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box 1

Handbook for military government in Germany

box 1

Miscellaneous notebook

box 1

German town plans

General Physical Description note: (2 pamphlets)
box 1

The Libyan campaign 1942

General Physical Description note: (1 pamphlet)
box 1

Training 1942-1943

General Physical Description note: (1 folder)
box 1

Report of operations, Attu

General Physical Description note: (1 pamphlet)
box 1

Correspondence, casualties, and condolences 1945

General Physical Description note: (2 folders, miscellaneous items)
box 1

Civil administration and claims 1944-1945

General Physical Description note: (1 folder)
box 1

Anzio Beachhead executive file 1944

General Physical Description note: (1 folder)
box 1

Secret telegrams, Amchitka '43, also journal of orders, incidents, etc...

General Physical Description note: (1 folder, miscellaneous items)
box 1

Historical file (general)

General Physical Description note: (1 folder)
box 2

Kiska

General Physical Description note: (1 folder)
box 2

Little Kiska

General Physical Description note: (1 folder)
box 2

Little Kiska, S-2 reports

General Physical Description note: (1 folder)
box 2

Field Orders, First Special Service Force (FSSF) Part I Apr 1943-Apr 1944

General Physical Description note: (2 folders)
box 2

Field Order #1, Landing Force 16.8 secret security 1 August 1943

General Physical Description note: (3 folders)
box 2

Equipment 1943

General Physical Description note: (1 folder)
box 3

Booklet prescribing clothing, equipment and ammunition, FFSF 1943

box 3

II Corps Dec 1943-Jan 1944

General Physical Description note: (1 folder)
box 3

3rd Infantry Division Mar 1944-June 1945

General Physical Description note: (1 folder)
box 3

Operational File, 7th Army July-Sept 1944

General Physical Description note: (1 folder)
box 3

VI Corps field orders Jan-May 1944

General Physical Description note: (2 folders)
box 4, folder 1-2

Field Order no. 1, Landing Force 168 1 Aug 1943

Scope and Contents

Some items removed and placed in map case drawer F04.
box 4, folder 3-4

Difensa 1-9 Dec 1943

Scope and Contents

Some items removed and placed in map case drawer F04
box 4, folder 5

Order of Battle May 1944-Dec 1944

Scope and Contents

Some items removed and placed in map case drawer F04.
box 4, folder 6

Operation Bruno, FSSF July-Aug 1944

Scope and Contents

Some items removed and placed in map case drawer F04.
box 4, folder 7

Kiska Aug 1943

General Physical Description note: (1 notebook)

Scope and Contents

Some items removed and placed in map case drawer F04.
box 4

S.L.O.E. for FSSF Sept 1943

General Physical Description note: (1 folder)
box 4

Table of equipment Oct 1943

General Physical Description note: (1 folder)
box 4

Field Order no. 5, FSSF Kiska 8 Aug 1943

General Physical Description note: (1 folder)
box 4

Casualty reports 1945

General Physical Description note: (1 notebook)
box 5, folder 1-4

Operation Buffalo May 1944

Scope and Contents

Some items removed and placed in map case drawer F04.
box 5, folder 5

FSSF, Organization Chart

box 5, folder 6-11

Fifth Army G-2 Reports 17 Feb-15 Mar 1944

Scope and Contents

Some items removed and placed in map case drawer F04.
box 5, folder 12

FSSF, Jumpmaster

box 5, folder 13

Equipment, 24's Aug -Sept 1943

box 6, folder 1-3

Kiska, Signal communications

General Physical Description note: (3 folders with many pamphlets)
box 6, folder 4

FSSF Historical Report Feb-Dec 1944

box 6, folder 5-12

Fifth Army - G-2 Daily Reports 16 Mar -1 May 1944

Scope and Contents

Some items removed and placed in map case drawer F04.
box 7

History FSSF.

General Physical Description note: (1 folder)
box 7

Awards, requests for officers, movement orders 1942-1943

box 7

FSSF - Special list of clothing and equipment S.24 1943

General Physical Description note: (1 item. 42 p.)
box 7

Operation plan no. 4-43 Task Force 16 Adak, Alaska.

