Folder 2
Scope and Contents
Military manuals, World War II era, 1927-1942 [1. A Manual for Courts-Martial U.S. Army 1928. Washington, DC: United States Government Printing Office, 1927 and memorandum, documents related to specific court-martial cases, and slips of numbered paper 2. Basic Field Manual: 37-MM Gun, Antitank, M3, FM 23-70 Washington, DC: United States Government Printing Office, 1940 3. Basic Field Manual: Infantry Drill Regulations, FM 22-5. Washington, DC: United States Government Printing Office, undated 4. Basic Field Manual: Military Courtesy and Discipline, FM 21-50 Washington, DC: United States Government Printing Office, 1942), 5. Basic Field Manual: Military Intelligence Combat Intelligence, Restricted M 30-5 (Washington, DC: United States Government Printing Office, 1940), 6. Basic Field Manual: Military Training, FM 21-5 (Washington, DC: United States Government Printing Office, 1941) and a hand written note titled Curtz & Sill & Gammon, 7. Basic Field Manual: Signal Communication, FM 24-5. Washington, DC: United States Government Printing Office, 1942. 8. Basic Field Manual: Soldier's Handbook, FM 21-100, Washington, DC: United States Government Printing Office, 1941. 9. Basic Field Manual: U.S. Rifle, Caliber .30, M1903. Washington, DC: United States Government Printing Office, 1940 and associated handwritten order titled Sgt. Lowery & all men. 10. Field Artillery Field Manual: Firing, FM 6-40. Washington, DC: United States Government Printing Office, 1939. 11. Field Artillery Filed manual: Tactics and Technique. Washington, DC: Superintendent of Documents, 1940. 12. H. F. Handy, and V. F. Burger, How to Produce an Efficient Firing Battery. Washington, DC: The Field Artillery Association, undated. 13. Staff Officers' Filed Manual: The Staff and Combat Orders, FM 101-5 (Washington, DC: United States Government Printing Office, 1940), 14. Technical Manual: Surveying Tables ((Washington, DC: United States Government Printing Office, 1940) stamped Lee H. Gardner, Capt 360th F. A. BN. and associated note of mathematical figures also stamped Lee H. Gardner, Capt 360th F. A. BN. [Some manuals removed from the collection for preservation purposes and cataloged]
Dates
- Creation: 1927-1950
Creator
- From the Collection: Hippensteel, Ross W., 1912-1997 (Person)
Language of Materials
Collection material is in English.
Access Information
This collection is open for research.
Extent
From the Collection: 13.50 Cubic Feet
Repository Details
Part of the Purdue University Archives and Special Collections Repository
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