Third Armored Division Association Records (Digital Surrogates) | University of Illinois Archives

Digital Surrogates from the Third Armored Division Association Records (1941 - 1945, 1993) contain digitized copies of log books, pictures, newsletters, newspaper clippings and newspapers' typewritten transcriptions, concerning the 3^rd Armored Division's history, members, military campaigns and accomplishments, recreational activities, and cartoons about soldier's daily situations. Digitized newsletters include the 36^th Armored Infantry Regiment's Spearhead newsletter and the 3^rd Armored Division's The Ozark Red newsletter. Digitized pictures show the 32^nd Regiment D Company and personal files of veterans Lee Garrett (member of the First Battalion, 32^nd Armored Regiment) and Hanford Counts (of the 33^rd Armored Regiment). Materials also contain excerpts from Anthony Hufnagel Oral History about World War II training and combat. A digitized videocassette titled "Hotton the Ardennes," a newsreel played in American theaters in January of 1945, is available to view here.

In 2023, the 3rd Armored Division Association Archives received a donation of over 800 digitized photos from Jim Grimes.  Most, if not all, of the photos were taken by or feature his father, John S. Grimes (1916-2006), when he was a sergeant in the 3rd Armored during World War II.  Subjects include training, visits home, and the Battle of the Bulge.

Additional digitized material is available upon request, containing digitized after action reports; Periodic reports; Battalion operation journals; war diaries; narrative reports; and typewritten historic reports, related with operations of the 3rd Armored Division, the 32^nd and 33^rd Armored Regiments, the 486^th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion, and the 703^rd Tank Destroyer Battalion. Digitized materials include articles and memoirs of John T Jones about the Paderborn battle (March 29^th - April 3^rd 1945); a history of the 143^rd Armored Signal Company; the "History of the 36^th Armored Infantry Regiment. 3rd Armored division" by Haynes W. Dugan, covering the years 1941-1945; the report "The battle of Mons. 1- 4 September 1944", by 1^st Lt Fred L Hadsel; and oversized maps of Germany and Central Europe. Most documents were originally marked as classified in 1945 and then were marked as declassified in 1973 and 1989. Digitized materials also include a series of handwritten personal correspondence, pictures, and clippings of Veteran Melvin Lieurance.

Digital surrogates of audiovisual materials are also available upon request. These materials include digitized video recordings concerning activities and journeys of the 899^th Tank Destroyer Battalion, 9^th Infantry Division, First Army (1945); 3^rd Armored Division, Rocket Barrage and Attack Push Off; Mausbach, Germany (Nov. 15, 1944); 3rd Armored Division, Tank Air Support (Nov. 1944); Third Armored Division in Europe (1944-45); Lafayette G. Pool Hall Dedication, Fort Knox, KY (July 1, 1993); digitized audio recording of Ted Malone's Westinghouse Radio Overseas Broadcast in France (July 14, 1944); digitized oral history interviews.

Administrative access to preservation, nearline, and access files are available to archives staff at https://medusa.library.illinois.edu/collections/378

Online materials are available mainly in PDF, JPG and MP3 formats, and have a size of 51.50 GB.

Additional complementary material is available in PDF, MPG, MP4, WAV, and JPG, formats and includes 19.8 GB of files.