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Academic Year 1967-1968, Unit 2: Armed Forces of France and Italy

Description: This booklet is the second unit of a training course developed for Air Force Reserve personnel about the armed forces of non-communist countries. This unit discusses the armed forces of the France and Italy and includes background information, analysis, review questions, and a list of readings for further study.
Date: January 1967
Creator: Air University (U.S.)
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

American expeditionary forces H.Q. 306th Tank Corps. Reconnaaissance Dept., Vauquois Hill, 4 kilometers S.E. of Varennes, France.

Description: Map of the site where the Battle of Vauquois took place. The extensive tunnel system in the area is depicted as well as trenches, signal stations, and observation post. Horizontal scale [ca. 1:1,000]. Vertical scale [ca. 1:200].
Date: January 27, 1919
Creator: Bolan, H. W.; Benson, E. E.; Hobbs, O. K. & Van Lith, P.
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

American expeditionary forces H.Q. 306th Tank Corps. Reconnaaissance Dept., Vauquois Hill, 4 kilometers S.E. of Varennes, France.

Description: Map of the site where the Battle of Vauquois took place. The extensive tunnel system in the area is depicted as well as trenches, signal stations, and observation post. Legend included in the upper-right corner. Relief shown by contours (interval 5 meters) and spot heights. Scale ca. 1:1,000
Date: January 27, 1919
Creator: Bolan, H. W.; Benson, E. E.; Hobbs, O. K. & Van Lith, P.
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[Nathan Levine and Dan Melli Sledding with a French Boy]

Description: Photograph of Nathan Levine and Dan Melli with a French boy on the snowy streets of Nordheim. Levine and Melli are wearing coats and U.S. Army uniforms, while the boy is wearing a coat and newsboy cap. Melli is sitting on a sled with a the boy whom he is embracing. Levine crouches behind them. A row of snow covered buildings line the snowbanks covering the road.
Date: January 1945
Partner: The 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum

[Photograph of French Town in Snow]

Description: Photograph of a snowy hill covered with trees, with buildings at the base. A handwritten note on the back of the photo says "I know back in Dec. I mentioned visiting a castle. This is a "shot" of it taken on a snowy day in Jan 1945. This is in the same town where I spent Christmas (You can bearly see the castle at the very top of the photo). France."
Date: January 1945
Partner: The 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum

[Photograph of Soldiers in Snowy Street]

Description: Photograph of a group of soldiers running in a snowy street, with a destroyed building in the background, and several other damaged buildings in the vicinity. A handwritten note on the back of the photo says "Schillerdorf, France, the 7th Army drove the Germans SS Troops out of this town in a vigorous counter attack."
Date: January 26, 1945
Partner: The 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum

[Postcard of Pasteur Street in Chaumont, France]

Description: Postcard of a photograph of small curved street, with three-story buildings on either side of the street. There are people along the sidewalk, under awnings, and in the street. French text at the bottom of the postcard identifies the street as Pasteur Street in Chaumont, France. There is handwritten text on the other side of the postcard.
Date: January 15, 1918
Partner: Howard Payne University Library

[Soldiers Inside a Tank]

Description: Photograph of two tanks besides buildings is Strasbourg, Germany. The foremost tank has four soldiers emerging from various hatches. Two helmeted soldiers are visible from the chest up behind the tank's turret. Two other soldiers' heads can be seen sticking out of hatches near the front of the tank. Two of the men are identified as Joseph Prendergast and Kenneth Bradstreet.
Date: January 1945
Partner: The 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum
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