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Collection Overview
Title: Third Armored Division Association Records, 1941-
ID: 26/20/76
Primary Creator: 3rd Armored Division, United States Army (1941-1945, 1947-1992)
Extent: 29.7 cubic feet
Arrangement: by type of material and alphabetical or chronological thereunder
Subjects: Belgium - History and Geography, Eisenhower, Dwight D, France - History and Geography, Germany - History and Geography, Germany - Politics and Government, Laskowski, Clem T., Tanks, Third Armored Division, World War II, World War II - Intelligence, Morale and Propaganda, World War II - Military Operations, World War II - Service and Training
Formats/Genres: Papers
Languages: English
Scope and Contents of the Materials
Third Armored Division Association Records (1941-) document the history of the United States Army's 3rd Armored Division during its service in World War II (1941-45), and its veterans who were Association members (1946-). The records include Association Annual meeting programs (1948-); books and published histories about the Third Armored Division and the units that comprised it (1942- ); correspondence and diaries (1941-); Division and Association newsletters (1942-); magazines concerning World War II (1940-); maps and oversize items (1941-48); military organization records and after action reports (1941-45); newspaper clippings of the war (1941-48); Photographs (1941-); propaganda material and travel literature (1942-45); scrapbooks (1941-45); and videotapes and films of combat during the war and postwar travels to Germany (1940-).
Subject/Index Terms
Administrative Information
Repository:
University of Illinois Archives
Accruals:
11/5/1981
Access Restrictions:
None. Collection is open to the public.
Box and Folder Listing
Browse by Series:
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Series 1: Donor Correspondence, Diaries, Mementos and Recollections],
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Series 2: Allied and Axis Records, Reports, Orders, Citations, and Logs],
[Series 3: Photographs and Scrapbooks],
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Series 4: Newspapers and Clippings],
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Series 5: Articles and Books],
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Series 6: Association Events, Newsletters, Programs and Exhibits File],
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Series 7: Artifacts],
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Series 8: Audiovisual Materials],
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Series 9: Oversize Photographs and Maps],
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- Series 3: Photographs and Scrapbooks
- Box 13
- Folder 1: Photos loose in box, n.d.
- Folder 2: 1941
- Camp Polk, LA, Gen. Alvan Gillem, training, tanks (18-P)
- Folder 3: Jan-June, 1942
- Gen. Gillem at depot (1-P)
- Folder 4: July, 1942
- En route to Desert Training Center, camp life in Mojave Desert, CA (19-P, 2-K)
- Folder 5: August, 1942
- Desert Training Center (3-P, 2-K, 7-S)
- Folder 6: Sept, 1942
- 45th Medical Battalion, Andrew Barr (9-P)
- Folder 7: Oct., 1942
- Leaving the desert (1-P, 2-K)
- Folder 8: Nov.-Dec., 1942
- Camp Pickett, VA (13-P)
- Folder 9: 1943
45th Medical Battalion, maneuvers at Indiantown Gap Military Reservation (PA), review (28-P) Jan-July 1943.
England (12-P) Aug-Dec 1943.
- Folder 10: Jan-March, 1944
- Eisenhower and Montgomery visit (12-P, 3-SC)
- Folder 11: April-May, 1944
- May 27 aerials of St. Lo (4-P, 2-SC)
- Folder 12: June-July, 1944
- Burial of first dead, staff boarding plane (P, 2-SC)
- Folder 13: July, 1944
- Destroyed towns in Normandy, US soldiers with Nazi flag, German tanks (11-P)
- Folder 14: August, 1944
- Gen. Rose and Andrew Barr (Aug 26, 1944); Seine crossing (Aug 25-26, 1944) (4-P, 1-SC)
- Folder 15: Roquemore (Maintenance Bn) - captured photos (95 prints) from German Anti-Aircraft Bn, ca. Aug, 1944
- Includes handwritten index of photos and note
- Folder 16: Liege, Belgium - Sept, 1944
- Folder 17: Andenne, Belgium - Liberation, Sept 6, 1944
- note on folder: 38 prints Marc (?) Smets, Andenne 23 March 1995
- Folder 18: Ardennes, Belgium - Awards, 1945
- note on folder: 9 prints. Marc Smets, Ardenne 23 March 1995. January 28, 1945.
