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Cavalry drill regulations, mechanized. (open access)

Cavalry drill regulations, mechanized.

Prescribes drills for general use by any type of mechanized cavalry unit. Also provides instructions for conducting ceremonies and inspections.
Date: March 15, 1944
Creator: United States. War Department.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Aircraft induction, fuel and oil systems. (open access)

Aircraft induction, fuel and oil systems.

Describes aircraft engine systems, fuels, and lubricants.
Date: February 22, 1944
Creator: United States. War Department.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Tactical employment : tank destroyer unit. (open access)

Tactical employment : tank destroyer unit.

"This manual is a guide to the tactical employment of tank destroyer units both self-propelled and towed." (Page 1.)
Date: July 18, 1944
Creator: United States. War Department.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Tactics and technique of division artillery and higher artillery echelons. (open access)

Tactics and technique of division artillery and higher artillery echelons.

Describes the mission, organization, and principles of employment of the field artillery unit.
Date: May 24, 1944
Creator: United States. War Department.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Advanced map and aerial photograph reading. (open access)

Advanced map and aerial photograph reading.

"The purpose of this manual is to provide a text on advanced map and aerial photograph reading for military personnel who throughly understand the basic material in FM 21-25." (Page 1.)
Date: December 1944
Creator: United States. War Department.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Because somebody talked!

Color poster shows a sad cocker spaniel with its head resting on sailor's collar on back of a blue chair. On the wall behind the chair hangs a "Gold Star" service flag with a red border, white center and yellow star in the middle. A gold star on a service flag signifies a family member who has died in war.
Date: 1944
Creator: Heyman, Wesley
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library

Red Army encircling Balkans.

Black & white newsmap showing the planned paths of the Soviet armed forces through eastern Europe toward Berlin, Germany.
Date: 1944
Creator: O'Donohoe, J.
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library

Have you really tried to save gas by getting into a car club?

Close-up of a soldier's face. He wears a helmet which is unstrapped. A white bandage can be seen on his forehead under the helmet. Blood drips down the side of his face from the bandage to his jaw.
Date: 1944
Creator: Von Schmidt, Harold, 1893-1982
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library

You are one of 50,000,000 Americans who must fill out an income tax return by March 15th : ... file yours early.

Pictures of 1944 1040 form and 1944 withholding receipt in between red and blue text.
Date: 1944
Creator: United States. Dept. of the Treasury.
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library

Wanted! : for murder : her careless talk costs lives.

Black & white photograph of a well-groomed woman with dark hair and a subtle smile on her face.
Date: 1944
Creator: Keppler, Victor.
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library

You are one of 50,000,000 Americans who must fill out an income tax return by March 15 : do it now! ....

All lettered poster in red, white, and blue tones, urging people to prepare to file their income tax forms on time.
Date: 1944
Creator: United States. Dept. of the Treasury.
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library

We'll take care of the Rising Sun : you take care of rising prices ....

A G.I., with leaves on his helmet and gun strapped to his back, gives a "thumbs-up." A beach and palm trees are in the background.
Date: 1944
Creator: United States. Office of Economic Stabilization.
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library

Here's a war job for you : railroad workers urgently needed.

Five tracks of locomotives run side by side. One of the trains is transporting army tanks.
Date: 1944~
Creator: Treidler, Adolph, 1886-1981
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library

Be a cadet nurse : the girl with a future.

Color poster of two women in cadet nurse uniforms (probably two views of the same woman). The woman on the left wears a military-style uniform with blue jacket and cap. The woman on the right wears a white nurse's uniform with a nurse's cap. Both women are wearing cadet nurse shoulder patches and caduceus (medical symbol) pins.
Date: 1944
Creator: Whitcomb, Jon
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library

Protect his future: buy and keep war bonds.

Color poster shows a young, smiling boy being lifted in the air holding on to a man's hands. The boy has blond hair and is wearing red overalls and a white t-shirt.
Date: 1944
Creator: Nichols, Ruth Alexander
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library

Fire away! : buy extra bonds.

Color poster of two sailors on a Navy ship at sea. One sailor is using a search light and the other is looking through binoculars. The sailors wear blue jackets and knitted "watch caps". A U.S. flag can be seen on the ship deck below.
Date: 1944
Creator: Schreiber, Georges, 1904-1977
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Eleanor Brown Climbing into Plane #4]

Photograph of Eleanor Brown wearing a flight suit and parachute pack while climbing into an airplane.
Date: 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Eleanor McLernon Brown]

Photograph of WASP Eleanor Brown seen from the chest up in uniform with WASP pins and wings attached. Two handwritten notes can be seen on the back of the photo. The first, in pencil, reads, "Eleanor McLernon (Brown) 1944". The second, in pen ink, reads, "Return to: Eleanor McLernon Brown 2201 N. DeLeon, Vicotria, Tx 77901 Wimsa Reg. 137050".
Date: 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Press Release: Address by General H.H. Arnold, and Statement from Jacqueline Cochran] (open access)

[Press Release: Address by General H.H. Arnold, and Statement from Jacqueline Cochran]

War Department press release quoting the speech General Arnold gave to the final graduating class of Women Airforce Service Pilots of World War II and a statement made by Jacqueline Cochran on the WASP's accomplishments. The pages are torn away at the edges in several places, most noticeably in the bottom left corner of the first page.
Date: December 7, 1944
Creator: Arnold, Henry Harley
Object Type: Script
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Eleanor Brown with Plane]

Photograph of Eleanor Brown in a flight suit and cap, carrying a parachute harness over her shoulder and leaning against a plane. A handwritten note on the back of the photo reads, "Micky McLernon Brown 2201 N. Deleon Victoria, Tx". "1944" is written in pencil on the top back of the photo.
Date: 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping photocopy: WASP Militarization Favored by Stimson] (open access)

[Clipping photocopy: WASP Militarization Favored by Stimson]

Photocopy of a newspaper clipping of articles from the New York Times about the U.S.'s involvement in World War II, including an article about an initiative to give WASP members full military benefits. Among the articles are several small advertisements, some with illustrations. At the top of the photocopy is handwritten text identifying the newspaper and its publishing date.
Date: May 5, 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Eleanor Brown with Plane #2]

Photograph of Eleanor Brown in a flight suit and cap, carrying a parachute harness over her shoulder and leaning against a plane.
Date: 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Eleanor Brown in Uniform]

Photograph pasted to thick paper board of WASP Eleanor brown in uniform and posed looking off camera. WASP and air force pins can be seen on her breast and lapels. A note in pen written on the back of the paper board reads, "Mickey, Eleanor McLernon (Brown) 1944".
Date: 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[WASP Group in Uniform]

Photograph of eleven WASP in uniform posed in in two rows on a set of stone steps outside a building. Several notes are written on the back of the photo, including a list naming the group members. First note reads in faded pencil at the top, "Eleanor M. Brown 2201 N. DeLeon", followed by a typed address label for Robert S. Brown. The second note reads, "Back Row L-R, Ann Baron, Elizabeth Stavrum, Elizabeth (Betty) Pettit, Eleanor M. McLernon, Margaret Shaffer, Marry Ann Walker". The note beside that reads, "Front Row-L-R, Muriel Rath, Leona Golbiner, Donna Spellick, Mary Ahlstrom, Kate Lee Harris". The final note in pencil at the bottom reads, "Napier Field, Ala.".
Date: 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History