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[War Department Technical Manual & Aircraft Engines]

Description: Technical manual TM 1-405 from the United States War Department about aircraft engines. Prepared under direction of the Chief of the Air Corps. The booklet is divided into six sections: I. Internal-combustion engine principles, II. Classification and description of engine types, III. Description and construction of engine units, IV. Repair principles, V. Engine lubrication, and VI. Engine cooling. All chapters include information and drawings for reference.
Date: December 9, 1941
Creator: United States Department of War
Item Type: Refine your search to only Legal Document
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Soldiers by Rear of Truck]

Description: Photograph of soldiers by the rear of a truck on a snow range. Those standing are, from left to right, Cpl. Thomas, Staff Sgt. Underwood, Pvt. Spera, and Pvt. Blankenship. The soldiers kneeling in the front are Pvt. Adler and Pfc. Jarvis.
Date: November 12, 1941
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: The 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum

Civil Pilot Training Manual

Description: Textbook titled "Civil Pilot Training Manual" describing introductory material related to flying aircraft, such as theory and fundamentals of flight and the use of instruments and safety gear. Catherine Parker's name is handwritten on the bottom left corner of the cover as well as on the title page.
Date: September 1941
Creator: United States. Civil Aeronautics Administration.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

Flight Instructor's Manual

Description: Manual for flight instructors prescribing a specific course of learning for aviation students in both classroom and practical settings in an effort to standardize flight instruction. The signature of Rigdon Edwards, Jr. can be seen inside the cover and a combination of drawings and notes in pencil can be seen in the back of the book.
Date: September 1941
Creator: United States. Civil Aeronautics Administration.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Postcard of Loch Raven Dam and Spillway]

Description: Postcard of the Loch Raven Dam and spillway in Baltimord, MD, surrounded with trees and a path. A handwritten note addressed to Miss Helen Aten from Woodrow W. Aten says "Howdy- I arrived at camp at 12:00 which is the usual time. Joe, the feathered hat man, is being laid off his job this weekend for they are finished. It was rather warm sleeping last evening. Just had breakfast- cantaloupe, toast, dried beef and post toasties bran flakes. The apples smell good in my locker. Can't say when I wil… more
Date: August 29, 1941
Creator: Aten, Woodrow W.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: The 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum

[Letter from I.H. to Cecile Kempner, August 17, 1941]

Description: Letter to Cecile from her father discussing friends coming to visit from afar. He also writes about the Japanese attack on the US Navy and that he wishes that Russia would "seek peace" with Germany so that Germany would have "no need" for "Japan's Army or Navy or diplomacy".
Date: August 17, 1941
Creator: Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: Rosenberg Library

[Copy of an Aerial Photograph of Camp Hulen]

Description: Copy of an aerial photograph looking at Camp Hulen near Palacios, Texas. The photo shows the 211 Coast Artillery billets, the motor pool and gun park, as well as Turtle Bay in the top left. The text on the photo provides further details as to the location of each landmark.
Date: 1941-07?
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Palacios Area Historical Association
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