- Folder 19: Milto, J.J. - Photographs Franz Fritz Paulmen, 1940-44
- German Army photos and index; note on file folder: "see J.J. Milto file, Correspondence and Recollections, for a letter explaining source of these photos 12/9/95.
- Folder 20: Milto, J.J. - Berchtesgaden & ober Salzburg; Alassio & Genoa, n.d.
- Includes scenic photos; SS barracks; Hitler's study
- Folder 21: Barr, Dugan, et al - prints: Belgium Sept, 1944
- Welcomes in Belgium, Siegfried Line, artillery & tanks at Stolberg. Most prints are annotated; photocopies of U.S. Army photographs. (12-P; 10-SC)
- Folder 22: Aerial photos - Koln Sept 28, 1944
- Donated by Andrew Barr 4/15/82.
- Folder 23: Oct., 1944
- Tans, destruction & troops in Stolberg area (photos and photocopies of photos); (4-P; 15-SC)
- Folder 24: Stolberg Nov., 1944
- Stolberg, Aachen-Roer attacks, Eisenhower visit (11/10); photographs and photocopies of photographs; (14-P; 11-SC)
- Folder 25: December, 1944
- Gen. Rose & jeep, Geich, Ardennes; photographs and photocopies of photographs (1-P, 6-SC)
- Folder 26: Bulge, Jan., 1945
- Troops, action, snow in the Ardennes campaign; photographs and photocopies of photographs (7-P, 15-SC)
- Folder 27: Col. John A. Smith Photos, 1945
- February 1945.
- Folder 28: Mauser Estate at Honnef, Marienburg, Ludwigshutte, March, 1945
- (7-P, 5-SC)
- Folder 29: Cologne, March 5-7, 1945
- Attack, cathedral, bridge, generals (10-P, 3-SC)
- Folder 30: Prints, April 1-8, 1945
- Paderborn to the Weser, Gen. Rose, Weser crossing (7-P, 3-SC)
- Folder 31: Nordhausen, April 11-12, 1945
- (3-P)
- Folder 32: April 13-30, 1945
- Sangerhausen, Dessau (7-P, 2-SC)
- Folder 33: May, 1945
- Darmstadt, Frankfurt (10-P, 1-SC)
- Folder 34: June, 1945
- Darmstadt, Hickey, Barr & Sweat (4-P)
- Folder 35: July, 1945
- Darmstadt, Division history, Harry Truman visit (7/26); (9-P, 1-SC)
- Folder 36: Aug - Dec., 1945
- Ships, Aalen, Switzerland (6-P)
- Folder 37: Barr, Andrew - photographs, 1944-46
- portraits of Barr
- Folder 38: Aerial photographs, William Dyczko, 1944-45
- July, Sept, Oct 1944; February - March 1945
- Folder 39: Unidentified photos of tanks, ruins, destroyed vehicles, n.d.
- Donated in 1993 at Indianapolis exhibit.
- Folder 40: Captured photo - Hagen, Germany, 1941
- Folder 41: Duplicate photographs and proof prints, Signal Corps negatives, n.d.
- June 2008: no proof prints in folder.
- Folder 42: Fuhrman, Edward Wesley, 1943-1945
- Pictures taken by Edward Fuhrman, a T5 in the First Battalion Headquarters Company of the 36th Armored Infantry Regiment
- Folder 43: Garrett, Lee M., [n.d]
- Pictures taken by Lee Garrett Company D, 32nd Armored Regiment.
