Thomas Edward Lawrence (Lawrence of Arabia)
One of the 20th century's most iconic characters was Thomas Edward Lawrence (1888–1935),…
Military Library
A collection of beautiful timeless pieces showing you history from a completely different point of view...
This archive contains a large collection with all sorts of content spanning centuries of military history. We know it is impossible task to ever be finished, but we are doing our best to catalog everything and make it available in an effort to educate about historical and political issues so as to increase awareness and foster discussion of related content topics.
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Illustrated by Milton Arthur Caniff and Herbert Block for the United States Air Force, Psychological Warfare Division in 1951. The pamphlet is a brief presentation of the mission aims and techniques of psychological warfare. The basic theory behind the use of psychological warfare as a military weapon is simple-kill the enemy's will to fight wit...
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...
Military Courtesy (1949)
Comics
Saluting is a major part of the military discipline. Every military service in the world has a very strict regulatory framework about this issue and it might be surprising to some on how complicated or complex this can be. In 1949 the U.S. Army used a comic book approach creating the field manual FM 21-14 to reach semi-literate recruits who were...
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.
Bert the Turtle was the star of the official U.S. Civil Defense film, "Duck and Cover" for children in which Bert shows what to do in case of an atomic attack. This illustrated pamphlet was distributed at the same time of the film.
Judy Joins the Waves (1951)
Comics
The story of Judy starts with the typical life of a well-educated under 21-year-old that has her mind set on what to become in the future as she meets an old friend that has joined the Navy recently and obviously is proud of his life changing decision. Also, not surprising has he got an enlistment booklet for U.S. Navy Career Woman with him that...
The Punch Below the Belt pamphlet was issued by the Military Intelligence Division of the War Department in 1945 displaying and explaining Japanese ruses, deception tactics and the use of antipersonnel measures like booby traps and mines. The pamphlet is illustrated with comic style cartoons and pictures, making this a very graphic publication t...
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.
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.
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...
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