WWII Period

ARTIFACT: This is a first edition of "The 409th Infantry in World War II" by Sgt. William East and Private William F. Gleason. It is a unit history of the United States Army 409th Infantry Regiment that was published in 194The cover bears the unit's...

ARTIFACT: This is a World War II overseas unit history for the United States Army 973rd Engineer Maintenance Company, a part of the IX Engineer Command. The 973rd, along with the 471st and 475th Engineer Maintenance Company, was responsible for...

ARTIFACT: This is a rare World War II unit history entitled "Tank Busters: The History of the 607th Tank Destroyer Battalion in Combat on the Western Front." The book was penned by a former member of the 607th, 1st Lieutenant Harold H. Eby. The front...

ARTIFACT: This is an inscribed, first edition hardcover copy of "Bail Out over North Africa: America's First Parachute Combat Missions 1942", by Lieutenant General William P. Yarborough. Yarborough, also known as "The Father of the Green Berets", was...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1943 copy of the United States Army Technical Manual TM 30-303 entitled "Italian: A Guide to the Spoken Language". It covers many useful Italian words and phrases and has examples of road signs. This booklet has some black-and-white...

ARTIFACT: This is a Field Service Regulations, Operations manual FM 100-5 from the United States War Department from May 22, 194This book contains the doctrines of leading troops in combat and tactics of the combined arms and constitutes the basis of...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1943 United States War (Army) and Navy Department guide entitled "A Short Guide to Great Britain." This is a great - though out-dated - guide to the country, people and customs of Great Britain. This is the guide issued to many of the...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1944 United States Army and United States Navy guide entitled "A Short Guide to Great Britain." This is a great - though out-dated - guide to the country, people and customs of Great Britain. This is the guide issued to many of the...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1944 US Military guide entitled "A Short Guide to Great Britain." This is a great - though out-dated - guide to the country, people and customs of Great Britain. This is the guide issued to many of the troops that were stationed in...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1943 US Military guide entitled "A Short Guide to Great Britain." This is a great - though out-dated - guide to the country, people and customs of Great Britain. This is the guide issued to many of the troops that were stationed in...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1943 US Military guide entitled "A Short Guide to Great Britain." This is a great - though out-dated - guide to the country, people and customs of Great Britain. This is the guide issued to many of the troops that were stationed in...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1943 edition of the United States Army Technical Manual (TM 30-346) "Serbo-Croatian: A Guide to the Spoken Language". It offers many useful phrases and words in Serbo-Croatian, a language spoken in what was Yugoslavia at the time of...