WWII Period

ARTIFACT: This is a November 1943 copy of US Army "Intelligence Bulletin" Volume 2, Number 3 (MID 461). The bulletin was a monthly way of updating junior officers and enlisted men of any new discoveries by Military Intelligence Division sources. Topics...

ARTIFACT: This is a June 1943 copy of US Army "Intelligence Bulletin" Volume 1, Number 10 (MIS 461). The bulletin was a monthly way of updating junior officers and enlisted men of any new discoveries by Military Intelligence Service sources. Topics in...

ARTIFACT: This is a February 1943 copy of US Army "Intelligence Bulletin" Volume 1, Number 6 (MIS 461). The bulletin was a monthly way of updating junior officers and enlisted men of any new discoveries by Military Intelligence Service sources. Topics in...

ARTIFACT: This is a copy of the United States Army (War Department) Pamphlet No. 21-15 entitled "You Don't Think…". The booklet deals with the subject of trying to avoid venereal disease while serving. There are several illustrations to go along with the...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1945 USRRA (United States Riviera Recreational Area) booklet for GIs entitled "Welcome to the Riviera (Bienvenue Sur la Cote d'Azur)". Set up in October 1944 by the 6th Army Group, the USRRA was a luxury get-away destination on...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1943 copy of the restricted United States Army Technical Manual (TM 30-644) entitled "Russian Phrase Book". It covers many useful Russian words and phrases and examples of international road signs. This booklet is not illustrated...

ARTIFACT: This is a copy of the May 1944 War Department Pamphlet 21-7 entitled "If You Should be Captured These Are Your Rights". The short booklet was a guide for soldiers in case they found themselves prisoners-of war. There are some black-and-white...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1941 "Bugle Notes", the U.S.M.A. US Military Academy West Point handbook for United States Army Cadets. This one has an inscription from Don to Bob, a soon-to-be cadet. The pocket-sized handbook contains vital information on customs,...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1939 "Bugle Notes", the U.S.M.A. West Point handbook for United States Army cadets. The pocket-sized handbook contains vital information on customs, honor and "songs and yells" to name a few of topics, as well as some black and white...

ARTIFACT: Small paper lot of WWI 151st Field Artillery Brigade Soldier L. Roy Mann, father of Eliot T. Mann, Tech Sergeant 319th Depot Repair Squadron, USAAF, 15th AF. The lot contains a handful of candid period photos, wartime postcards, and other paper...

ARTIFACT: Nice WWII United States Army Airborne Artillery jacket patch from training at Fort Benning in Georgia. The center of the patch shows an open parachute and strings and surrounding it reads: UNITED STATES PARATROOPERS in white embroidered detail...

ARTIFACT: Rare WWII anti-Hitler figural heel-shaped ashtray that reads: "JAM YOUR CIGARETTE BUTTS ON THIS HEEL" and depicts an open-mouthed caricature of Hitler at the center. The ashtray was made of Wartime Shortage material: cast aluminum - tar and...