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BOX 1. | War Diary, Willard B. Prince. June 1917 - December 1918 | ||||||||||||
Field Book 360 1. The Vosges, St. Mihiel. Argonne-Meuse and East of the Meuse offenses. |
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BOX 2. | Field Book 2. September 30, 1918 | ||||||||||||
Headquarters Detachment of 5th Division. G-2-C Intelligence Section. Guide regarding aeroplane photographs. Confidential: Asst. Chief of Staff-GA, 5th Division. |
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BOOK 3. | Fifth Regular Division Book. | ||||||||||||
Presented to Willard B. Prince by the 5th Division Society. Includes maps by Willard B. Prince. See pages 6, 364, 424. |
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FOLDER 4. | "Told from the Inside by former Regimental Sergeant Major W.B. Prince, 5th Division Headquarters." | ||||||||||||
Six pages. | |||||||||||||
Handwritten. | |||||||||||||
FOLDER 5. | Reminiscence of a Topographical Man in the U.S. Army. | ||||||||||||
Four pages. | |||||||||||||
U.S. Army Headquarters, 5th Division, American Expeditionary Force. Luxembourg. | |||||||||||||
FOLDER 6. | Headquarters Fifth Division. November 21, 1918 | ||||||||||||
21 pages. | |||||||||||||
American Expeditionary Force, France. Report of the Part Taken by Fifth Division
in Operations of the First Army from September 26 to November 11, 1918. Report by Commanding Major General H.E. Ely. Presented to Willard B. Prince by G.E. Office. |
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FOLDER 7. | Newspaper photo of the Mauretania. 1918 | ||||||||||||
From annotation: "The Mauretania as she looked in war time. My berth was six high in the smoking room. Left. N.Y. June 4, 1918 with no convoy, as she was a fast ship and considered able to avoid submarines. Land[ed] in Liverpool thence to France." | |||||||||||||
FOLDER 8. | "Battle maps of Napoleon, Foch and Pershing by Willard B. Prince, Formerly Regt. Sgt. Major, G-2-6, A.E.F. A Story." | ||||||||||||
In tan folder. | |||||||||||||
FOLDER 9. | Collection of eight photographs. 1918 | ||||||||||||
General Hanson Ely. | |||||||||||||
Seven soldiers - U.S. Official - W.B. Prince, farthest to the right. U.S. Official 28294. | |||||||||||||
Signal Corps picture of farm house and wagon. U.S. Official 40045. | |||||||||||||
Note on verso: "Just before Armistice, Nov. 11, 1918. I slept in the French Chateau." | |||||||||||||
Three soldiers studying a map. | |||||||||||||
Bombed out church interior with soldier in center. U.S. Official 31344. | |||||||||||||
Pontoon bridge over a small river with a soldier. U.S. Official 40070. | |||||||||||||
Field and small town in background. U.S. Official 40098. | |||||||||||||
Bridge with two horses and eight soldiers. U.S. Official 85386. | |||||||||||||
FOLDER 10. | Map on cardboard. November 2, 1918 | ||||||||||||
Taken November 2, 1918. Annotation: "November 4-5 1918, Fifth Division crosses here." Annotation: "This aeroplane photograph taken while Germans still held town. They can be seen in the streets between A-B. November 6, 5th Division, HQ, Red Cross hospital (2), shell holes, bridges destroyed in all places. Dun-sur-Meuse, church on the hill. Note shadow of plane." |
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FOLDER 11. | 5th Division Crest Design by Willard B. Prince. | ||||||||||||
Color and black and white. Used in World War II. |
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FOLDER 12. | First Reunion of 5th Division. | ||||||||||||
List of 5th Division's units. | |||||||||||||
FOLDER 13. | Field Order No. 1. May 15, 1919 | ||||||||||||
Last Division Order: "Who won the war?" | |||||||||||||
FOLDER 14. | Three French Maps. 1918 | ||||||||||||
