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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, June 8, 1942 : week of May 29 to June 5

Front: Text describes action on various war fronts: Cologne and Essen flattened -- Tiny subs find Sydney ready -- the Japanese "save face" -- Army of 4 1/2 million for '42 -- Mexico welcomed into war -- Rommel's forces turned -- Hitler's hangman dies -- Poison gas used in China -- Armies shift in Russia. Large world map is keyed to text and illustrates time zones around the world. Inset maps show Libyan battle, Dutch Harbor, Axis drives and British attacks at Libyan; Unalaska Is.; Unalaska Bay. Includes photographs: Producing the big seacoast rifles; Red gound defense on the Russian front; Nazis' Focke-Wulf 190 fighter; Yanks saw a motor show put on by Aussies; 4-motored Stirling bombers used over Cologne. Back: Enemy Tanks Are Vulnerable. Includes 10 photographs with descriptive text below each.
Date: June 8, 1942
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

Newsmap. Monday, October 11, 1943 : week of September 30 to October 7, 213th week of the war, 95th week of U.S. participation

Front: Text describes action on various war fronts: Aegean Sea, Italy, Corsica, Russia, Norway, Southwest Pacific, Air offensive. Maps show Greece and Turkey, Eastern front, Central Italy. Includes photographs: Soldier killed by booby-trap, "Battleship X" is the USS South Dakota, Brenner Pass, Resting American soldiers following a battle in Munda. Back: Typical German infantry regiment. Illustration shows regiment. Text gives detailed description of Regimental Headquarters Company, Battalion Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, Battalions, Infantry and Motorized Companies.
Date: October 11, 1943
Creator: [United States.] Army Orientation Course.
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library

Newsmap. Monday, October 4, 1943 : week of September 23 to September 30, 212th week of the war, 94th week of U.S. participation

Front: Text describes action on various war fronts: Italy, Corsica, Russia, New Georgia, Gilbert Is., Ellice Is., New Guinea, Western Europe. Maps show Northeast New Guinea; central Italy; Italy, Yugoslavia, Sardinia, Sicily, Tunisia. All maps show Nazi or Japanese occupied areas. Includes photographs: Naples, On the beach at Salerno, Smoke screen over Palermo, Ship with a mouth. Back: A mournful melody, or, a dud dood it again : and watch out for booby traps! 8 cartoon panels graphically describe the dangers of unexploded projectiles.
Date: October 4, 1943
Creator: [United States.] Army Orientation Course.
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library

Newsmap. Monday, September 27, 1943 : week of September 16 to September 23, 211th week of the war, 93rd week of U.S. participation

Front: Text describes action on various war fronts: Italy, Sardinia and Corsica, Russia, Southwest pacific, Dodecanese Is., Gilbert Is., Yugoslavia. Maps show Russian front; European fronts; Jap-controlled territory in Southwest Pacific. Inset map shows battle line of Russian front on July 5th. Includes 7 photographs of war action. Back: Progress of the War : Report from the Chief of Staff to the Secretary of War : 1 July 1941 to 30 June 1943. Extensive text with 2 maps: Deployment of American troops; Time and space chart: air and water logistics.
Date: September 27, 1943
Creator: [United States.] Army Orientation Course.
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library

Newsmap. Monday, December 7, 1942 : week of November 27 to December 4

Front: Text describes action on various war fronts: Tunisia, Supply, Libya, Toulon, Russia, New Guinea, Solomons, Aleutians. Large world map is keyed to text and illustrates time zones around the world. Includes inset maps: Tunisia -- Russian Front. Back: Maps and texts highlight the battleground of North Africa. Photographs: Crash landing -- Target sighted, mission completed -- Stalingrad strikes back.
Date: December 7, 1942
Creator: [United States.] Army Orientation Course.
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library

Newsmap. Monday, December 14, 1942 : week of December 4 to December 11

Front: Text describes action on various war fronts: New Guinea, Solomons, Pearl Harbor, Tunisia, Libya, Dakar, Toulon, Italy, Russia, France. Large world map is keyed to text and illustrates time zones around the world. Includes inset maps: Dakar; Northeast Tunisia; Tripoli and environs; Russian Front; Guadalcanal Island; Bougainville Island; New Britain Photographs: Convoy to Africa; Advance to Tunisia; Street scene: French Morocco Back: The text entitled "Antiaircraft artillery" describes antiaircraft weapons. The other text "The Dance of the Ninety" describes a 90mm gun. Includes photographs: KEEPS 'EM FALLING -- EYES -- EARS
Date: December 14, 1942
Creator: [United States.] Army Orientation Course.
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library

Newsmap. Monday, February 22, 1943 : week of February 12 to February 19, 180th week of the war, 62nd week of U.S. participation

Front: Text describes action on various war fronts: Russia, New Guinea, Solomons, China, Pacific and Far East, French fleet, North Africa. Large world map is keyed to text. Includes table: Great Circle Distances in Statute Miles. Inset maps show Tunisia and Russia. Includes 8 photographs. Back: Poster provides recognition cues and front and profile drawings of Allied and Axis light tanks and self-propelled weapons. Includes range scale.
Date: February 22, 1943
Creator: [United States.] Army Orientation Course.
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Photograph of Colonel Nicholas Novosel]

Photograph of Colonel Nicholas Novosel wearing a helmet and coat while smoking a cigarette. The arm of Captain Butler is partially visible to the left.
Date: January 1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Soldiers at the Maginot Line]

Photograph of Stan Folkman and Marv Lilly standing at the Maginot Line in France.
Date: [1941..1945]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Soldiers in a Snowy Copse]

Photograph of John Bernier, Stephen Dulleba, and Peter Garofolo standing together in a snowy copse of trees. The men are wearing U.S. Army uniforms, with Dulleba and Garofolo wearing white armbands bearing crosses. Bernier props himself up against the snowy half of a tree trunk.
Date: 1945~
Creator: Jones, Zane E.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Three Soldiers Posing Outside of Furst Chateau]

Photograph of three uniformed American soldiers posing together outside of Furst Chateau, a two-story brick building with two rows of windows with shutters. Dan Melli, Czarneke, and Nathan Levine are standing together under a central window.
Date: February 21, 1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Soldiers in Boxcar Doorway]

Photograph of soldiers, including one identified as Jake and Leonard M. Kornman, standing in the open doorway of a boxcar on the way to the port of Le Havre.
Date: September 1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Present Day Herrlisheim]

Photograph of houses on a street in Herrlisheim. A couple of vehicles are visible in the background.
Date: 2009
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Street in Herrlisheim]

Photograph of a muddy street in Herrlisheim after a battle in January 1945. Some of the houses are in ruins, and tanks are visible in the background.
Date: January 17, 1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[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

[Nurse with Two Soldiers]

Photograph of J. F. X. Hennessey, nurse Lt. Ava Jane Biggerstaff, and Ralph Smith standing at a railing at the U. S. Army 3rd General Hospital in Marseille, France.
Date: January 1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Zane Jones]

Photograph of Zane Jones wearing a coat and smiling for the camera. "Paris 1945" appears in a sunburst on the lower left portion of the photo. "Just call me Curly" is written in faded marker across Jones' collar.
Date: 1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Members of 2nd Platoon]

Photograph of members of the 2nd platoon of Company C of the 56th Armored Infantry Battalion, posing in the snow at Rouffach, France. A French girl stands with them.
Date: [1943..1944]
Creator: unknown
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

[Rue du General Reibel]

Photograph of the view down the Rue de General Reibel in Herrlisheim, France. Cars are parked along the road, and there is a restaurant to the right.
Date: 2009
Creator: unknown
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