William A. Bostick World War II charts and maps collection

Collection Summary

Title	William A. Bostick World War II charts and maps collection
Span Dates	1944
Call No.	G5833.S7 coll Bostick
Extent	3 maps
Extent	1 overlay
Language	Collection material in English and French
Location	Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Finding Aid Permalink	Cite or bookmark this finding aid as: https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/eadgmd.gm017010
LCCN Permalink	LC Catalog record: https://lccn.loc.gov/2017585118
Summary	William A. Bostick World War II charts and maps collection consists of facsimiles of cartographic illustrations prepared for the 1945 book The Amphibious 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.