General Physical Description note: (1 item of many parts.)
box 7

Miscellaneous lessons learned Mar-Apr 1944

General Physical Description note: (1 folder)
box 7

Organization Table of Organization and Equipment Feb-May 1945

General Physical Description note: (2 folders)
box 7

History file, 1943-1944

General Physical Description note: (1 folder)
box 7

Secret Correspondence, Force July 1942-April 1944

General Physical Description note: (1 folder)
box 8, folder 1-2

FSSF S-2 reports Feb 1944

Scope and Contents

Some items from folder 1 removed and placed in map case drawer F04.
box 8, folder 3-4

II Corps G-2 reports June 1944

Scope and Contents

Some items removed and placed in map case drawer F04.
box 8, folder 5

S-3 Journal Radicosa

box 8, folder 15

France, map

Existence and Location of Originals

Item removed from box/folder; located in map case F04.
box 8

Captured enemy field order, South France 27 Aug 1944

General Physical Description note: (1 folder)
box 8, folder 6

Kiska - field orders other units Aug 1944

box 8

FSSF Kiska Field Order 5 8 Aug 1944

General Physical Description note: (1 folder)
box 8

FSSF Kiska Field Order 5, Landing Force 16.8 8 Aug 1944

General Physical Description note: (2 folders)
box 8

MIS, BR, MA Studies

General Physical Description note: (1 folder)
box 8

B. N. Hochcorn 1944

General Physical Description note: (1 folder)
box 8, folder 7

Intelligence summaries 1943-1944

box 8, folder 13

At Mines (German data from Egypt) 1942-43

Scope and Contents

Some items removed and placed in map case drawer F04.
box 8, folder 10

FSSF History (for possible use in history).

Scope and Contents

Some items removed and placed in map case drawer F04.
box 8

Agent Reports 1944

General Physical Description note: (1 folder)
box 8

Colonial file.

General Physical Description note: (1 folder)
box 8

Civil affairs South France Aug-Dec 1944

General Physical Description note: (1 folder)
box 9, folder 1-2

Operations file 1943-1944

Scope and Contents

Some items removed and placed in map case drawer F05.
box 9, folder 3-9

FSSF S-2 Reports. Jan Mar-Jun 1944

Scope and Contents

Some items removed and placed in map case drawer F05.
box 9, folder 10-11

Regimental Movement Plan 1945

Scope and Contents

Some items removed and placed in map case drawer F05.
box 10, folder 1-2

TUSA, Letters, memos, circulars, bulletins 1944-1945

box 10, folder 3-4

Third U.S. Army Administrative order #2 and changes 1 to 10 1944-1945

Scope and Contents

Some items removed and placed in map case drawer F05.
box 10, folder 5-8

Osforce (Apostle) operations plan

Related Materials

Some items removed and placed in map case drawer F05.
box 10, folder 9-10

TUSA, G-2 reports 1945

box 10, folder 12

TUSA, G-3 reports 1944-1945

box 10, folder 13

Reorganization A.R. Force Table of Organization and Equipment

box 11, folder 1

Passenger List

box 11, folder 2-4

S-3 journal Anzioca 30 Jan 1944 to 22 May 1944

box 11, folder 7

Discipline

General Physical Description note: (1 folder)
box 11, folder 5-6

Nightlight

General Physical Description note: (2 folders)
box 11, folder 8-10

Plans and training, intelligence

Scope and Contents

Some items removed and placed in map case drawer F05.
box 12, folder 1-3

Guerrilla Mission

Scope and Contents

Some items removed from folders 2-3 and placed in map case drawer F05.
box 12, folder 4-6

S-3 Periodic reports circa 22 Dec 1943 to 10 May 1944

Scope and Contents

Some items removed from Folder 4 and placed in map case drawer F05.
box 12, folder 13-14

