Manual Collection 4, WWII, 1942-1945
Sub-Group
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection includes manuals, booklets, pamplets, and similar materials produced by DoD and related sources.
Dates
- Creation: 1942-1945
Full Extent
From the Collection: 3 Linear Feet (This inventory is incomplete. It represents the manuals currently stored in climate-controlled archive space in standard bankers boxes. There is an additional room of manuals in cold storage that will be processed eventually.)
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Box 1:
- AR 380-5: Military Security: Safeguarding Military Information 1949
- FM 23-36: Basic Filed Manual, Revolver, Colt, Caliber .45, M1917, and Revolver, Smith and Wesson, Caliber .45, M1917, 1941 October 20
- VFW booklet, Constitution and By-Laws, 1944
- VFW booklet, Ritual, 1942
- Technical Data: Plastic Baloons by General Mills, circa 1945
- Army Talks Booklets, 1942-1944
- Solar Ephemer's for 1944, 1943, 1988.314
- FM 30-40: Pictorial Manual on Armored Vehicles, 1943
- Heavy Tent Pitching manual 1942
- Hand to Hand Combat, Francois D'Eliscu, 1945
- University of Illinois Bulletin: Opinon and Comment, 1942 Febrary 24
- TM 10-411: Baking Manual for the Army Cook, 1943
- Suggested Service Munus, Kellog Company, 1941
- The Engineer School: Engineer Reconnaissance Reports 1945
- Military Order of the Purple Heart pamphlet, ca. 1942
- American World War Two Propaganda, ca. 1944
- Congratulatory Messages Received at the Conclusion of the Tunisian Campaign, 1943 May
- A Pocket Reference Guide: Army, Navy, Marine Corps Insignia, 1943
- Code Book, ca. 1944
- Armored Force: Armoraiders Pictorial Sketchbook, ca. 1942. 3 copies.
- Carta D-Italia, (Map of Italy). 1941
- War Dept Education Manual: EM: Our Russian Ally, 1945
- War Dept Education Manual: EM42: Our Chinese Ally, 1944 August
- War Dept Education Manual: EM41: Our British Ally, 1944
- War Dept Education Manual: EM24: What Lieas Ahead for the Philippeans?, 1945
- War Dept Education Manual: EM945: Your Post-War Career, 1944 December
- Regimental Special Service Officer's Guide: US Army, 1942
- Going Back to Civilian Life, 1945
- Garasse Cote D'azur Station Climatique brochure
- Homeward Bound from Camp Kilmer, NJ, 1945
- The Infantry Journal: The Battle is the Pay Off, 1943
- The Infantry Journal: How to Use Your Eyes at Night, 1942
- Safety for Seamen
- Mission Accomplished: Africa, Sicily, Italy, 1945
- Guide for the Armed Force's IQ Test, 1943
- Instrument Flying: Basic, 1943 June 1
- The Most Common Short Comings in the Training of Battalion and Reimental Personnel, and Some Suggestions to Overcome These, 1943
- Pre-Induction Training Bulletin: Fundementals of Map Reading, 1944
- Conference Course Training Bulletin No. 2: Infantry Weapons, 1941
- Combat Lessons booklets, 1-6, 1944
- If you should be captured these are your rights. War Dept PAM 21-7, 1944
- How to hatch a Nest Egg. War Dept PAM 21-19, 1944
- Invisible Weapon, War Dept. PAM 20-13, 1944
- A History of World War II, St Paul Pioneer Dispatch/Press.
- Invisible Weapon, War Dept PAM 20-13. 1944
- How to Hatch a Nest Egg, War Dept PAM 21-19. 1944.
- If You SHould Be Captured These Are Your Rights. War Dept PAM 21-7. 1944.
- Combat Lessoons. 1944
- American Red Cross.
- American Legion.
- Salvation Army.
- Recognition Handbook: Exercise Adventure Express, 1997.
- NATO Handbook, 1985.
- Nurse brochures.
