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.
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. For the Armed Forces. 243rd week of the war, 125th week of U.S. participation

Front: Text describes action on various war fronts: Air offensive, Italy, Central Pacific, Southwest Pacific, Southeast Asia, Eastern front. Maps: New Guinea; Pre-invasion air offensive. Includes 7 photographs. Back: Four approaches to Japan [from Alaska, from China-Burma, from Manchuria, from the S. W. Pacific]. Color illustrations showing the 4 approaches from perspective above the globe.
Date: May 8, 1944
Creator: [United States.] Army Service Forces. Army Information Branch.
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library

Newsmap. For the Armed Forces. 244th week of the war, 126th week of U.S. participation

Front: Text describes action on various war fronts: Air war, Eastern front, China, Burma-India, Italy, Pacific. Maps: China-Burma; Sevastopol; Insets: Crimea. Includes 8 photographs. Back: Moscow to Berlin. Map.
Date: May 15, 1944
Creator: [United States.] Army Service Forces. Army Information Branch.
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Arlo Ward by a Half-Track]

Photograph of a uniformed American soldier named Arlo Ward as he stands in front of a half-track named "Amelia Kate." A row of houses can be seen behind fences on the right.
Date: May 1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Berg and Clark in Germany]

Photograph of SSgt. John Berg and MSgt. William Clark standing outside a Message Center in Germany. The front left wheel of a vehicle is visible to the right.
Date: May 1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Buildings on a Hillside]

Photograph of a group of buildings located at various elevations of a hill in Germany. Water can be seen flowing past a stone wall at the bottom of the hill.
Date: May 1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Destroyed Buildings in Munich, Germany]

Photograph of a street in Munich, Germany, that is surrounded by the rubble of ruined buildings. A U.S. Army truck is visible in the street as well as a group of people.
Date: May 1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Dumped Tanks]

Three copy photographs of tanks on a muddy road. The first photograph shows a soldier kneeling next to the tracks of a Mark V German tank. In the middle photograph, several soldiers stand around a tank in a ditch off a muddy road after a snowstorm in Austria. In the last photograph, a soldier stands on top of a recovery vehicle prepared to winch a Mark IV tank out of a ditch and onto the road.
Date: May 1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Five Soldiers Beside an Army Truck]

Photograph of five uniformed soldiers beside a truck with an encircled star painted on its door. Two of the helmeted men stand beside the truck's wheel well, while the other three men crouch in front.
Date: May 1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Five Soldiers Beside an Army Truck]

Photograph of five uniformed soldiers beside a truck with an encircled star painted on its door. Two of the helmeted men stand beside the truck's wheel well, while the other three men crouch in front. "Augsburg, Germany" is handwritten along the bottom right.
Date: May 1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Five Soldiers Standing by Three Trucks]

Photograph of five uniformed and helmeted soldiers standing together in a row in front of three parked trucks. The truck to the far right has baggage and a canvas tarpaulin on top of it, and the second truck has bunched canvas on top of its cab. "Augsburg, Ger" is written along the bottom of the photo.
Date: May 1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Five Women Standing in a Boxcar Doorway]

Photograph of five young women standing within the doorway of a boxcar at a rail yard in Augsburg, Germany. The reverse side of the photo has a handwritten note that says these are Israeli women who were released from the Buchenwald concentration camp.
Date: May 1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Five Women Standing in a Boxcar Doorway]

Photograph of five young women standing within the doorway of a boxcar at a rail yard in Augsburg, Germany.
Date: May 1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Freed Polish Slaves Sitting by a Fence]

Photograph of ten Polish slave laborers sitting on the ground in front of a picket fence. Two wooden buildings are visible behind them.
Date: May 1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[George Hatt Before a Collapsed Building]

Photograph of a uniformed American soldier named George Hatt standing in front of a completely collapsed building. Ceiling beams cover the pile of rubble. Intact buildings are visible in the background.
Date: May 1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[George Hatt Beside War Memorial]

Photograph of a uniformed American soldier named George Hatt standing beside a statue of a naked man. "Der Wollte" is written on stone.
Date: May 1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Germans Reading Poster]

Photograph of a group of Germans reading a poster picturing and explaining Nazi atrocities in concentration camps and explaining them. One of the German women has a bicycle with her.
Date: May 1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Liberated Polish Soldiers and Prisoners of War]

Photograph of twelve liberated Polish prisoners of war by a wrought iron fence. Two men stand off to the left, while ten others pose for the camera. They are wearing a mixture of military uniforms and civilian clothes. A tree and half-timbered houses are visible behind them.
Date: May 1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Men Outside Building]

Photograph of a group of men from A company of the 714th Tank Battalion, sitting in front of a building. Those in the back row are, from left to right, Herman Francouer, Suitor, Dale Goon, Joseph Mrozowski, Teeter - , and Lester Stricoff. The soldiers in the center row are Jim Campbell, Henry Mullett, Parr, George Brooks, Frank Metzger, John Radigan, and Norm Helm. Those in the front row are Davis, William Ralston, Martalla, and Sherman Double.
Date: [1945-05..1945-07]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Motor Park at Pappenheim]

Photograph of a motor park in Pappenheim, Germany. Soldiers stand around the cars, and houses are visible.
Date: May 1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Party at Burkanstadf]

Photograph of a room set up for a party for the 14th Tank Battalion in Burkanstadf. Streamers hang from the ceiling, and there are three tables with chairs placed to make room for a dance floor.
Date: May 1945
Creator: Roberts, Cecil E.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Party at Burkanstadf]

Photograph of a long table set with flowers. There is a stage behind the table, with an American flag hanging on the wall and chairs set on the stage.
Date: May 1945
Creator: Roberts, Cecil E.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[People on a Bridge in Munich, Germany]

Photograph of a stone bridge that spans a river in Munich, Germany. A woman wearing a black dress can be seen by the wall of the river, while two soldiers are partially visible in the foreground. Buildings can be seen near the river in the background.
Date: May 1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History