Third Armored Division Association Records

Overview

Scope and Contents

Subject Terms

Administrative Information

Detailed Description

Donor Correspondence, Diaries, Mementos and Recollections

Allied and Axis Records, Reports, Orders, Citations, and Logs

Photographs and Scrapbooks

Newspapers and Clippings

Articles and Books

Association Events, Newsletters, Programs and Exhibits File

Artifacts

Audiovisual Materials

Oversize Photographs and Maps


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Collection Overview

Title: Third Armored Division Association Records, 1941-View associated digital content.

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


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[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],
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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, undated
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.

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[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],
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