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Collection Overview

Scope and Contents of the Materials

Subject/Index Terms

Administrative Information

Box and Folder Listing

Series 5: Articles and Books

(includes Division histories - Allied and Axis)

Box 24

Folder 1: Camp Polk: Historical & Pictorial Review, Third Armored Division, 1942

Folder 2: Camp Polk: Historical & Pictorial Review, 36th Armored Infantry, 1942

Folder 3: Camp Polk: Historical & Pictorial Review, Maintenance, Supply & 45th Medical Bns., 1942

Folder 4: Camp Polk: Historical & Pictorial Review, Division Headquarters Company, 1942

Division HQ, Service Co., Train HQ Co., 1st Combat Command HQ Co., 2nd Combat Command HQ Co., 83rd Armored Reconnaissance, 703rd Tank Destroyer, 143rd Armored Signal Co.

Folder 5: Armored Force: Armoraiders Pictorial Sketch Book, 1942

Folder 6: Call Me Spearhead & Spearheading,, 1944-45

Folder 7: Division HQ, Third Armored Division, 1945

Folder 8: 3rd Armored Division Yearbook, 1963

Donated by Gary M. Hollingsworth a member of the 3rd Armored Division from 1967 to 1968.

Folder 9: "Dear Mom" by Glen A. Davison, 1945

Folder 10: 36th Armored Infantry Personnel Directory, 1st edition, 1945

November 1945; 2 copies: Andrew Barr and Leland Cook

Folder 11: 36th Armored Infantry Personnel Directory, 1st edition, 1945

November 1945; photocopy of Bill Knapp's directory.

Folder 12: Combat History of the 391st Armored Field Artillery Battalion, 1945

(Neu Isenberg: Derndruck, 1945)

Folder 13: Battle History of "A" Battery, 391st Armored Field Artillery Battalion, by H. Glen Jenkins, 1945

Folder 14: Mission Accomplished, VII Corps, 1945

The Story of the Campaigns of the VII Corps US Army in the War against Germany, 1944-1945

(Leipzig, Germany: J.J. Weber)

Folder 15: 3rd Armored Division Spearhead, 1941-56

April 1941-November 1956

Folder 16: 3rd Armored Division (Spearhead), 1941-56

A History of the 3d Armored Division by PFC William R. Rock; drawings by PFC Dan M. Wood; editorial supervision by 1/Lt Thomas A Brethauer.

Folder 17: Anti-Anything: 486th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion, 1945

Edited by Maj. John K. Walker Jr. and Capt. Ralph W. Abele; photography by 1st Sgt Alva D. Conner and Tech Sgt Harold Cohen

Folder 18: Spearhead in the West: A History of the 3rd Armored Division, 1941-58

(printed by Stars and Stripes, Darmstadt, Germany)

Folder 19: Articles on Paderborn, Germany, 1980, 1985

(Booklets and photocopy of an article; material in German and English)

Folder 20: Patton's Desert Training Center, 1984

By John S. Lynch, John W. Kennedy and Robert L. Wooley

Folder 21: A Guided Tour, 1988

by William J. Carney, 67th Armored Field Artillery Bn.

Folder 22: "First Combat, Combat Command B, 3rd Armored Division, West of the Vire River, July 7-17, 1944", 1986

Article by Haynes Dugan.

Folder 23: Major General Maurice Rose:  World War II's Greatest Forgotten Commander, 2003

By Steven L. Ossad and Don R. Marsh.  Foreword by Martin Blumenson.

Box 25

Folder 1: Anzio Beachhead, 1947

American Forces in Action Series; Department of the Army, Historical Division Publications

Folder 2: To Bizerte with the II Corps; Guam: Operations of the 77th Division, 1943, 1944

American Forces in Action Series; Department of the Army, Historical Division Publications

Folder 3: Makin; Merrill's Marauders, 1943, 1944

American Forces in Action Series; Department of the Army, Historical Division Publications

Folder 4: Omaha Beachhead, 1944

American Forces in Action Series; Department of the Army, Historical Division Publications; publication date 1945

Folder 5: Papuan Campaign, 1942-43

American Forces in Action Series; Department of the Army, Historical Division Publications; publication date 1944

Folder 6: St-Lo (7 July-19 July), 1944

American Forces in Action Series; Department of the Army, Historical Division Publications; publication date 1947.

