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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
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
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
Elementary map and aerial photograph reading
This manual covers elementary map reading, conventional signs and military symbols, distances and scales, directions adn azimuths, coordinates, relief, slopes, profiles and visibility, map reading in the field, and aerial photograph reading to an extent sufficient to permit soldiers adn platoon leaders to read aerial photographs and aerial mosaics.
Date:
August 15, 1944
Creator:
United States. War Department.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
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
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
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
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
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
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.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Army ground forces light aviation.
"This manual is a guide for the military personnel of Army Ground Forces units who are concerned with organic light aviation. It describes the training, tactical employment, administration, maintenance, and supply of Army Ground Forces light aviation" (p. 1). The index begins on page 171.
Date:
September 1947
Creator:
United States. War Department.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Airship aerodynamics.
"This manual is designed as a text for the instruction of airship student pilots .... to give the knowledge of aerodynamics essential to the operation of [lighter than air aircraft]."(Page 2.)
Date:
February 11, 1941
Creator:
United States. War Department.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Aircraft induction, fuel and oil systems.
Describes aircraft engine systems, fuels, and lubricants.
Date:
February 22, 1944
Creator:
United States. War Department.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
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.
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
Transportation of the sick and wounded.
This guide is "published for the information and guidance of all concerned" (p. ii) about the proper protocol of transporting sick and wounded war victims. According to the Foreward, "It includes a description of the common methods and means of transporting patients on land, sea, and in the air, and is appropriately illustrated" (p. iii); the descriptions include manual, motor ambulance, rail, water, and air transportation.
Date:
February 1945
Creator:
United States. War Department.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Engineer soldier's handbook.
Describes the tools and tasks of the engineer soldier. Includes a proficiency test for soldiers in training.
Date:
June 2, 1943
Creator:
United States. War Department.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
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.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
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.
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.
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.
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.
"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.
"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