Operation Grasshopper and Turtle

Scope and Contents

Some items removed and placed in map case drawer F05.
box 12

S-3 Journal Romeca 22 May 1944 to 8 June 1944

General Physical Description note: (1 folder)
box 12

Task Force Whitney

General Physical Description note: (1 folder)
box 12, folder 8

Training file #1

Scope and Contents

Some items removed and placed in map case drawer F05.
box 12, folder 12

German people's army, Guerrilla warfare

Scope and Contents

Some items removed and placed in map case drawer F05.
box 12

Table of Organization and Equipment, Infantry regiment

General Physical Description note: (1 folder)
box 12

Infantry regiment, Table of Organization

General Physical Description note: (1 folder)
box 13, folder 1-2

VI Corp G-2 reports May 1944

Scope and Contents

Some items removed and placed in map case drawer F05.
box 13, folder 3-4

Equipment

box 13, folder 5-6

Western naval task force 1944

Scope and Contents

Some items removed and placed in map case drawer F05.
box 13, folder 7

S-3 Journal Digensa 1-10 Dec 1943

Scope and Contents

Some items removed and placed in map case drawer F05.
box 13, folder 8-11

FSSF field orders, Part II 1944

Scope and Contents

Some items removed and placed in map case drawer F05.
box 14, folder 1-2

S-2 Operation Buffalo

Scope and Contents

19 overlays and maps related to "Operation Buffalo" removed and placed in OS Flat File.
box 14, folder 3

S-2 Operation Turtle

Scope and Contents

6 overlays and maps related to Operation Turtle removed and placed in OS Flat File.
box 14, folder 4

S-2 Operation Grasshopper

Scope and Contents

13 overlays and maps related to Operation Grasshopper removed and placed in OS Flat File.
box 14, folder 5-6

S-2 Correspondence 1943-1944

box 14, folder 7

S-3 Journal Kiska 13-24 Aug 1943

box 14, folder 8-10

FSSF G O #8, 9, documentary evidence, GO #10 evidence

box 14, folder 11

Organization Charts FSSF

box 14, folder 12-13

Regimental Administration

box 14, folder 14

Gazetteer of Western Germany

General Physical Description note: (1 booklet)
box 14, folder 15

Bulletin of judge advocate general of the Army Nov 1944

box 14, folder 16

German Forces, Group of photostats

box 14, folder 17

Head Quarters, Allied Land Forces, Norway, telephone directory

box 14, folder 18

SHAEF Weekly Intelligence summary Apr 1945

box 14, folder 19

FSSF Original Table of Organization and Equipment

box 14, folder 20

First Special Service Force correspondence

box 14, folder 21

Yank, The Army Weekly 1944 December 29

box 14, folder 22

Equipment Losses, Italy Oct -Dec 1943

General Physical Description note: (1 envelope)
box 14, folder 23

FSSF tentative tables of organization, Combat echelon, N19, 1942.

box 15

S-3 periodic reports 24 May to 28 Nov 1944

General Physical Description note: (3 folders)
box 15

Award recommendations

General Physical Description note: (3 folders)
box 15

The German People's Army

General Physical Description note: (1 folder)
box 15

German People's Army with secret addenda

General Physical Description note: (1 folder)
box 15

Fifth Army History, II, 115 p., III 135 p., undated

box 16

S-3 Field Orders no. 1 to no. 28

General Physical Description note: (3 folders)
box 16

II Corps Daily G-2 Reports Dec 1943-Feb 1944

General Physical Description note: (4 folders)
box 16

Maps/Report of Operations

General Physical Description note: (2 folders)
box 17

Message Books. M-210 Signal Corps U.S. Army

General Physical Description note: (4 books)
box 17

Operation Grasshopper 16193

General Physical Description note: (1 folder)
box 17

Miscellanea

General Physical Description note: (1 folder)
box 17

FSSF S-2 Reports Nov-Dec 1943; Aug-Nov 1944

General Physical Description note: (7 folders)
box FH15

FSSF S-2 Reports Nov-Dec 1943 Aug-Nov 1944

Access

Box FH15 may not be used without permission of the Archivist.

Separated Materials

Box 17:8 was removed and placed in Box FH15 for mold remediation treatment.
box 18

