Scope and ContentA group of 14 manuals and training materials created by the War Department, U.S. Army, for classroom and field education during World War II, between 1940 and 1945. They cover a range from the elementary aspects of military life to the more involved such as code machines, signals and photogrammetry. A few items were marked as restricted. Almost all are illustrated with line drawings and/or photographs. In general, they are in very good condition although for most of them the paper is darkened and brittle. Some belonged to a Staff Sargeant Frank C. Hodge, DDI Team. One belonged to a Staff Sargeant V.C. Whinfield (sic).