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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

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

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:

[Series 1: Donor Correspondence, Diaries, Mementos and Recollections],
[Series 2: Allied and Axis Records, Reports, Orders, Citations, and Logs],
[Series 3: Photographs and Scrapbooks],
[Series 4: Newspapers and Clippings],
[Series 5: Articles and Books],
[Series 6: Association Events, Newsletters, Programs and Exhibits File],
[Series 7: Artifacts],
[Series 8: Audiovisual Materials],
[Series 9: Oversize Photographs and Maps],
[All]

Series 4: Newspapers and Clippings

Box 19: The Stars and Stripes, Feb 28-Dec 28, 1944

Box 20: The Stars and Stripes, Jan 4-Aug 14, 1945

Box 21: The Stars and Stripes, Aug 15-Jan 24, 1945-46

Box 22: Misc newspaper and magazine clips, 1943-47

Folder 1: Chicago Tribune, 1947
Folder 2: General, 1944-45
Folder 3: News extracts for troops, 1944-45
Folder 4: Newspaper clippings - 36th AIR, Oct 2-July, 1944-45
Folder 5: London Daily Mail - Allied troops edition, Dec 10, 1944
Folder 6: News magazines - Time, Life, Newsweek, 1942, 1944-45
Folder 7: Baltimore News-Post and San Antonio Light, 1944, 1945: Baltimore (Nov 8, 1944); San Antonio (March 6, 1945)
Folder 8: Chicago Times - Aug, March, 1944, 1945
Folder 9: New York Sun and New York Times, 1944-45
Folder 10: Shreveport (LA) Times & Journal, 1941, 1944: 1 of 5
Folder 11: Shreveport (LA) Times & Journal - Sept 8 - April 1, 1944-45: 2 of 5
Folder 12: Shreveport (LA) Times & Journal - Dec and Feb-April, 1944, 1945: 3 of 5
Folder 13: Shreveport (LA) Times & Journal, 1945: 4 of 5
Folder 14: Shreveport (LA) Times & Journal, 1945: 5 of 5
Folder 15: The Stars and Stripes - clippings, Oct 18-April 12, 1944-45
Folder 16: Donald Mahr clippings, 1942, 1944-45
Folder 17: La Province de Jendi (Battle of Mons) Sept 5, 1946: From M. Mischnick, Oct 1995
Folder 18: Le Libre Belgique (reprint), Dec 15, 1944
Folder 19: Chicago Herald American, Nov, 1948
Folder 20: Armed Forces News (Covington, GA) - May 10 and 31, 1943
Folder 21: Armed Forces News (Covington, GA) - May 24, 1943
Folder 22: Armed Forces News (Covington, GA) - June 7 and 14, 1943
Folder 23: Armed Forces News (Covington, GA) - June 21 and 28, 1943
Folder 24: The Informer (3AD) - April 16, 23, 30 and May 7, 1943
Folder 25: The Weekly Howl (3AD) - May 14, 21 and June 18, 25, 1943
Folder 26: The Bugler (36 AIR) - Oct, 1941
Folder 27: The Spearhead (36th AIR) - Jan 19, March 28, April 24, 1942
Folder 28: Oriole News (32nd AR) - July 10, 1945
Folder 29: Le Tomahawk - Corps/Normandy, 1944: Frank Sanders, 9/6/94 (note on orig folder)
Folder 30: The Spearhead Doughboy (36th AIR) - July 17-Sept 16, 1945
Folder 31: Ozark Red Grapevine (1st Bn - 36th AIR) #s1-3, 5, 8 - May 19-July 7, 1945
Folder 32: Beachhead News - VI Corps, Nov 13, 1945
Folder 33: 7th Army newsletter: What's Doing, Heerlen Recreational Center - July 15, 1945

Box 23: Magazines, 1939-1940, 1944-46, 1948, 1953, 1958, 1964

Collier's Jan 3 1953

Life Sept 25, 1939; Apr 29, 1940; Dec 8, 1941; Oct 2, 1944; Nov 13, 1944; Jan 15, 1945; Apr 16, 1945; Sept 17, 1945; Apr 19, 1948

Look Feb 4, 1958

Purnell's History of the Second World War number 24 (n.d.)

Saturday Evening Post Oct 19, 1946; Dec 12, 1964

Time May 14, 1945