- Camouflage, TM 5-267 etc. 2014.35
- The Foxhole, This is Your Armor, It makes the indivisual soldier a potential fortress. Fort Belvoir VA 2014.35
- Fort Belvoir Engineer manuals. Notes on Tank Hunting; Employment of Antitank Mine Fields; Engineer Signal Communication; Note on Tank Defiles and Road Blocks; Engineer Reconnaissance Reports. 2014.35
- Unit pocket guides. Mostly US Army and Army Air Corps divisions: 28th Roll On; Famous Fourth The story of the 4th infantry division; Railsplitters (84th ID); Forward 80th; The story of the 36th Infantry Division; lightning, the story of the 78th ID; Tough Ombres! 90th ID; Bravest of the Brave, 95th ID; From D+1 to 105, 2nd ID; Speed is the Password, 12th Armored Div; The story of the Eleventh Armored Div, Thunderbolt; Battle babies, 99th ID; On The Way, 94th ID; Brest to Bastogne, 6th Armored Div; Tornado 8, 8th Armored Div; Forward 80th, 80th ID; 29 Let's Go, 29th ID; 101st Airborne Div; The 45th, 45th ID; The 75th, 75th ID; Engineering the Vistory, Corps of Engineers; Ever First!, 53rd Troop Carrier Wing; MP, Military Police; Rolling Ahead!, 89th ID; That Men Might Live!, story of the Medical Service- ETO; Fly Seek Destroy, story of the XIX TAC; ATC, Air Transport Command in Europe; Combat History of the 79th Inf Div East of Rhine April 20 1945; All American, 82nd Airborne Div; The Thirty Eighth Unites STates Infantry; Timberwolves, 104th ID; The 106th, 106th ID; Call me Spearhead, 3rd Armored Div; Invaders, story of the 50th Troop Carrier Wing; The WAC, Women's Auxiliary Corps; Flaming Bomb, story of Ordnacne on the ETO; The 9th, story of the 9th Armored Div; Time Over Targers, tory of the 9th Bombardment Div; Destination Berlin! The transportation corps will firnish the necessary transportation; Mission Accomplished, story of the XXIX TAC; The Story of the Century, 100th ID; Story of the 97th ID; Stalwart and Strong, 87th ID; Achtung Jabos! story of the IX TAC;
- Armed Services Edition books. WWII. Fortitude by Hugh Walpole. The Hudson by Carl Carmer. also bandage in box. 2025.125
- Fighting on guadalcanal, Restricted, 1943
Box 2:
- TM- 9-1235, Ordnance Maintenance, 37-mm AntiAircraft Gun, 1942
- etc.
Box 3:
Diary of North Africa, ca. 1944.
Africa, Sicily, Italy, Mission Accomplished. ca. 1945.
Fifth Army Ordnance Operations, Po Valley Campaign. 1945.
The 34th Infantry Division, Louisiana to Pisa.
The 34th Infantry Division, Pisa to Final Victory. Book II.
North Africa. For all members of United States Expeditionary Forces in North Africa.
Lessons from the Tunisian Campaign. 15 October 1943.
To Bizerte with the II Corps. 23 April 1943 - 13 May 1943. Historical Division, US War Dept. 1943.
Puptent Poets, Stars and Strips Mediterranean. Italy, 1945.
Salerno. American Operations from the beaches to the Volturno, 9 Sept - 6 Oct 1943.
19 Days, from the Apennines to the Alps. The story of the Po Valley Campaign.
Volturno. From the Volturno to the Winter Line. 6 Oct - 15 Nov 1943. Historical Division, US War Dept.
The Lorraine Campaign: An Overview, Sept-Dec 1944. by Christopher Gabel, 1985.
Finito! The Po Valley Campaign, 1945.
Road to Rome, Salerno, Naples, Volturno, Cassino, Anzio, Rome.ca. 1945.
This Damn Tree Leakes, Bill Mauldin, Stars and Strips Mediterranean. Italy, 1945.
Mud, Mules, and Mountains. Cartoons of the AEF in Italy. by Bill Mauldin. 1944.
The Winter Line. Fifth Army at the Winter Line, 15 Nov 1943 - 15 Jan 1944. Historical Division, US War Dept.
Anzio Beachhead. 22 Jan - 25 May 1944. Historical Division, US War Dept.
1st Infantry Division. assorted.
What they Said about the Fourth Armored Division.
The 75th Infantry Division in Combat. Ardennes, Colmar Pocket, Ruhr. 1945.
187th Airborne RCT, Japan. NCO Pocket Guide. Welcome booklet.
The 5th Division in France. From Nicholas Gmiterko. with autographs.
D+106 to V-E. The Story of the 2nd Division.
The most common shortcomings in the training of battalion and regimental S-2 personnel, and some suggestions to overcome these by Pvt Frank Sargent, 34ID.
George C. Marshall booklet and Victory is Certain by Marshall.
IRTC, I am a Doughboy. Some with autographs. 2026.027, 2017.065, 2025.036
U.S.A. Vol 1, No 1. A Reflection of Life in the United States Presenting Articles and Features from American Periodicals. 1942.
Welcome to the new National Guard. 1947.
Going back to civilian life. 1945.
Handbook for Americans by Thomas Penfield. 1942.
Welcome Home Minnesota Yanks. 1945. Mpls Star Tribune. 2025.142
Standard Operating Procedure for Jungle Fighting. by 123rd Infantry.
Germany Surrenders Unconditionally, Facsimilies of the Documents.
Fighting Forces Handbook by Arthur Holmes. 2023.072
Servicemen's World War Map, Servicemen's Map of the United States. Fred Harvey.