Enemy Order of Battle Showing German Divisions Engaged by the 5th Division. Sgt. W.B. Prince, G-2. Map. | |||||||||||||
6th Infantry at Treves by W.B. Prince. | |||||||||||||
West of the Meuse, October 12 - November 4; East of the Meuse. November 4 - 11, 1918 | |||||||||||||
FOLDER 15. | Scrapbook page. | ||||||||||||
Enlisted June 1917, Beverly, MA, before draft. Joined field hospital #30. Later transferred to HQ of 5th Division. |
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FOLDER 16. | Scrapbook page. | ||||||||||||
Annotation: "I was the first man in the American Army to be trained in aeroplane photography and work under the French..." | |||||||||||||
FOLDER 17. | Scrapbook page. | ||||||||||||
Two photographs with notes. | |||||||||||||
FOLDER 18. | Scrapbook page. | ||||||||||||
Document granting Willard B. Prince advancement to Sergeant Major. | |||||||||||||
FOLDER 19. and 20. | Scrapbook page. | ||||||||||||
Awarding of Verdun Medal to W.B. Prince. | |||||||||||||
FOLDER 21. | Scrapbook page. | ||||||||||||
Letter from King George to American soldiers. | |||||||||||||
FOLDER 22. | [Aerial photograph composite] Taken from a German Dugout South of Metz. September 13 - 18, 1918 | ||||||||||||
German title: Bodenstaendig an die abloesende Truppe abgeben. | |||||||||||||
FOLDER 23. | A.B.C. Railway Guide. | ||||||||||||
Railway Guide Map, Scotland. | |||||||||||||
FOLDER 24. | Map showing route of the Fifth Division from the Base Ports to the Training Areas, then to the Front and lastly to the "Army of Occupation" Zone. | ||||||||||||
Manuscript map by Willard B. Prince. | |||||||||||||
FOLDER 25. | Four letters and one memorandum. October 15, 1918 | ||||||||||||
Related to the discharge of Sgt. W.B. Prince. Photograph of front lines. |
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FOLDER 26. | (Manuscript) Maps to Show the Movements and Locations of the 5th Division in France. 1918 | ||||||||||||
Map showing route of the 5th Division. | |||||||||||||
The Anould Sector Held by the 5th Division. July 14 - 15, 1918 | |||||||||||||
The St. Die Sector Held by the 5th Division. July 16 - August 23, 1918 | |||||||||||||
Map of Frapelle. Map Operations of the Fifth Division in St. Mihiel Offensive. September 12 - 17, 1918 | |||||||||||||
Trench lines in defense of the 5th Division sector. | |||||||||||||
Operations of the 5th Division West of the Meuse, Meuse-Argonne Offensive. Map 1. October 12 - November 4, 1918 | |||||||||||||
Operations of the 5th Division West of the Meuse, Meuse-Argonne Offensive. Map 2. November 4 - 11, 1918 | |||||||||||||
Area Occupied by the 5th Division in Belgium and Luxembourg. 8a. Enemy Order of Battle in the Argonne-Meuse Offensive. | |||||||||||||
St. Mihiel Offensive. | |||||||||||||
Meuse-Argonne Offensive. November 1918 | |||||||||||||
German map showing troop positions. May - June, 1918 | |||||||||||||
FOLDER 27. | Letter from Charles Weber to Willard B. Prince. August 29, 1918 | ||||||||||||
Handwritten letter. | |||||||||||||
BOX 28. | "Permanent Record and Data" book by Willard B. Prince. 1905 - 1936 | ||||||||||||
Comments on Prince's role in the establishment of the Heisman Memorial Trophy by the Downtown Athletic Club. | |||||||||||||
FOLDER 29. | Downtown Athletic Club Journal. October 1949 | ||||||||||||
Portrait of Willard B. Prince on the cover and article dedicated to the memory of Willard B. Prince on page 1. | |||||||||||||
FOLDER 30. | Confidential Memo, HQ, 5th Division. September 30, 1918 | ||||||||||||
Annotation: "Maps to be distributed before an attack..." | |||||||||||||
FOLDER 31. | Liberty. March 24, 1928 | ||||||||||||
"Balloon Buster of Arizona..." Illustration annotated by W.B. Prince. | |||||||||||||
FOLDER 32. | "Post Cards of Europe and the War. W.B.P." | ||||||||||||
293 postcards. |