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Pocket/Language Guide Collection
These small booklets were published by the War Department during World War II as cultural and language guides for soldiers. The Pocket Guides advise soldiers on cultural expectations in a foreign territory, both enemy and friendly. The Language Guides include hints on pronunciation, useful words and phrases commonly used, a description of local currency, and a word list. The collection includes language and pocket guides to various countries during the World War II period.
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Sometime in 1968, C. W. Bowman took care of a young Vietnamese boy. He picked him up off the streets in Saigon during the Tet offensive (January-September of 1968). The boy’s family had been killed and he was living on the street. Charles Bowman bought him a uniform and fed him at the Company area.
Scene along country road in northern France.
Factory under construction in northern France.
Wheat field in northern France. In the background, coal mine and huge slag heap.
Full coal cars in northern French coal mine.
Construction of exhibit barges and trailers for the mobile caravan exhibit prepared by the Visual Information Unit of the Information Division, ECA/OSR, Paris.
Scene along the road in northern France.
Construction of exhibit barges and trailers for the mobile caravan exhibit prepared by the Visual Information Unit of the Information Division, ECA/OSR, Paris.
Collection Number: 289
Date: 1941 - 1945
Collection Size: 1 lf
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