On recto is information on several war fronts: Italy, Pacific, Southeast Asia, China, Western Europe and the USSR; with the text descriptions are five photographs showing captured German artillery and the offensive in Italy and two maps, one of the operations in around Monte Cassino, Italy, and a smaller map of the operations in Burma. On the verso is a birds-eye view of an American battleship, New Jersey Class, with a illustrative description along the side. "Prepared and distributed by Army Information Branch, Army Service Forces, 205 E. 42nd Street, New York 17, N.Y."--text, small type, lower margin, left corner, and verso. "Prepared from public sources of information"--text, small type, lower margin, left corner. "Navy distribution by Educational Services Section, BuPers, Navy Dept., Washington, D. C."--text, very small type, lower margin, left corner, and verso. "Monday, May 22, 1944 - Week of May 11 to May 18 - Volume III No. 5F"--Text lower margin. "Newsmap, Volume III No. 5B"--text, verso, lower margin, left corner, small type. "« U.S. Government Printing Office : 1944 — 538110"--text, very small type, lower margin, right corner, and verso.
Type
image
Format
image/jpeg
Extent
Print ; image 89.4 x 119.7 cm (35 3/16 x 47 1/8 in.) ; overall 89.4 x 119.7 cm (35 3/16 x 47 1/8 in.)
War posters, American World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Maps World War, 1939-1945--Italy--Maps World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy--Pictorial works Montecassino (Monastery)--Siege, 1944 World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Burma United States. Army Service Forces. Army Information Branch United States. Bureau of Naval Personnel. Educational Services Section United States. Government Printing Office Journalism, Pictorial Posters Map
Source
John Haskell Kemble Collection Posters Prints and Ephemera, Huntington Digital Library
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