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
Forward observation. (open access)

Forward observation.

"This manual provides instructions for training commissioned or enlisted personnel in the tactics and techniques of forward observation."
Date: August 10, 1944
Creator: United States. War Department.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Grinding machines (open access)

Grinding machines

This report provides the definition of grinding and discusses different processes, types, and operations of grinding.
Date: November 26, 1940
Creator: United States. Army. Air Corps.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Heat treating and inspection of metals (open access)

Heat treating and inspection of metals

This report discusses these topics: I. Principles of heat treating -- II. Heat-treating equipment -- III. General heat treatment of steel -- IV. Specific heat treatments for aircraft steels -- V. General heat treatment of aluminum alloys -- VII. Hardness testing -- VIII. Magnaflux inspection.
Date: September 10, 1941
Creator: United States. War Department.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Lathes (open access)

Lathes

A guide to the operation and maintenance of lathes for general shop work.
Date: November 29, 1940
Creator: United States. Army. Air Corps.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Military police in towns and cities (open access)

Military police in towns and cities

"This manual is designed to furnish a guide for officers and enlisted men assigned the mission of patrolling civil communities, and is limited to those principles and techniques which they must know and apply.
Date: January 1945
Creator: United States. War Department.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Military transportation service in theaters of operations. (open access)

Military transportation service in theaters of operations.

A training guide describing "the mission, functions, policies, organization, and operation of the military transportation service in theaters of operations. "
Date: December 1945
Creator: United States. War Department.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Photomail operation. (open access)

Photomail operation.

Describes procedures for signal photomail (microfilmed mail) service operations. Includes instructions for handling V-mail (personal correspondence) as well as official War Department photomail.
Date: April 1945
Creator: United States. War Department.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Quartermaster depot company, supply. (open access)

Quartermaster depot company, supply.

Discusses the mission of the quartermaster depot company, supply, and how it is organized and operated.
Date: October 1945
Creator: United States. War Department.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Quartermaster operations. (open access)

Quartermaster operations.

Describes the organization and functions of the U.S. Army Quartermaster Corps.
Date: April 29, 1943
Creator: United States. War Department.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Quartermaster Service Company. (open access)

Quartermaster Service Company.

Provides "personnel of the quartermaster service company with condensed information on the organization, operation, and administration of the company."
Date: 1945
Creator: United States. War Department.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Radio communication. (open access)

Radio communication.

Discusses "radio communication fundamentals and the methods and technique involved in the installation and operation of radio communication equipment."
Date: January 28, 1944
Creator: United States. War Department.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Radiotelephone procedure (open access)

Radiotelephone procedure

"The purpose of this manual is to acquaint radio operators and pilots of the Army Air Forces with radiotelephone procedure"
Date: March 20, 1943
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
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, twin 40-MM gun motor carriage M19. (open access)

Service of the piece, twin 40-MM gun motor carriage M19.

Describes platoon organization, duties, drills, and operation of the equipment required to serve the twin 40-mm gun motor carriage M19.
Date: September 1947
Creator: United States. War Department.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Signal heavy construction battalion. (open access)

Signal heavy construction battalion.

Provides "information concerning the organization, operation, and capabilities of the signal heavy construction battalion to signal and communication officers and enlisted men of these battalions, and to all other interested personnel."
Date: June 1945
Creator: United States. War Department.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Signal operations in the Corps and Army. (open access)

Signal operations in the Corps and Army.

Outlines briefly "the organization of the corps and army, the organization and operation of assigned signal corps units, and the application of signal corps activities to tactical operations."
Date: January 1945
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
The Special Service Company. (open access)

The Special Service Company.

Describes the functions and services provided by the Army Special Service Company.
Date: January 5, 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
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.
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.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Tank destroyer pioneer platoon. (open access)

Tank destroyer pioneer platoon.

Describes "the tactical employment of the self-propelled tank destroyer pioneer platoon."
Date: November 1944
Creator: United States. War Department.
System: The UNT Digital Library