- Folder 44: Gilder, Carl - Camp Polk, 1941-42
- photographs
- Folder 45: Gilder, Carl - Desert training, July - Oct., 1942
- photographs
- Folder 46: Gilder, Carl - Camp Pickett Nov - Jan, 1942-43
- photographs
- Folder 47: Gilder, Carl - Indiantown Gap, PA Jan-July, 1943
- photographs (1 loose)
- Folder 48: Gilder, Carl - England, Redlynch Estate Sept - June, 1943-44
- photographs and postcards
- Folder 49: Gilder, Carl - France July - Aug., 1944
- photographs
- Folder 50: Gilder, Carl - Belgium Sept, 1944
- photograph
- Folder 51: Gilder, Carl - Germany - Stolberg Oct - Dec, 1944
- photographs
- Folder 52: Gilder, Carl - Belgium, Ardennes Dec - Jan, 1944-45
- photographs
- Folder 53: Gilder, Carl - Holland, Germany Feb, 1945
- photographs
- Folder 54: Gilder, Carl - Germany Cologne March, 1945
- photographs (1 loose)
- Folder 55: Gilder, Carl - German Political Prisoner Camp, Nordhausen April, 1945
- photographs
- Folder 56: Gilder, Carl - Germany: Sangerhausen, Dessau April, 1945
- photographs
- Folder 57: Gilder, Carl - Darmstadt, Germany May-June, 1945
- photographs
- Folder 58: Gilder, Carl - Germany, France, Holland June-Aug, 1945
- photographs and postcards
- Folder 59: Gilder, Carl - New York September, 1945
- photographs
- Folder 60: Gilder, Carl - Captured photos, n.d.
- Folder 61: Gilder, Carl - Post-war and negatives, 1946
- Box 14
- Folder 1: Katz - Camp Polk, LA, July-Aug 1941
- Folder 2: Katz - Camp Polk, LA, Sept 1941
- Folder 3: Katz - Camp Polk, LA, Oct 1941
- Folder 4: Katz - Camp Polk, LA, Nov 1941
- Folder 5: Katz - Camp Polk, LA, Feb 1942
- Folder 6: Katz - Camp Polk, LA, March 1942
- Folder 7: Katz - Camp Polk, LA, April 1942
- Folder 8: Katz - Camp Polk, LA, May 1942
- Folder 9: Katz - Camp Polk, LA to Desert Training Center, CA, July 1942
- Folder 10: Katz - New Orleans trip, Sept 1941
- Folder 11: Katz - Natchez MS trip, Easter, April 1942
- Folder 12: Katz - Beaumont, TX, May 1942
- Folder 13: Katz - California desert, July 1942
- Folder 14: Katz - California desert, Aug 1942
- Folder 15: Katz - California desert, Sept 1942
- Folder 16: Katz - California desert, Oct 1942
- Folder 17: Katz - California desert, Nov 1942
- Folder 18: Katz - Los Angeles, Aug 1942
- Folder 19: Katz - San Bernardino and Riverside, CA, Oct 1942
- Folder 20: Katz - Washington DC, Nov-Dec 1942
- Folder 21: Katz - Camp Pickett, VA, Dec 1942
- Folder 22: Katz - Camp Pickett, VA, Jan 1943
- Folder 23: Katz - Indiantown Gap, PA, Feb-March 1943
- Folder 24: Katz - Indiantown Gap, PA, April 1943
- Folder 25: Katz - Indiantown Gap, PA, May-June 1943
- Folder 26: Katz - Cucklington, England, Feb-March 1944
- Folder 27: Katz - Cucklington, England, April-May 1944
- London - Joe Louis fight
- Folder 28: Katz - Cucklington, England, May 1944
- Radio equipment
- Folder 29: Katz - Cucklington, England, June 1944
- Folder 30: Katz - St Jean de Daye, Normandy, France, July 1944
- Folder 31: Katz - France, Aug 1944
- Folder 32: Katz - Mons, Belgium - POWs, Sept 1944
- Folder 33: Katz - Walheim, Germany, Oct-Nov 1944
- Folder 34: Katz - Spa, Belgium and Aachen, Germany, Dec 1944
- Folder 35: Katz - Vieuxville and Havre, Belgium, Jan-Feb 1945
- Folder 36: Katz - Stolberg, Germany, Feb 1945
- Folder 37: Katz - Rhine crossing, Honnef, Germany, March 1945
