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United States. Army. Women's Army Corps

 Organization

Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

Glenn F. "Red" and Pauline P. (Ballard) Hiersche Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2023-10-27
Content Description The Glenn F. "Red" and Pauline P. (Ballard) Hiersche Collection is a small collection of materials related to the military service of both Glenn F. "Red" and Pauline P. (Ballard) Hiersche, as well as Pauline Hiersche’s 25-year career with the Boeing Company. The collection consists of both visual and textual materials that date from 1937 to 2002.Glenn F. "Red" Hiersche was a Sergant in the 11th Army Air Corps during World War II. The materials connected to his service are...
Dates: 1937-2002

William Orthman World War II Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 1991-07-17-A
Abstract

William Orthman (1911-1990) was drafted into the United States Army in 1942. He served in the China-Burma-India Theater as Public Relations Officer. The collection is comprised of 340 photographs and a small amount of textual materials from his 1945-1946 service.

Dates: 1945-1946

Howard E. Smith World War II Photograph Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2020-02-25
Contents of the Collection The Howard E. Smith World War II Photograph Collection is comprised largely of photographic and audiovisual material, including 2,115 prints, 83 negatives, and 5 film reels. The images were taken or collected by Howard E. Smith, a United States Army Air Corps Public Relations Officer and base photographer, primarily while he was stationed at Smoky Hill Army Air Field (SHAAF) in Salina, Kansas. There is also a very small amount of textual documents. Most materials date from 1942-1943, with...
Dates: 1941-1949, 1969, undated

Bruce Whitman Aviation Art Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2021-04-16-A
Overview

The Bruce Whitman Aviation Art Collection is a collection of artwork including a drawing, posters, lithographs, photographs, and advertisements primarily related to American military aviation from about 1917 to the early 1950s.

Dates: circa 1917-1953

Series XII. World War II Propaganda Posters, circa 1939-1945

 Series
Scope and Contents The World War II-era Propaganda Posters series is comprised of posters mass-produced during the years of 1939 to 1945 used to promote support of the war effort. The series includes both vintage posters and some modern reproductions of World War II-era posters.The posters illustrate the United States government's wartime initiatives that were publicized to American civilians, such as propaganda to persuade the public to purchase war bonds or take on jobs to support the needs of...
Dates: circa 1939-1945

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Subject
World War, 1939-1945 4
photographic prints 4
clippings (information artifacts) 3
Air pilots, Military 2
Airplanes, Military 2
Consolidated B-24 Liberator Family 2
Douglas C-47 Skytrain Family 2
Lockheed P-38 Lightning Family 2
Military nursing 2
Military training camps 2
North American P-51 Mustang Family 2
Parades 2
Propaganda 2
Recreation 2
Recruiting and enlistment 2
Republic P-47 (F-47) Thunderbolt Family 2
Soldiers 2
cartoons (humorous images) 2
correspondence 2
military records 2
printed ephemera 2
16mm (photographic film size) 1
African American soldiers 1
African Americans 1
Air bases 1
Aircraft accidents 1
Airdrop 1
Airlines 1
Armed Forces -- Officers 1
Aviation ground crews 1
Bell P-39 Airacobra Family 1
Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress Family 1
Boeing B-29 Superfortress Family (Model 345) 1
Boeing Company -- Employees 1
Buildings -- War damage 1
Burma 1
Calcutta (India) 1
Casablanca (Morocco) 1
Cemeteries 1
China 1
Consolidated PBY-2 Catalina 1
Cuba 1
Curtiss C-46 Commando Family 1
Curtiss P-40 Warhawk Family 1
Douglas A-20 Havoc Family 1
Douglas A-24 Dauntless Family 1
Douglas C-54 Skymaster 1
Grumman F7F Tigercat Family 1
Hong Kong (China) 1
Kansas 1
Kowloon (China) 1
Lockheed (P-38) P-322 Lightning 1
Lockheed F-4 Lightning Family 1
Luscombe Model 8 (Luscombe 50) 1
Martin (Glenn L.) B-26 Marauder Family 1
Mascots 1
Miami (Fla.) 1
Military camps 1
Military education 1
Motion pictures 1
Navigation (Aeronautics) 1
North American AT-6 Texan Family 1
North American B-25 Mitchell Family 1
Parachutes 1
Prisoner-of-war camps 1
Prisoners of war 1
Radar 1
Ryan YPT-25 1
Salina (Kan.) 1
San Antonio de los Baños Airfield (Cuba) 1
Savings bonds 1
Shanghai (China) 1
Smoky Hill Army Air Field (Kan.) 1
Stinson (Aircraft) L-5 Sentinel Family 1
Taylorcraft L-2M 1
United States -- Armed Forces -- Insignia 1
V-J Day, 1945 1
Vehicles, Military 1
Women in aeronautics 1
World War, 1914-1918 1
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Pacific Area 1
World War, 1939-1945 -- China 1
advertisements 1
aerial photographs 1
awards 1
certificates 1
diaries 1
digital prints 1
drawings (visual works) 1
lithographs 1
maps (documents) 1
membership cards 1
memorandums 1
negatives (photographs) 1
obituaries 1
passports 1
personnel records 1
photomechanical prints 1
postcards 1
posters 1

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