maps: Mindoro -- Pacific war in the air -- Red Army -- Western action. Inset maps: Philippine Islands -- Budapest. Back: Map of South Burma and Thailand
Date: December 25, 1944
Creator: [United States.] Army Service Forces. Army Information Branch.
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library

Newsmap. For the Armed Forces. V-E Day + 7 weeks, 184th week of U.S. participation in the war

Front: Text describes action on various fronts and is keyed to map. Photographs: Japanese soldiers, Japanese submarine, Suicide planes, Japanese war industry, aerial view of damage to Tokyo. Map: East Asia and Pacific. Inset maps: 5480 tons of bombs a day! Back: World map with shaded areas showing liberated areas since 7 Dec 1941, enemy held areas as of 8 May 1945; dotted lines show battlelines as of 7 Dec 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944 and 8 May 1945.
Date: June 25, 1945
Creator: [United States.] Army Service Forces. Army Information Branch.
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library

Newsmap for the Armed Forces : the sea-air navy : 319 warships set for Atlantic and Pacific fleets

Front: Text describes proposed post-war Atlantic and Pacific U.S. fleets. Shows graphic silhouettes of the different types of ships. Includes chart of proposed Navy personnel. Back: Let's not be fooled again... Text includes: Pro-German attitude grows as U.S. troops fraternize -- We talk tough, but we act soft -- Soldier's opinions of Germans rising. Reasons given for post-war occupation of Germany.
Date: February 25, 1946
Creator: [United States.] Army Information Branch.
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library
Theory of ballooning. (open access)

Theory of ballooning.

A general guide to piloting a free balloon.
Date: April 25, 1940
Creator: United States. War Department.
Object Type: Book
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.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Application for National Service Life Insurance] (open access)

[Application for National Service Life Insurance]

Application for National Service Life Insurance filled by Justin L. Bible. There are instructions on the back of the application.
Date: October 25, 1950
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Service Records] (open access)

[Service Records]

Document containing information pertaining to Justin L. Bible's service record, including his name, rank, ASN, marital status, home address, name and address of his nearest relative, and a person to notify in case of emergency.
Date: May 25, 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Christmas Decorations in the 82d Medical Battalion Mess Hall]

Photograph of the 82d Medical Battalion's mess hall at Camp Barkeley, Texas. Benches and covered tables are arranged in a horseshoe pattern, leaving an open section of floor. The tables are set with plates and cups. Fir branches and tinsel adorn the surrounding windows.
Date: December 25, 1943
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Christmas Dinner in the 82nd Medical Battalion's Headquarters]

Photograph of members of the 82nd Medical Battalion wearing formal uniforms and sitting at long tables for a Christmas dinner. Streamers and a bell hang from the ceiling, mistletoe hang from the windows, and Christmas tree cutouts hang over the serving area.
Date: December 25, 1943
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Tables Set for Christmas Dinner in the 82nd Medical Battalion's Headquarters]

Photograph of tables set for a Christmas dinner at the 82nd Medical Battalion's headquarters. Tables are set with cups, bowls, plates, and bowls. Streamers and a bell hang from the ceiling, mistletoe hang from the windows, and Christmas tree cutouts hang over the serving area.
Date: December 25, 1943
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Oral History Interview with Douglas R. Crawford, February 25, 2004

Access: Use of this item is restricted to the UNT Community
Interview with Air Force veteran Douglas R. "Roy" Crawford. The interview includes Crawford's personal experiences about early family life, joining the U.S. Army Air Forces, training as a bulldozer operator, removing radioactive debris from Hiroshima, training as a radar operator at Edwards Air Force Base, California, and working as the radar tracker when Major Chuck Yeager broke the sound barrier in the Bell X-1 on October 19, 1947. Additionally, Crawford talks about his assignments to Clark Air Force Base, Philippines, and Korea, as a forward air observer, his role as an airborne radar operator during the Bay of Pigs invasion and the Cuban Missile Crisis, his various activities with the NASA Space Program, and clandestine missions with the CIA and Air America over Cambodia during the Vietnam War.
Date: February 25, 2004
Creator: Alexander, William J. & Crawford, Douglas R., 1929-
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

[William Giannopoulos on Top of an M4 Tank]

Photograph of William Giannopoulos on top of an M4 tank. The uniformed man is standing out of the turret hatch and is leaning on a hatch door. in the background, several trucks can be seen around a building on the lower left portion of the photo.
Date: August 25, 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Soldier in Front of a Large Tent]

Photograph of a uniformed soldier standing in front of a brick house with lattice windows. The soldier, Olin Culloms, is wearing a dress uniform and a peaked cap.
Date: December 25, 1943
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[William Giannopoulos Firing a Carbine]

Photograph of William Giannopoulos kneeling on the ground and aiming a carbine to the right. He is wearing a soft cap and a U.S. Army uniform.
Date: August 25, 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Richard Mauger and William Giannopoulos on an M5 Tank]

Photograph of Richard Mauger and William Giannopoulos on an M5 tank. Mauger sits on the hull of the vehicle while Giannopoulos stands up from within the driver's hatch. Giannopoulos leans an arm over the tank's gun while wearing a helmet and goggles.
Date: August 25, 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[William Giannopoulos Leaning on a Half-Track]

Photograph of William Giannopoulos leaning against the hood of a half-track. He wears a soft cap, glasses, and a U.S. Army uniform. It is parked over a piece of concrete labeled HQ-1.
Date: August 25, 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[William Giannopoulos Leaning on a Half-Track]

Photograph of William Giannopoulos leaning against the hood of a half-track. He wears a soft cap, glasses, and a U.S. Army uniform. It is parked over a piece of concrete labeled HQ-1. The reverse side of the photograph contains a note "to Kay" regarding Giannopoulos' displeasure at driving half-tracks.
Date: August 25, 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[William Giannopoulos Sitting on a Half-Track's Track]

Photograph of William Giannopoulos sitting on the track of a half-track. Giannopoulos is wearing a soft cap and a U.S. Army uniform. The vehicle has a bag hanging near its front and a square and star painted on its side.
Date: August 25, 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Albert Gaynes]

Photograph of Lt. Albert Gaynes, in his dress uniform, standing in front of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in the center of the Arch de Triomphe in Paris, France. Other people and several trees are visible in the background.
Date: May 25, 1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Albert Gaynes in Paris]

Photograph of Lt. Albert Gaynes, in his dress uniform, standing in a street in Paris, France.
Date: May 25, 1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History