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Wallace E. Dreyer World War II map collection
9 maps . -- Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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The Wallace Earl Dryer World War II map collection consists of Army Map Service maps of Italy and Northwest Europe, a Dutch map of the Western Front, and a German map of Holland. Dryer served in the American army and was a painter and photographer after the war.
William A. Bostick World War II charts and maps collection
3 maps . 1 overlay . -- Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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William A. Bostick World War II charts and maps collection consists of facsimiles of cartographic illustrations prepared for the 1945 book The Ampibious Sketch: Its Function in Amphibious Training and Operations. The items illustrate Utah and Omaha beaches, where American forces landed during the Normandy invasion in 1944. On verso are sunlight and moonlight tables, beach gradient graphs, and current and tidal data. Transperancy overlay used to determine water depth and safe passage to the beach for various landing craft. Bostick, a former U.S. Naval officer, created maps for then invasions of Sicily and Normandy invasions and had a successful career as an artist.
Robert S. Bond World War II map collection
13 maps . -- Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Robert Shirly Bond was a forward artillery observer for the 6th Armored Division during World War II. Bond’s unit helped to liberate France and participated in the Battle of the Bulge and the invasion of Germany. The collection consists of road maps used during the war, a commemorative map illustrating the 6th Armored Division’s role in the war, and a map from the Korean War.
Robert Clift World War II map and papers collection
1 map . 7 documents . -- Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Robert Clift served as a navigator in the 492nd Bomb Group during World War II. The second lieutentant flew on missions from February 22 to April 26 in Europe. He took part in hazardous, low-level insertion missions of Allied agents behind enemy lines. His unit received a citation from the War Department in 1947. The collection consists of a map that illustrates sixteen missions and copies of photos and official military documents.
Bob Crozier World War II military intelligence map and aerial photograph collection
20 maps. 15 aerial photographs. 1 booklet. -- Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Bob Crozier served as a Technical Sergeant in the 654th Topographic Engineers from 1943 to 1946. Crozier was part of the American First Army under General Omar Bradley. He donated a collection of photos, photo maps and maps created during World War II to the Geography and Map Division. The collection consists of 36-page booklet that describes the process of aerial reconnaissance and mapping, 15 aerial photographs, and 20 maps. Perhaps the most unique items are a captured German map that depicts Caen and a rare commemorative map of the U.S. and Russian contact at the Elbe River in 1945.
Karl Bender World War II German military intelligence map collection
110 maps . 10 map folders . -- Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Collection of maps used by the German army and airforce during World War II to plan military operations in Russia, Norway, and other locations. Includes aerial photography. The collection also contains one postwar map showing occupation zones in West Germany and a map set of Asia created before World War I.
Wallace Atwood Jr. map collection
262 map plates. 1 storage box . -- Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Wallace served in the Army as director of the topographic model section of the Army Map Service during World War II. The collection consists of photographs of terrain models showing locations within the European, African, and Asian theaters of operation.
World War II military intelligence map collection : declassified maps and reports from the American, British, and German militaries
21,231 items. 281 containers. 9 boxes. -- Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Compiled by the National Imagery and Mapping Agency, the collection consists of 21,231 maps, charts, photographs, photo-maps, diagrams, illustrations, and supporting documents organized into 281 reports/containers. The materials were used by the Americans, British, and Germans to plan military operations during World War II. All items are desclassified. The folders/containers are housed in nine banker's boxes.
The Office of Strategic Services maps on microfilm collection
microfilmed maps ; various sizes . 96 reels. -- Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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A microfilm collection of maps that were used by The Office of Strategic Services in World War II. The maps provide coverage for all continents with strong emphasis on Europe and Southeast Asia. The maps depict political or physical features. The OSS needed to quickly build a map library quickly and acquired maps represented in this collection from the American Geographical Society in New York. The OSS, the predecessor to the Central Intelligence Agency, was formed during World War II in order to coordinate espionage activities behind enemy lines for the branches of the United States Armed Forces. Other functions of the OSS included the use of propaganda, subversion, and post-war planning.
Peter L. Stark World War II map collection
3 items. 1 folder. -- Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Summary:
The collection consists of three items, which includes a guide to reading aerial photography, a book of photomaps of Central Luzon, and an AAF Cloth Chart of the East China Sea.