- Folder 38: Katz - Frechen Germany, March 1945
- Folder 39: Katz - Alterkirchen, Germany, March 1945
- Folder 40: Katz - Cologne, Germany, March 1945
- Folder 41: Katz - Maurice Rose, March 1945
- Folder 42: Katz - Kelbra to Dessau, Germany, April 1945
- Folder 43: Katz - Darmstadt and Weissensee, Germany, May 1945
- Folder 44: Katz - Paris, France, May 4-7, 1945
- Folder 45: Katz - Darmstadt, Germany, June 1945
- Folder 46: Katz - Heidelberg, Germany, June 6, 1945
- Folder 47: Katz - Frankfurt and Mainz River, Germany, June 1945
- Folder 48: Katz - Bad Nauheim Synagogue, Germany, June 1945
- Folder 49: Katz - Darmstadt, Germany, July 1945
- Folder 50: Katz - On the way to Nuremburg, Germany, July 1945
- Gross Ostheim, Wurzburg, Frankfurt
- Folder 51: Katz - Vernichtungslager, 1945
- (6 photo postcards of German death camp)
- Folder 52: Katz - Augsburg and Darmstadt, Germany, Aug 1945
- Folder 53: Katz - On ship; on way home, Sept 1945
- Folder 54: Mischnick - France: Lizon and Les Oubeaux, June 1944
- Folder 55: Mischnick - France: Neuilly, Airel, St. Fromond, St. Jean de Daye, July 1944
- Folder 56: Mischnick - France: Cherence Le Heron, Ranes, Fromental, Aug. 7-19, 1944
- Folder 57: Mischnick - France: Brie Comte Robert, Ponault Combault, Roissey, Pontcarre, Betz, Braye en Laonois, Ardon Soux Laen, Chivres, Marle, Avesnes, Aug 27-Sept 2, 1944
- Folder 58: Mischnick - Germany: Stolberg, Nov 3-Dec 10, 1944
- Folder 59: Mischnick - Belgium: Barvaux, Dec. 25, 1944
- Folder 60: Mischnick - Belgium: Havelange, Werbomont, and Hebronval, Jan 1-19, 1945
- Folder 61: Mischnick - Belgium: Chateau Petite de Somme, Jan 22-Feb 4, 1945
- Folder 62: Mischnick - Germany: Stolberg Castle, Feb 8-14, 1945
- Folder 63: Mischnick - Germany: Stolberg, Arnoldsweiler, Feb 15-26, 1945
- Folder 64: Mischnick - Morschenich, Eschweiler, Duren, Niederauseum, Cologne, Feb 27-March 12, 1945
- Folder 65: Mischnick - Germany: Cologne, March 9-12, 1945
- Folder 66: Mischnick - Germany: Cologne, awarding of medals ceremony, March 18, 1945
- Folder 67: Mischnick - Germany: Bonn-Remagen, Honnef, March 22-24, 1945
- Folder 68: Mischnick - Darmstadt, May 7-21, 1945
- Folder 69: Mischnick - Germany: Darmstadt, Mulheim, Hanau, May 28-29, 1945
- Folder 70: Mischnick - Germany: Darmstadt portraits, May 29-31, 1945
- Folder 71: Mischnick - Germany: Darmstadt "Chaos of 1945" show, May 30, 1945
- Folder 72: Mischnick - Germany: Darmstadt, Heidelberg, June 15-17, 1945
- Folder 73: Mischnick - Germany: Heidelberg, Darmstadt, June 17-19, 1945
- Folder 74: Mischnick - Darmstadt: officer portraits, A-Y, June 28-29, 1945
- Folder 75: Mischnick - Darmstadt: enlisted men's portraits, B-W, June 28-July 4, 1945
- Folder 76: Mischnick - Darmstadt, Frankfurt, Eberstadt, June 29-July 18, 1945
- Folder 77: Mischnick - Darmstadt: portraits, July 6-18, 1945
- Folder 78: Mischnick - Darmstadt: portraits, July 19-24, 1945
- Folder 79: Mischnick - Darmstadt: Bob Hope show, July 24, 1945
- Folder 80: Mischnick - Germany: Frankfurt, Darmstadt, Harry Truman, July 26-Aug 2, 1945
- Folder 81: Mischnick - Germany: Darmstadt, Jack Benny, Ingrid Bergman, Larry Adler, Aug 2, 1945
- Folder 82: Mischnick - Germany: Darmstadt; France: Paris, Aug 2-8, 1945
- Darmstadt: 8/2-6; Paris: 8/7-8.