Fifth Army, G-2 reports 19 Nov -18 Dec 1943

General Physical Description note: (3 folders)
box 18

S-3 Journal, Southern France 8 Aug -30 Sept 1944

General Physical Description note: (3 folders)
box 18

FSSF II corps G-2 reports 19 Nov -19 Dec 1943

General Physical Description note: (2 envelope)
box 18

Rough draft history

General Physical Description note: (1 folder)
box 19

Force History, narrative notes

General Physical Description note: (2 folder)
box 19

Receipts for documents

General Physical Description note: (1 folder)
box 19

Patrol Reports Feb -Oct 1944

General Physical Description note: (2 folders)
box 19

British and Canadian correspondence 9 June 1943-28 June 1944

General Physical Description note: (1 folder)
box 19

Table of organization History 1942-1944

General Physical Description note: (1 folder)
box 19

Manuscript draft letters

General Physical Description note: (1 tablet)
box 19

Gazetteers of France, Belgium 1944

General Physical Description note: (1 book)
box 19

Awards 1944-1945

General Physical Description note: (1 folder)
box 19

Surgeons' reports, action at Mt. La Difensa Italy 3-9 Dec 1943

General Physical Description note: (1 folder)
box 20

Radicosa, Mt. Majo, Operation reports 1943-1944

General Physical Description note: (2 folders)
box 20

3rd Regt. report

General Physical Description note: (1 envelope)
box 20

Regimental patrol reports May 1944 Italy

General Physical Description note: (1 folder)
box 20

Operation X, Italy 1944

General Physical Description note: (1 folder)
box 20

FSSF II corps G-2 reports 1-14 Jan 1944

General Physical Description note: (2 envelope)
box 20

FSSF S-3 Journal. Special orders 1943-1945

General Physical Description note: (2 folders)
box 20

Map, France Southern coast

box 20

Cluster parachutes handbook 1943

box 20

Operations 21 Dec 1943 - 18 Jan 1944

General Physical Description note: (2 folders)
box 20

Becket Mission to Rome May 1944

General Physical Description note: (1 folder)
box 20

Southern France, Prince Henry Loading Plan Aug 1944

General Physical Description note: (1 folder)
box 20

7th Army miscellaneous June-Aug 1944

General Physical Description note: (1 folder)
box 20

Engraver's plates, war scenes

box 20

Movement Orders Secret Travel Orders, U.S. to Italy 1942-1943

General Physical Description note: (2 folders)
box 20

Raid on Dieppe 19 Aug 1942

General Physical Description note: (1 folder)
box 21

Mount La Difensa Operation circa 2-9 Dec 1943

General Physical Description note: (2 folders)
box 21

Field order #1, Operation Anvil July 1944

General Physical Description note: (3 folders)
box 21

Awards 1944-1945

General Physical Description note: (1 folder)
box 21

Secret Security Field Order #1.,Landing Force 16.8 1 Aug 1943

General Physical Description note: (2 folder)
box 22

S-3 Journal, Southern France, circa 1 Oct-28 Nov 1944 31 Dec 1944

General Physical Description note: (4 folder)
box 22

Anzio, Rome Field Operations Periodic Reports May 1944

General Physical Description note: (1 folder)
box 22

Raid reports, Anzio.

General Physical Description note: Oversized maps and reports removed from Box and placed in OS Folder
box 22

Kiska Operation, Field Orders

box 22

D-Day on Levant, Battle Summary

box 22

Intelligence Summaries of Enemy Operations, Central Europe and Norway April-June 1945

box 22

FSSF Organizational Chart and Personnel Orders and Regulations

box 22

Printed matter: U.S. Army Handbooks, Pamphlets, News Clippings

box 22

Correspondence relating to publication of book

box 22

Insignia patches

box 23

Action on Attu

General Physical Description note: (1 item 102 p. +)
box 23

Maps relating to FSSF Operations

General Physical Description note: (6 folders)
box 24

Box 24

Scope and Contents note

Negatives (3x5) and Contact Prints in labelled negative jackets relating to the activities of the FSSF;
Negatives (35mm), 12 rolls;
Safety Film
box 24

Box 25

Scope and Contents note

Negatives (3x5) and Contact Prints in labelled negative jackets relating to the activities of the FSSF;
Negatives (35mm), 12 rolls;
Safety Film
box 26

Intelligence Reports Circulation 1st Special Service Force

General Physical Description note: (1 folder)
box 26

Gazetteer of Western Germany Map Series

General Physical Description note: (1 folder)
box 26

Map of Italy

General Physical Description note: (1 folder)
box 26

Bruno S-2 File

General Physical Description note: (2 folders)
box 26

Tactics of the German Army and How to Defeat Them

General Physical Description note: (1 folder)
box 27

Fifth Army G-2 Report

General Physical Description note: (4 folders)
box 27

IV Corps G-2 Reports 1-29 Feb 1944

General Physical Description note: (3 folders)
box 27

IV Corps G-2 Reports 1-30 April 1994

General Physical Description note: (3 folders)
box 28

German Arms and Ammunition.

