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United States. Army.

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 90 Collections and/or Records:

U. S. Army Newsmap Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS-2567
Abstract

The Newsmap Collection, 1944, consists of several weekly publications by the United States Army. These publications contain weekly news from the World War II front, maps of maneuvers, progress, setbacks, etc., as well as countless photos. The back of each Newsmap showcases a particular area of military life.

Dates: 1944 January-1944 October

United States Army Audit of the University of Tennessee

 Collection
Identifier: AR-0300
Abstract

This collection houses a U. S. Army audit of the University of Tennessee's facilities conducted during World War II as well as the audit report and a workpaper.

Dates: 1943-1945

W. E. (Bill) Warde Memoir

 Collection
Identifier: CSWS-0028
Abstract

This collection contains W. E. (Bill) Warde's updated version of his memoir My Military Service which covers the time on the front lines in the European Theater (1944-1946). He recounts his experiences in various battles and gives details about the movements of his unit and what he describes as the "worst night of his life," when some of his fellow soldiers were captured and killed in Germany.

Dates: 1999 July 19

W. Ralph Lufkin Collection

 Collection
Identifier: CSWS-0104
Abstract

This collection includes correspondence, manuscripts, and other documents on Wendell Ralph Lufkin's World War II experience in the European theatre.

Dates: 1941-1942, 1945, 1949, 1987, undated

Warren C. Giles’s “Company B, 117th Infantry”

 Collection
Identifier: CSWS-0228
Overview

This collection includes two typed copies of Warren Giles’s work, “Company B, 117th Infantry.” As noted in the preface, this work is a “narrative of events of Company B, 117th Infantry, 30th Infantry Division, Tennessee National Guard from April 1921 to November 24, 1945.”

Dates: circa 1945

William Blount Warrant

 Collection
Identifier: MS-1034
Abstract

This warrant, signed by William Blount in Knoxville on October 30, 1794, authorizes David Henley to pay the troops commanded by Lieutenant William Pickard.

Dates: 1794 October 30

William D. Hall Collection

 Collection
Identifier: CSWS-0176
Abstract

This collection includes photographs largely from the European Theater of Operations Headquarters during World War II.

Dates: 1945

World War II Oral History Collection

 Collection
Identifier: CSWS-0056
Abstract

This collection includes recorded interviews with World War II veterans. In addition to their wartime experiences, veterans are asked about their upbringing, their lives before entering the service, and their attempts to readjust to civilian life after discharge. Information regarding theatre, branch and interviewer have been included when available. Transcripts are available for some interviews.

Dates: 1984 April 22-2011 November 22, undated

World War II Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-3154
Abstract

This collection contains English grammar books and maps of Brussels-Liege and Namur-Luxembourg distributed by the United States Army during World War II.

Dates: 1940-1944

World War II Publications

 Collection
Identifier: MS-3255
Abstract This collection consists of five publications documenting the end of World War Two. There are three copies of The Stars and Stripes, a U. S. Army daily newspaper publication, covering the action in the Pacific Theater and V. E. (Victory in Europe) Day. There is one copy of the weekly magazine Yank titled 1945 Victory Edition. It covers the Surrender of Rheims, which officially ended European hostilities on May 7, 1945, in pictures and written accounts. There is one copy of an United States...
Dates: 1945 March 10-1945 May 8