Tank destroyer reconnaissance platoon. (open access)

Tank destroyer reconnaissance platoon.

A World War II Army manual describing "the tactical employment of the tank destroyer reconnaissance platoon ... of both the towed and self-propelled battalions."
Date: November 1944
Creator: United States. War Department.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Small boats and harbor craft. (open access)

Small boats and harbor craft.

A manual for U.S. Army sailors assigned to the Harbor Boat Service. Describes company organization, duties of personnel, equipment used, and basic seamanship.
Date: January 31, 1944
Creator: United States. War Department.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Army-Navy manual of military government and civil affairs. (open access)

Army-Navy manual of military government and civil affairs.

A general guide for U.S. armed forces instituting military government in occupied areas.
Date: December 22, 1943
Creator: United States. War Department.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Telephone switchboard operating procedure. (open access)

Telephone switchboard operating procedure.

A procedures manual for Army telephone switchboard operators.
Date: November 1944
Creator: United States. War Department.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Teletypewriter switching and relay procedure. (open access)

Teletypewriter switching and relay procedure.

Describes Army procedures "for establishment, control, and termination of teletypewriter connections involving one more more manual switching centrals" as well as relaying sets of messages through reperforator centrals.
Date: September 19, 1944
Creator: United States. War Department.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Tank destroyer, tactical employment of tank destroyer platoon, self-propelled. (open access)

Tank destroyer, tactical employment of tank destroyer platoon, self-propelled.

Describes the self-propelled tank destroyer platoon and techniques for its tactical employment.
Date: May 9, 1944
Creator: United States. War Department.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Supply, evacuation, and trains, armored units. (open access)

Supply, evacuation, and trains, armored units.

An Army field manual "designed as a supply and evacuation guide for armored units.... Covers supply of armored units, evacuation of personnel, prisoners of war, vehicles, and salvage; rail and water transportation and trains in theater of operations."
Date: April 1945
Creator: United States. War Department.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Umpire manual. (open access)

Umpire manual.

Describes procedures to be used by umpires in military exercises used in the training of ground forces.
Date: March 31, 1944
Creator: United States. War Department.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Command and employment of air power. (open access)

Command and employment of air power.

Discusses the relationship of land and air forces and doctrine of command and employment in regards to air power as well as five aspects of air command.
Date: July 21, 1943
Creator: United States. War Department.
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.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Domestic disturbances (open access)

Domestic disturbances

"This manual presents the principles for the employment of troops during domestic disturbances and the essential substances of the more important laws relating to the employment of military forces in the aid of civil authorities with the applicable War Department policies"
Date: July 30, 1945
Creator: United States. War Department.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Field fortifications (open access)

Field fortifications

"This manual describes field fortification methods and gives details of construction of entrenchments, emplacements, and shelters. It also outlines the principles of terrain appreciation which apply to field fortifications, and explains how to combine individual field fortifications into a unified system by means of organization of the ground."
Date: February 14, 1944
Creator: United States. War Department.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Armored infantry company. (open access)

Armored infantry company.

Describes the organization, tactics, and techniques of the armored infantry rifle company.
Date: November 1944
Creator: United States. War Department.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Armored infantry battalion. (open access)

Armored infantry battalion.

Describes "the tactical employment of the armored infantry battalion, both as part of a larger force, and when acting independently."
Date: November 1944
Creator: United States. War Department.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Tank destroyer, towed gun platoon. (open access)

Tank destroyer, towed gun platoon.

Describes the organization, tactics, and techniques of the towed tank destroyer platoon.
Date: April 1, 1944
Creator: United States. War Department.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Chemical decontamination company. (open access)

Chemical decontamination company.

Describes the organization, training, and operations of the Chemical Decontamination Company.
Date: September 1, 1944
Creator: United States. War Department.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Antiaircraft artillery field manual : formations and inspections. (open access)

Antiaircraft artillery field manual : formations and inspections.

"The purpose of this manual is to prescribe formations and procedures for anti-aircraft artillery units and for ceremonies and inspections."
Date: November 17, 1943
Creator: United States. War Department.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Service of the piece, 155-MM gun M2, truck-drawn and tractor-drawn. (open access)

Service of the piece, 155-MM gun M2, truck-drawn and tractor-drawn.

"This manual prescribes the duties to be performed in the service of the piece [155-mm gun M2] by the personnel normally assigned to one gun section of a firing battery."
Date: January 1946
Creator: United States. War Department.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Service of the piece, 8-inch gun M1 and 240-MM howitzer M1. (open access)

Service of the piece, 8-inch gun M1 and 240-MM howitzer M1.

"This manual prescribes the duties to be performed in the service of the piece [8-inch gun M1 and 240-mm howitzer M1] by the personnel normally assigned to one howitzer of gun section of the firing battery and by other firing battery personnel." Covers both the 8-inch gun M1 and the 240-mm howitzer M1. Prescribes duties to be performed in the service of both pieces of artillery.
Date: February 1946
Creator: United States. War Department.
System: The UNT Digital Library