Two down and One to go. (Hitler, Mussolini, and Tojo.) War Dept. Pam. 21-31. 2022.072
Life Insurance for Women in the Army. 1944. 2022.072
- AR 380-5: Military Security: Safeguarding Military Information 1949
- FM 23-36: Basic Filed Manual, Revolver, Colt, Caliber .45, M1917, and Revolver, Smith and Wesson, Caliber .45, M1917, 1941 October 20
- VFW booklet, Constitution and By-Laws, 1944
- VFW booklet, Ritual, 1942
- Technical Data: Plastic Baloons by General Mills, circa 1945
- Army Talks Booklets, 1942-1944
- Solar Ephemer's for 1944, 1943, 1988.314
- FM 30-40: Pictorial Manual on Armored Vehicles, 1943
- Heavy Tent Pitching manual 1942
- Hand to Hand Combat, Francois D'Eliscu, 1945
- University of Illinois Bulletin: Opinon and Comment, 1942 Febrary 24
- TM 10-411: Baking Manual for the Army Cook, 1943
- Suggested Service Munus, Kellog Company, 1941
- The Engineer School: Engineer Reconnaissance Reports 1945
- Military Order of the Purple Heart pamphlet, ca. 1942
- American World War Two Propaganda, ca. 1944
- Congratulatory Messages Received at the Conclusion of the Tunisian Campaign, 1943 May
- A Pocket Reference Guide: Army, Navy, Marine Corps Insignia, 1943
- Code Book, ca. 1944
- Armored Force: Armoraiders Pictorial Sketchbook, ca. 1942. 3 copies.
- Carta D-Italia, (Map of Italy). 1941
- War Dept Education Manual: EM: Our Russian Ally, 1945
- War Dept Education Manual: EM42: Our Chinese Ally, 1944 August
- War Dept Education Manual: EM41: Our British Ally, 1944
- War Dept Education Manual: EM24: What Lieas Ahead for the Philippeans?, 1945
- War Dept Education Manual: EM945: Your Post-War Career, 1944 December
- Regimental Special Service Officer's Guide: US Army, 1942
- Going Back to Civilian Life, 1945
- Garasse Cote D'azur Station Climatique brochure
- Homeward Bound from Camp Kilmer, NJ, 1945
- The Infantry Journal: The Battle is the Pay Off, 1943
- The Infantry Journal: How to Use Your Eyes at Night, 1942
- Safety for Seamen
- Mission Accomplished: Africa, Sicily, Italy, 1945
- Guide for the Armed Force's IQ Test, 1943
- Instrument Flying: Basic, 1943 June 1
- The Most Common Short Comings in the Training of Battalion and Reimental Personnel, and Some Suggestions to Overcome These, 1943
- Pre-Induction Training Bulletin: Fundementals of Map Reading, 1944
- Conference Course Training Bulletin No. 2: Infantry Weapons, 1941
- Combat Lessons booklets, 1-6, 1944
- If you should be captured these are your rights. War Dept PAM 21-7, 1944
- How to hatch a Nest Egg. War Dept PAM 21-19, 1944
- Invisible Weapon, War Dept. PAM 20-13, 1944
- A History of World War II, St Paul Pioneer Dispatch/Press.
- Invisible Weapon, War Dept PAM 20-13. 1944
- How to Hatch a Nest Egg, War Dept PAM 21-19. 1944.
- If You SHould Be Captured These Are Your Rights. War Dept PAM 21-7. 1944.
- Combat Lessoons. 1944
- American Red Cross.
- American Legion.
- Salvation Army.
- Recognition Handbook: Exercise Adventure Express, 1997.
- NATO Handbook, 1985.
- Nurse brochures.