- Folder 83: Mischnick - France: Paris (8/9-10); Germany: Kirrlach; Metz, Reims, LeHavre, Aug 9-Sept 21, 1945
- Folder 84: Mischnick - Atlantic Ocean, New York, Sept 27-Oct 3, 1945
- S.S. Marechal Joffre (9/27-10/1); New York: Camp Shanks (10/2-3)
- Folder 85: Clarence T. Stone Photographs, 1941-45
- War Photographs taken by Clarence T. Stone, a member of the 36th Armored Infantry Regiment Company C.
- Folder 86: Texarkana, Texas, 1941
- 5 prints.
- Folder 87: Schuit - Training, Merryville, LA, 1941-42
- Schuit, Lawrence. 24 prints (2 loose prints)
- Folder 88: Schuit - Camp Polk photo album (LA and CA), loose pages, 1941-42
- Schuit, Lawrence. No photos, loose pages with annotations from a scrapbook
- Folder 89: Schuit - California desert maneuvers, July-Dec 1942
- Schuit, Lawrence. 77 prints
- Folder 90: Schuit - California to Virginia, Dec 1942
- Schuit, Lawrence. 10 prints
- Folder 91: Schuit - Camp Pickett, VA, Nov. 28, 1942
- Schuit, Lawrence. 7 prints
- Folder 92: Schuit - Port Arthur, TX leave, 1942
- Schuit, Lawrence. 12 prints
- Folder 93: Schuit - Indiantown Gap, PA, Feb. 2, 1943
- Schuit, Lawrence. 8 prints
- Folder 94: Schuit - Bruton, Somerset, England - Redlynch House, Apr-June 1944
- Schuit, Lawrence. 5 prints
- Folder 95: Schuit - Isigny, France, June 24, 1944
- Schuit, Lawrence. 6 prints
- Folder 96: Schuit - St. Lo, ca. July 14, 1944
- Schuit, Lawrence. 2 prints
- Folder 97: Schuit - Stolberg, Prym House, Sept 21-Dec 19 and Feb 7-24, 1944-45
- Schuit, Lawrence. 17 prints
- Folder 98: Schuit - Aachen and Kornelimunster, Sept-Dec 1944, Feb 1945
- Schuit, Lawrence. 7 prints. Aachen Sept-Dec 1944; Kornelimunster Feb 1945
- Folder 99: Schuit - Ardennes, Dec 20, 1944-Jan 14, 1945
- Schuit, Lawrence. 14 prints
- Folder 100: Schuit - "A" scrapbook, 1944-45
- Schuit, Lawrence. 53 photos (not a scrapbook)
- Folder 101: Schuit - Brown scrapbook, 1944-45
- Schuit, Lawrence. 67 prints (not a scrapbook)
- Folder 102: Schuit - "R" scrapbook, 1944-45
- Schuit, Lawrence. 30 prints (not a scrapbook)
- Folder 103: Schuit - "W" scrapbook, 1944-45
- Schuit, Lawrence. 79 prints (not a scrapbook)
- Folder 104: Schuit - Equipment and tanks, disabled and abandoned, 1944-45
- Schuit, Lawrence. 19 prints
- Folder 105: Schuit - Heerlen, Netherlands, Feb 1945
- Schuit, Lawrence. 8 prints
- Folder 106: Schuit - Jurlich, Feb 25, 1945
- Schuit, Lawrence. 2 prints
- Folder 107: Schuit - Koln, March 7-16, 1945
- Schuit, Lawrence. 12 prints. (Cologne)
- Folder 108: Schuit - Honnef, Rhine crossing, and Mauser Estate, March 22-24, 1945
- Schuit, Lawrence. 16 prints
- Folder 109: Schuit - Nordhausen, April 11, 1945
- Schuit, Lawrence. 3 prints
- Folder 110: Schuit - Lingenau, April 14-24, 1945
- Schuit, Lawrence. 11 prints
- Folder 111: Schuit - Sangerhausen, April 25-May 11, 1945
- Schuit, Lawrence. 23 prints (1 loose)
- Folder 112: Schuit - Darmstadt, May-July, 1945
- Schuit, Lawrence. 18 prints
- Folder 113: Schuit - Truck convoy to Paris, Summer 1945
- Schuit, Lawrence. 5 prints
- Folder 114: Schuit - Return to U.S., Sept 1945
- Schuit, Lawrence. 38 prints
- Folder 115: Schuit - Midlothian, G-2 halftrack, 1945
- Schuit, Lawrence. 6 prints
- Folder 116: Schuit - Buddy and Lady, 1945
- Schuit, Lawrence. 9 prints
- Folder 117: Schuit - Postwar and reunions, 1945-85
- Schuit, Lawrence. 38 prints (1 loose; not all years in range)
- Folder 118: Loose photo, undated
- Box 15: Frank J. Sanders and Frank Miller, ca. 1920s-1947, 1992
- Realia, photographs, documents, and scrapbook description
- Folder 1: Realia - cap and bag, ca. 1941-45
- Folder 2: Realia - patches, medals, dog tags, lighter, scrapnel, ca. 1941-45
- Folder 3: Second Chemical Warfare Service Enlisted Men;s Course, April 20-May23, 1942
- 24 prints. 2 group photos with names of each person.