Handwritten letter to Andrew Barr from Cotter (?) inserted in publication; dated 6 May 1947

Folder 7: Salerno: American Operations from the Beaches to the Volturno (9 September-6 October_, 1943

American Forces in Action Series; Department of the Army, Historical Division Publications; publication date 1944

Folder 8: Small Unit Actions, 1944

France: 2d Ranger Battalion at Pointe du Hoe, Saipan: 27th Division on Tanapag Plain, Italy: 351st Infantry at Santa Maria Infante, France: 4th Armored Division at Singling.

American Forces in Action Series; Department of the Army, Historical Division Publications; publication date 1946

Folder 9: Utah Beach to Cherbourg (6 June-27 June), 1944

American Forces in Action Series; Department of the Army, Historical Division Publications; publication date 1947

Folder 10: From the Volturno to the Winter Line (6 October - 15 November), 1943

American Forces in Action Series; Department of the Army, Historical Division Publications; publication date 1944

Folder 11: Fifth Army at the Winter Line (15 November - 15 January), 1943-44

American Forces in Action Series; Department of the Army, Historical Division Publications; publication date 1945

Folder 12: Report of Operations, 12th Army Group, vol. III, G-2 Section, 1945

(Final After Action Report); bound volume

Folder 13: Report of Operations, 12th Army Group, vol. III, G-2 Section, 1945

Box of maps

Folder 14: Facts in Review, Germany, July 1, 1940

Folder 15: Free France, vol. 5, nos. 2 & 12, Jan. & June 1944 vol. 8, nos. 1 & 2, July, 1944, 1945

Folder 16: Information Bulletin, USSR, Feb. 22 & April 20, 1944

Folder 17: Women (Series: War Pictures by British Artists), 1943

Folder 18: American Close-Up: A Portrait of an Ally, 1943

By John Langdon-Davies

Folder 19: Fighting Hearts by Ernie Pyle, 1944

Folder 20: Battlefield, 3rd Armored Battering Ram of the 1st Army, Nov., 1958

Folder 21: "Spearhead - Saga of the 3rd Armored" by Richard Tregaskis, Saga, Feb., 1963

Folder 22: Hiroshima by John Hersey, Aug. 31, 1946

Article from the New Yorker

Folder 23: Post-War Clippings, 1953, 1969, 1974, 1984-85, 1992

Folder 24: After the Battle (3 issues), 1974, 1982, 1983

"Battle of the Bulge" - no 4

"Breaking Enigma" - no 37

Battle for Aachen - no 42

Folder 25: At the Cutting Edge" by Sam Martino, 1977

Milwaukee Journal Insight, July 17, 1977

Folder 26: George C. Scott Gives Patton a Fair Shake, 1985

American West, Nov./Dec. 1985

Folder 27: Spearhead, Special Orientation Issue, Frankfurt, Germany, Winter, 1987

Folder 28: After Landing in Normandy, Spearhead Led the Way, Armor, Mar./Apr., 1991

Folder 29: Spearhead, 1974, 1991

July 1, 15, Nov. 1974, Spring 1991

Folder 30: Military Review (2 issues), 1993

Vol. 73, No. 1, Jan. 1993; Vol. 73, No. 2, Feb. 1993

Folder 31: Soldiers (July-Dec), 1995

Folder 32: Soldiers (Jan-June), 1995

Folder 33: Soldiers (June-Oct), 1994

Folder 34: Soldiers (3 issues), 1988, 1992

Dec 1988; Nov and Dec 1992

Folder 35: 8th AF News: Magazine of the 8th Air Force Historical Society, Nov, 1993

Folder 36: "The Bulge: Prelude to the Assault," The Retired Officer Magazine, Jan., 1995

