COLLECTIONS

Jeeps, Planes, Tanks

This research subject guide, curated by Foundation librarians, is a collection of primary source material from the Marshall Research Library and Archives.

50 famous tanks / by George Bradford and Len Morgan
A few great captains : the men and events that shaped the development of U.S. air power / by DeWitt S. Copp
Allies Strike Out From Beachhead
Atlantic Pact Nations Rearm for Defense: Speed Blueprint for Unified Armed Force
Engineers of victory: the problem solvers who turned the tide in the Second World War
Epley Letter – 1943 – Jeep
From bird cage to battle plane the history of the R. A. F. [by] Ralph Michaelis
GCM00199 General Marshall riding in a jeep with General Almond to a forward observation post in the 92nd Division area.
GCM00201 Marshall in Jeep in Italy
GCM03853 German jeep that was captured at Tunisia, North Africa, February 24, 1943
General George C. Marshall in Italy
General George C. Marshall Visits in Italy
General George C. Marshall Visits Unit Jungle Training Center, Hawaii
George C. Marshall Meets With Air Corps
George Catlett Marshall, father of the United States Air Force : his contributions to air power / by Robert E. Pecoraro
German tanks of World War II: the complete illustrated history of German armoured fighting vehicles 1926-1945, by F. M. von Senger und Etterlin; translated [from the German] by J. Lucas, edited by Peter Chamberlain and Chris Ellis
Great tank battles of WW II: a combat diary of the Second World War. Maps by Lorne Williams
H. S. Hansell Interview Details July 8, 1959
Hail to the jeep a factual and pictorial history of the jeep
Hostile skies; a combat history of the American Air Service in World War I [by] James J. Hudson
Japanese tanks and tank tactics / Military Intelligence Service, War Department
Jeep goes to war / William Fowler
Jeep, the unstoppable legend / by Arch Brown and the auto editors of Consumer guide
Major General Henry H. Arnold, Chief of Air Corps, shown at his desk in the War Department, Munitions Building, Washington, D.C
Patton’s tank drive : D-Day to victory / Michael Green
Photographs of President Roosevelt in jeep at Casablanca Conference
Photographs of President Roosevelt in jeep at Casablanca Conference
Tanks : an illustrated history of their impact / Spencer C. Tucker
Tanks & transport vehicles, World War 2 / compiled by the Olyslager Organisation ; edited by Bart H. Vanderveen
Tape 08 – National Guard, 1939-41; relations with the British and the Army Air Corps
Tape 10 – Mobilization problems, 1940-41; draft; relations with the Congress and the Army Air Corps
The Army and its air corps : Army policy toward aviation, 1919-1941 / James P. Tate
The dragon’s teeth? : the creation of United States air power for World War II / Benjamin S. Kelsey
The official pictorial history of the AAF/ by the Historical Office of the Army Air Forces
The thousand plane raid [the story of the first massive air raid – 1000 bombers against the city of Cologne
The Wrong Track: The Inferiority of American Tanks in World War II
White mammoths the dramatic story of Russian tanks in action, by Alexander Poliakov, translated from the Russian by Norbert Guterman ..
William D. Pawley : the extraordinary life of the adventurer, entrepreneur, and diplomat who cofounded the Flying Tigers
Xerox 0091 Bedell Smith to Mrs. Marshall Regarding Jeep history
Xerox 0493 Aircraft Production 1942-1943
Xerox 0710 Training of British Pilots in the United States
Xerox 0972 Stimson to Roosevelt Tank Production
Xerox 1492 North Atlantic Ferry Route
Xerox 1516 Defects in American Tanks
Xerox 1722 Performance of P-39 vs Spitfire
Xerox 1839 Swedish Release of British and American Airmen in exchange for fighter aircraft
Xerox 2471 Marshall to Eisenhower Coping with German Panther & Tiger Tanks
Xerox 3630 Development of the Jeep in the Army
Xerox 3698 Tank Recovery System

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Selected Works of General John W. Vessey, Jr., 22 June 1982-30 September 1985

Vessey Selected Works (pdf) This presents material drawn from the public record of General John W. Vessey’s service—22 June 1982 through 30 September 1985—as the Tenth Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Arranged in chronological order, the material is drawn from his speeches, Congressional testimony, published articles, selected correspondence and interviews. It reflects General […]

Gleason and Margaret Wilson Collection

Gleason and Margaret Wilson Biography (pdf) A short biographical summary of the World War II experiences of Gleason and Margaret Wilson. Archival research and exhibit (on display from June 2018 until January 2019) by Marshall Museum Summer 2018 intern Leah Ingle, a graduate student in History at Liberty University.

Glossary of Terms Used in the ECA

The following pages contain a list of the technical terms used most frequently in Economic Cooperation Administration (ECA) operations.

Photograph of a young Vietnamese Boy, 1968
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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.

FRA-00996, Tourism
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Scene along country road in northern France.

Photographs

FRA-00998, Wheat
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A wheat field in France.

Photographs

FRA-00997, Manufacturing in northern France., October 2, 1948
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Factory under construction in northern France.

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FRA-00995, Wheat
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Wheat field in France.

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FRA-00993, Agriculture/Wheat
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Wheat field in northern France. In the background, coal mine and huge slag heap.

Photographs

FRA-00994, Coal
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Full coal cars in northern French coal mine.

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