The Capture of the German Rocket Secrets (1945)
In February 1945, Peter Beasley, who was serving as a colonel in the U.S. Army at the…
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Military, Warfare & War Comics
With the birth of the modern comic books in the 1930's, publishers began including stories of wartime adventures. Even prior to the U.S. involvement in World War II, comic books such as Captain America Comics depicted superheroes fighting Adolf Hitler and the Nazis. Some comic artists were directly contracted by individual governments to experiment with the use of this type of publication for propaganda purposes and visually appealing military material like maintenance manuals and material for recruitment or enlistment.
In the post-World War II era war stories in comics gained popularity the United States and Canada through the 1950's and even during the Vietnam War. Most of the titles concentrated on US military depictions, generally in World War II, the Korean War or the Vietnam War.
Helps get your equipment ready for combat. There’s more than on way to get ready and stay ready. Depends on what you want to be ready for. One ways to keep in shape for a change in plans. Another ways to take a nap, like ol’ Rip van Winkle and wake up in the middle of confusion and chaos. About the best you can hope for from this kind of readine...
The M16a1 Comic Book Maintenance Manual from 1969 was distributed to soldiers during the Vietnam war. It was illustrated by the famed Disney artist Will Eisner. The M16a1 comic is a beautiful piece of art that uses a very “sexy” approach on how to maintain your rifle. Obviously playing with ambiguous language and phrases like “Lube these parts g...
The M561-M792 Gama Goat Operation and Preventative Maintenance Pamphlet from 1970 is another masterpiece by the famous illustrator Will Eisner that was responsible for a series of publications for the Army. This manual distributed with the six-wheel drive Gama Goat does not lack its typical combination of sex appeal and technical information.
Illustrated pamphlet by Creighton Williams and Verne Bowers for the US Army Engineer School, Fort Belvoir, Virginia. Teaches military map reading and direction finding, and intended to complement existing doctrinal literature TC 21-26. "Don't Get Lost" was written by the US Army Engineer School, Fort Belvoir, Virginia, and is a publication of th...
The purpose of this pamphlet is to support the U.S. Army Command Maintenance Program (COMAINT). It is designed to provide supervisors and other users with a consolidated, simplified reference on use of troubleshooting equipment authorized at the organizational maintenance level.
This training circular was written by the U.S. Army Air Defense School, Fort Bliss, TX, and published by the U.S. Army Combat Arms Training Board, Fort Benning, GA. The information conforms as closely as possible with approved Department of the Army doctrine and is intended to complement existing training literature.
This pamphlet was designed to provide U.S. combat infantry men with a ready reference to key Warsaw Pact weapons and equipment. The illustrated booklet was published in 1979 by the United States Army Infantry School - Red Team and United States Government Printing Office.
The USAMC Nuclear, Biological & Chemical Equipment Preventive Maintenance Manual is a comic style illustrated collection of articles and material related to NBC (nuclear, biological & chemical) equipment under one cover. The information was intended to help soldiers in the field to keep their equipment operationally ready.
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