Folder 37: Army Echoes: Bulletin for Army Retirees, 1995

Folder 38: Army History: The Professional Bulletin of Army History, 1997

Winter and Spring issues

Folder 39: Army History: The Professional Bulletin of Army History, 1996

Winter and Spring issues

Folder 40: Army History: The Professional Bulletin of Army History, 1995

Winter, Fall, Spring/Summer issues

Folder 41: Army History: The Professional Bulletin of Army History, 1994

Fall, Summer, and Spring issues

Folder 42: USA Today, May 5, 1995

Folder 43: Officer Review, Gen Geo. Joulwan, June/July, 1996

Folder 44: Dutch and French phrase books, War Department, 1943

Folder 45: New Testament - Roman Catholic version, U.S. Army, 1941

pocket-sized

Box 26

Folder 1: Third Armored Division History by Haynes Dugan - Correspondence, 1989-90

Folder 2: Third Armored Division History: Dedication, Introduction, Acknowledgments, 1989-90

Folder 3: Third Armored Division History: The World War II Experience, 1989-90

Stateside - England

Folder 4: Third Armored Division History: First Combat

CCB west of the Vire River or The Windy Hill (91) Fracas (Haut Vents)

Folder 5: Third Armored Division History: The Gas Scare, 1989-90

Folder 6: Third Armored Division History: Breakout Mortain Falaise Gap, 1989-90

Folder 7: Third Armored Division History: To and Across the Seine, Northern France, 1989-90

Mons - Charleroi - Namur - Liege - Verviers - Eupen

Folder 8: Third Armored Division History: Normandy - Aachen, 1989-90

Folder 9: Third Armored Division History: Siegfried Line, Weissenberg Hill, Donnerberg Hill, A Day in Hastenrath, Winter Offensive, 1989-90

Folder 10: Third Armored Division History: The Bulge to Mons, 1989-90

(title sheet in folder but not chapters sheets; no check out card - 6/14/2008)

Folder 11: Third Armored Division History: To Cologne, 1989-90

Folder 12: Third Armored Division History: Across the Rhine, The End of the War, 1989-90

Folder 13: Third Armored Division History: Command Posts, Tank Aces, Casualties, 1989-90

Folder 14: Third Armored Division History: Third Armored Division Association, 1989-90

Folder 15: Third Armored Division History: Lineage & Symbols, 1989-90

Folder 16: Third Armored Division History - Promotional Literature, 1989-90

Folder 17: A History of the 3rd Armored Division:  April 1941 - July 1958, [n.d]

Donated by Gary M. Hollingsworth a member of the 3rd Armored Division from 1967 to 1968.

Folder 18: The History of the 12th SS-Panzerdivision Hitlerjugend, by Hubert Meyer, 1995

From Haynes Dugan, April 1995

Folder 19: History of the 89th Grenadier Regiment German 12th Volksgrenadier Division by Hans Zeplein, 1996

2 folders.

From Robert Kaufman via Haynes Dugan

Folder 20: History of the 89th Grenadier Regiment German 12th Volksgrenadier Division by Hans Zeplein, 1996

From Robert F. Kauffman via Haynes Dugan

Folder 21: Adolf Hitler: Bilder aus dem Leben des Führers (Hamburg, Germany: Bahrenfeld, 1936), 1936

Captured item during WWII

Folder 22: Organisationsbuch der NSDAP, 1943

Book captured by 3rd US Armored Div at Eschweiler, Rhld on 25 November 1944 by Block (?) C.I.C.

Folder 23: SS - Panzer - Brigade "Westfalen" Activation - Operations - Destruction March and April 1945 by Wilhelm Tieke, 2003

From Jabier Tome, March 2010

Folder 24: Die Wehrmacht, 1940

A "triumph" book glorifying the victories of the German Armed Forces in 1940.

Folder 25: Colors of the SS and the Third Reich, 1945

Folder 26: Das Kehlsteinhaus, [n.d.]

Includes pictures of Hitler's Eagle's Nest.