Category: military

  • Army Talks Combat Medicine

    Source: Army Talks Combat Medicine , United States Army in the European Theater of Operations, 1944.

  • First Aid In Flight

    Source: First Aid In Flight – Air Forces Manual No. 45, WW2 US Medical Research Centre, 1944.

  • U.S. At War: Dec. 7 to Nov. 7

    The amount of the Administration’s responsibility for the Pearl Harbor disaster was up again last week. Republican Representative Melvin J. Maas of Minnesota, in a speech at St. Paul repeated the oft-made charge that responsibility for the disaster rested solely with President Roosevelt and other high Administration officials. His specific claim: that they had six…

  • Discharge Emblem

    Source: “Discharge Emblem.” Stockton Evening and Sunday Record, 24 Nov. 1944, p. 9. https://www.newspapers.com/article/stockton-evening-and-sunday-record/135996224/

  • Pearl Harbor Report

    Source: “Pearl Harbor Report.” The Herald-Press, 19 Dec. 1944, p. 8. https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-herald-press/136115052/

  • Sole Surviving Sons Will Get Non-Combat Duty

    Source: CNS. “Sole Surviving Sons Will Get Non-Combat Duty.” The Bunkie Record, 22 Dec. 1944, p. 8. https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-bunkie-record/138106574/

  • Glenn Miller Is Missing

    Source: “Glenn Miller Is Missing.” The Kansas City Star, 24 Dec. 1944, p. 1. https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-kansas-city-star/138109878/

  • SPAM

    SPAM, a protein initially developed in 1937 by the George Hormel Company, was often included in a soldier’s meal, combining shoulder pork and ham, hence its name. Some soldiers humorously lamented its regular presence, joking that recruitment posters should declare “Uncle Spam Wants You!” During World War II, Hormel Foods demonstrated exceptional commitment to supporting…

  • Official Record: Troop Movements Office