- Folder 4: Photographs of France, Belgium, Germany, 1944-45
- 24 prints
- Folder 5: Photographs: Frank J. Sanders at 3AD monument (Desert Training Center, CA) Dec, 1992
- 2 prints
- Folder 6: Military documetns, certificates and correspondence, 1941-47
- Folder 7: Photocopies: Passes, letters, certificates and memos, 1942-45
- Folder 8: Photocopies: Bulletins, memos, commendations, citations, 1943-45
- Folder 9: Photocopies: Stars and Stripes, Le Tomahawk, pamphlets and maps, 1944-46
- Folder 10: Sanders, Frank J. - Scrapbook, ca. 1920--30s, 1942-45
- photos of Army service in CA, TX, OK (1942); Germany (1945)
- Folder 11: Frank Miller - photograph and photo copies, 1942
- Photographs and photo copies of pollcards.
- Folder 12: Frank Miller - Scrapbook Descriptions, [n.a.]
- Item 13: Photograph of 36th Armored Infantry Regiment, 1942-43
- Box 16: John K. Walker Photograph Albums, 1943-45
- Albums include numerous shots of personnel and activities of the 486th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion. Reference should be made to Walker's correspondence in Series 1 and to Walker's map collection (oversize series); also book Walker edited, Anti-Anything: the 486th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion. (See old finding aid Box 49 for item level description of each photo in each album.)
- Folder 1: Photograph albums finding aid, 1943-45
- Folder 2: Letters re scrapbook donation, 1996
- Folder 3: Album 1 - loose photos, 1943-45
- Folder 4: Album 2 - loose photos, 1943-45
- Folder 5: Album 3 - loose photos, 1943-45
- Folder 6: Album 1, 1943-45
- Folder 7: Album 2, 1943-45
- Folder 8: Album 3, 1943-45
- Box 17: Rogister, Sanders, Gilder, Schuit Scrapbooks, 1941-45
- Item 1: Rogister, Henri Scrapbook, 1944
- The liberation of Liege, September 7-8.
- Item 2: Sanders, Frank J. Scrapbook, 1920s-30s, 1941-45
- Scrapbook of photos from Army service in CA, TX, and OK, 1942-Germany 1945. Also includes childhood photos, 1920s-30s.
- Item 3: Gilder, Carl Scrapbooks, 1941-45
Scrapbook pages with mounted photos.
Camp Polk, 1941-42 Desert training, July - Oct. 1942 Camp Pickett, Nov. 1942 - Jan. 1943 Indiantown Gap, Jan. - July, 1943 England, Sept. 1943 - June 1944.
- Item 4: Schuit, Lawrence Scrapbook, 1941 - 45
- "Camp Polk, LA Service Album" 182 prints.
- Box 18: Frank Miller Scrapbook, 1942-45
- Photocopy of 90 page scrapbook on service with 703 Tank Destroyer Battalion.
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[Series 3: Photographs and Scrapbooks],
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Series 4: Newspapers and Clippings],
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Series 5: Articles and Books],
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Series 6: Association Events, Newsletters, Programs and Exhibits File],
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Series 7: Artifacts],
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Series 8: Audiovisual Materials],
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Series 9: Oversize Photographs and Maps],
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