69th Infantry History

United States Army, "Pictorial history of the 69th Infantry Division, 15 May 1943 to 15 May 1945" (1945). World War Regimental Histories. 192. http://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/ww_reg_his/192

http://69th-infantry-division.org/histories/273/69%20Inf_Div_273_Inf_Reg_2nd_Bn_History.pdf - Combat Souvenir 2nd Battalion, 273rd Infantry, 69 Division

https://worldwartwoveterans.org/69th-infantry-division-general-order/ - General Order of 69th Division History

http://www.69th-infantry-division.org/eastwest/eastwest.html - Russian/American Meetup 4/25/1945

http://www.69th-infantry-division.org/histories/273.html A copy of “Steadily Advance” unit history of 273rd Infantry Regiment.

https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/the-69th-infantry-division - Focusing on the 69th’s liberation of a subcamp of Buchenwald.

https://www.yumpu.com/en/document/read/16762377/the-fighting-69th-infantry-division-association-inc-vol-47-no-1- - Fighting 69th Inf Div association magazine

95th Medical Gas Treatment Battalion
https://teachinghistorymatters.com/tag/95th-medical-gas-treatment-battalion/

Battle of the Bulge
https://www.army.mil/botb/

Camp Ellis
https://icl.coop/the-lost-city-of-camp-ellis/
https://www.visitforgottonia.com/camp-ellis/

Camp Shelby
https://www.arcgis.com/apps/Cascade/index.html?appid=10919ce3b4724cb68b9ec1c1312dd57c - Life of an Infantry Recruit at Camp Shelby

Camp Sibert
https://uxoinfo.com/uxofiles/enclosures/HuntsvilleSibertBrief.pdf - Former Camp Sibert
https://discoverstclair.com/st-clair-history/camp-sibert/

Chemical Warfare Service/Testing
https://embed.documentcloud.org/documents/2107687-besshomilitaryrecords/ - Scan of a document recording soldiers’ names who participated in chemical agent testing.
https://www.npr.org/2015/06/22/415194765/u-s-troops-tested-by-race-in-secret-world-war-ii-chemical-experiments#:~:text=In%201991%2C%20federal%20officials%20for,mustard%20gas%20was%20piped%20inside. - NPR investigation into chemical warfare testing.

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/u-s-military-exposed-minority-soldiers-toxic-mustard-gas - Information on mustard gas testing on soldiers.

https://news.wjct.org/news/national-news/2015-06-22/secret-world-war-ii-chemical-experiments-tested-troops-by-race

https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GOVPUB-D114-PURL-gpo94182/pdf/GOVPUB-D114-PURL-gpo94182.pdf - “The Chemical Warfare Service: Organizing for War”

https://disarmament.unoda.org/wmd/chemical/ - on chemical weapons

https://armyhistory.org/the-u-s-army-chemical-corps-past-present-and-future/ - Army Chemical Corps history

The Draft / Selective Service Act 1940
https://www.nationalww2museum.org/students-teachers/student-resources/research-starters/draft-and-wwii#:~:text=Those%20who%20were%20selected%20from,entered%20WWII%2C%20draft%20terms%20extended - Research Starters - WWII Draft

https://lisalouisecooke.com/2019/02/13/wwii-draft-registrations/ - Deciphering Draft Registrations

https://veteran-voices.com/world-war-ii-selective-service-draft-registrations/ - on Selective Service draft registrations

Fort Devens
http://fortdevensmuseum.org/history/#:~:text=In%201940%2C%20the%20first%20peacetime,Huachuca%20when%20the%20base%20closed.

Furlough
https://imgur.com/gallery/ww2-era-so-you-ve-got-furlough-booklet-lots-of-interesting-information-period-slang-M7rhDmJ

Gerald Soldier Documents
https://catalog.archives.gov/id/444090730?objectPage=241 - Army Morning Reports

Gerald’s Home/Life before war
https://www.loc.gov/item/90685120/ - Map of Hebronville, 1891

Hiroshima and Nagasaki
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/september-2/japan-surrenders
https://www.icanw.org/hiroshima_and_nagasaki_bombings

Medics
https://achh.army.mil/regiment/heraldic-combat - about the Combat Medical Badge
https://www.americanheritage.com/medic - about Medics

Men of G Company
https://www.honorstates.org/profiles/513532/ - Pfc. Donald Koutnik

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/55007426/nelson-ray-wright - Pfc. Nelson Wright grave information

https://www.honorstates.org/profiles/113239/ - 1st Lt. Chris P. Fox Jr.

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/19448082/george-henry-caple - Capt. Caple

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/155521838/albert-leon-kotzebue - Lt. Albert Kotzebue

Reading WWII Documents
https://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/object/nmah_1176573 - Reading the Order to Report for Induction

https://www.goldenarrowresearch.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Understanding-WWII-Veteran-Military-Service-Records-Army-and-Air-Force-AAF.pdf - Researching a WWII veteran

Screaming Meemies aka the Nebelwerfer
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nebelwerfer

SS Cranston Victory
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Cranston_Victory

Victory Ships
https://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/object/nmah_842605
https://www.nps.gov/articles/liberty-ships-and-victory-ships-america-s-lifeline-in-war-teaching-with-historic-places.htm