General Physical Description note: (4 folders)

Access

Box 28 may not be used without permission of the Archivist.
box 28

Office of Prodaction Management, Springfield, Mass, A.D. Dickinson

General Physical Description note: (1 folder)

Access

Box 28 may not be used without permission of the Archivist.
box 28

Colonel E.A. Walker Operations File

General Physical Description note: (1 folder)

Access

Box 28 may not be used without permission of the Archivist.
box 28

Force History-Awards, Notes on Personal Experiences, La Difensa, Mt Majo, etc.

General Physical Description note: (1 folder)

Access

Box 28 may not be used without permission of the Archivist.
box 29

Awards

General Physical Description note: (6 folders)

Access

Box 29 may not be used without permission of the Archivist.
box 29

Notes on Geographical Section General Staff Maps

General Physical Description note: (1 folder)

Access

Box 29 may not be used without permission of the Archivist.
box 29

Fifth Army History Vol. I.

General Physical Description note: (1 folder)

Access

Box 29 may not be used without permission of the Archivist.
box 29

Southern France 5 Aug -28 Nov 1994

General Physical Description note: (1 folder)

Access

Box 29 may not be used without permission of the Archivist.
box 29

Littoria City Plan

General Physical Description note: (1 folder)

Access

Box 29 may not be used without permission of the Archivist.
box 29

Printed Matter, The Saturday Evening Post 1946

General Physical Description note: (1 folder)

Access

Box 29 may not be used without permission of the Archivist.
box 29

Miscellaneous Letters, commendations

General Physical Description note: (1 folder)

Access

Box 29 may not be used without permission of the Archivist.
box 30

VI Corps

General Physical Description note: (1 folder)
box 30

General Frederick file, task file "B" and miscellaneous plans

General Physical Description note: (1 folder)
box 30

Lessons from the Indian campaign 10 March 1944

General Physical Description note: (1 folder)
box 30

5th Army G-2 Reports May 1944

General Physical Description note: (4 folders)
box 30

Amphibious Force, Atlantic Fleet

General Physical Description note: (1 folder)
box 30

Intelligence Training

General Physical Description note: (1 folder)
box 30

Infantry in Battle

General Physical Description note: (1 book)
box 30

German Field Service Regulations

General Physical Description note: (1 book)
box 31

Notes on Geographical Section General Staff Maps of Germany Mar 1944

General Physical Description note: (1 folder)
box 31

Training Data, Intelligence School

General Physical Description note: (3 folders)
box 31

The Libyan Campaign May 27-July 27, 1942

General Physical Description note: (1 folder)
box 31

VI Corp

General Physical Description note: (4 folders)
box 32

Maps

box 33

Maps

box 34

Fifth Army

General Physical Description note: (7 folders)
 

Photographs

box 24

1000 4"x5" and 35 mm negatives of photos showing the activities of the First Special Service Force and the 474th Infantry during World War II in Europe undated

box 25

1000 4"x5" and 35 mm negatives of photos showing the activities of the First Special Service Force and the 474th Infantry during World War II in Europe undated

envelope A-I

4 portrait photos of Major General Robert T. Frederick and others; 45 prints of the 474th Infantry in Normandy and Norway; 107 prints of the 474th Infantry at award formations, parades, and social events; 330 prints of combat scenes involving the 474th Infantry; 98 prints of the First Special Service Force in Italy and Southern France; and 87 unidentified aerial photographs undated

box 35

100 aerial photos of Kiska Island (Aleutians), M. La difensa (Italy), M. La Remetanea (Italy), and M. Maggiore (Italy) undated

Scope and Contents note

Formerly envelope mJ. Includes unidentified photos.
box 36

100 aerial photos of Kiska Island (Aleutians), M. La difensa (Italy), M. La Remetanea (Italy), and M. Maggiore (Italy) undated

box 37

100 aerial photos of Kiska Island (Aleutians), M. La difensa (Italy), M. La Remetanea (Italy), and M. Maggiore (Italy) undated

envelope mK

103 prints of the First Special Service Force in Italy undated

Scope and Contents note

Includes 1 print of the 474th Infantry in Norway.
 

Oversize Materials

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