- Camouflage, TM 5-267 etc. 2014.35
- The Foxhole, This is Your Armor, It makes the indivisual soldier a potential fortress. Fort Belvoir VA 2014.35
- Fort Belvoir Engineer manuals. Notes on Tank Hunting; Employment of Antitank Mine Fields; Engineer Signal Communication; Note on Tank Defiles and Road Blocks; Engineer Reconnaissance Reports. 2014.35
- Unit pocket guides. Mostly US Army and Army Air Corps divisions: 28th Roll On; Famous Fourth The story of the 4th infantry division; Railsplitters (84th ID); Forward 80th; The story of the 36th Infantry Division; lightning, the story of the 78th ID; Tough Ombres! 90th ID; Bravest of the Brave, 95th ID; From D+1 to 105, 2nd ID; Speed is the Password, 12th Armored Div; The story of the Eleventh Armored Div, Thunderbolt; Battle babies, 99th ID; On The Way, 94th ID; Brest to Bastogne, 6th Armored Div; Tornado 8, 8th Armored Div; Forward 80th, 80th ID; 29 Let's Go, 29th ID; 101st Airborne Div; The 45th, 45th ID; The 75th, 75th ID; Engineering the Vistory, Corps of Engineers; Ever First!, 53rd Troop Carrier Wing; MP, Military Police; Rolling Ahead!, 89th ID; That Men Might Live!, story of the Medical Service- ETO; Fly Seek Destroy, story of the XIX TAC; ATC, Air Transport Command in Europe; Combat History of the 79th Inf Div East of Rhine April 20 1945; All American, 82nd Airborne Div; The Thirty Eighth Unites STates Infantry; Timberwolves, 104th ID; The 106th, 106th ID; Call me Spearhead, 3rd Armored Div; Invaders, story of the 50th Troop Carrier Wing; The WAC, Women's Auxiliary Corps; Flaming Bomb, story of Ordnacne on the ETO; The 9th, story of the 9th Armored Div; Time Over Targers, tory of the 9th Bombardment Div; Destination Berlin! The transportation corps will firnish the necessary transportation; Mission Accomplished, story of the XXIX TAC; The Story of the Century, 100th ID; Story of the 97th ID; Stalwart and Strong, 87th ID; Achtung Jabos! story of the IX TAC;
- Armed Services Edition books. WWII. Fortitude by Hugh Walpole. The Hudson by Carl Carmer. also bandage in box. 2025.125
- Fighting on guadalcanal, Restricted, 1943
Box 2:
- TM- 9-1235, Ordnance Maintenance, 37-mm AntiAircraft Gun, 1942
- etc.
Box 3:
Diary of North Africa, ca. 1944.
Africa, Sicily, Italy, Mission Accomplished. ca. 1945.
Fifth Army Ordnance Operations, Po Valley Campaign. 1945.
The 34th Infantry Division, Louisiana to Pisa.
The 34th Infantry Division, Pisa to Final Victory. Book II.
North Africa. For all members of United States Expeditionary Forces in North Africa.
Lessons from the Tunisian Campaign. 15 October 1943.
To Bizerte with the II Corps. 23 April 1943 - 13 May 1943. Historical Division, US War Dept. 1943.
Puptent Poets, Stars and Strips Mediterranean. Italy, 1945.
Salerno. American Operations from the beaches to the Volturno, 9 Sept - 6 Oct 1943.
19 Days, from the Apennines to the Alps. The story of the Po Valley Campaign.
Volturno. From the Volturno to the Winter Line. 6 Oct - 15 Nov 1943. Historical Division, US War Dept.
The Lorraine Campaign: An Overview, Sept-Dec 1944. by Christopher Gabel, 1985.
Finito! The Po Valley Campaign, 1945.
Road to Rome, Salerno, Naples, Volturno, Cassino, Anzio, Rome.ca. 1945.
This Damn Tree Leakes, Bill Mauldin, Stars and Strips Mediterranean. Italy, 1945.
Mud, Mules, and Mountains. Cartoons of the AEF in Italy. by Bill Mauldin. 1944.
The Winter Line. Fifth Army at the Winter Line, 15 Nov 1943 - 15 Jan 1944. Historical Division, US War Dept.
Anzio Beachhead. 22 Jan - 25 May 1944. Historical Division, US War Dept.
1st Infantry Division. assorted.
What they Said about the Fourth Armored Division.
The 75th Infantry Division in Combat. Ardennes, Colmar Pocket, Ruhr. 1945.
187th Airborne RCT, Japan. NCO Pocket Guide. Welcome booklet.
The 5th Division in France. From Nicholas Gmiterko. with autographs.
D+106 to V-E. The Story of the 2nd Division.
The most common shortcomings in the training of battalion and regimental S-2 personnel, and some suggestions to overcome these by Pvt Frank Sargent, 34ID.
George C. Marshall booklet and Victory is Certain by Marshall.
IRTC, I am a Doughboy. Some with autographs. 2026.027, 2017.065, 2025.036
U.S.A. Vol 1, No 1. A Reflection of Life in the United States Presenting Articles and Features from American Periodicals. 1942.
Welcome to the new National Guard. 1947.
Going back to civilian life. 1945.
Handbook for Americans by Thomas Penfield. 1942.
Welcome Home Minnesota Yanks. 1945. Mpls Star Tribune. 2025.142
Standard Operating Procedure for Jungle Fighting. by 123rd Infantry.
Germany Surrenders Unconditionally, Facsimilies of the Documents.
Fighting Forces Handbook by Arthur Holmes. 2023.072
Servicemen's World War Map, Servicemen's Map of the United States. Fred Harvey.
Two down and One to go. (Hitler, Mussolini, and Tojo.) War Dept. Pam. 21-31. 2022.072
Life Insurance for Women in the Army. 1944. 2022.072
Cultural context
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Minnesota Military and Veterans Museum
Camp Ripley
15000 Highway 115
Little Falls MN 56345 United States
connect@mnmilitarymuseum.org